Startup ecosystems can be fragmented, competitive, and hidden to newcomers, which is detrimental for local startups and community growth. The Startup Ecosystem Canvas seeks to provide local entrepreneurs with a clear list of resources for every stage of their startup journey, and outline a basic framework for communities to map their ecosystem.

With applications for the Barcelona Founder Institute coming to a close, we are excited to release the Updated Barcelona Startup Ecosystem Canvas, which is currently in Draft v3 below! It was developed by the Barcelona Founder Institute and local leaders Urs Rothmayr, Oriol Bes, and Raphael Jardim.

More input is needed, so please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document, and it will be considered for the next update.

Are you looking to build a startup in Barcelona?  Then apply to the Barcelona Founder Institute today.

A text version is included below, for searchability:

Startup Stages

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 There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

• Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)

1. Barcelona Loves Entrepreneurs
2. Barcelona Startup Map
3. Barcelona Startups List
4. Barcelona Tech city Companies
5. Barcinno
6. Eureka Experts
7. Eureka Startups
8. Founders&tips
9. JobsBCN
10. Loogic
11. Luis Font
12. Startup Digest Barcelona
13. Startup Hub Catalonia
14. Tech.co Barcelona
15. Technova Barcelona Blog

• Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)

1. 080 Barcelona Fashion Investor Day
2. Barcelona Entrepreneurship Meetup
3. Barcelona Founders' Corner
4. Barcelona Internet Startups
5. Barcelona Startup
6. Barcelona Tech City
7. B Good Sessions
8. Big Data Startups
9. Failcon Barcelona
10. Fest-UP
11. First Tuesday
12. Full Stack Fest Barcelona
13. Iniciador Barcelona
14. ISport Forum
15. PrimaveraPro Startups
16. Quedamus
17. Saltayunos
18. Social Entrepreneurship Barcelona Meetup
19. Start2Bee Business SiliconGracia Barcelona
20. Startup Party Barcelona
21. Startup Week Barcelona
22. Startup Weekend Barcelona
23. TechMeetups Barcelona
24. TEDx Barcelona
25. WEFOUND: Women Startups Entrepreneurs Barcelona
26. WORKOFF: Digital Nomads & Coworkers in Barcelona

B. Educate

• Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire, like Startup Founder 101, etc).

1. Agile Barcelona
2. Barcelona Bitcoin Community
3. Content Strategy Barcelona
4. Digital Marketing Barcelona
5. Growth Hacking Spain Barcelona
6. Guiripreneur Barcelona
7. Health 2.0
8. Lessons Learned
9. MOB + FabCafe Barcelona
10. Startup Founder 101 Barcelona
11. Startup Grind Barcelona
12. Teamlabs Barcelona
13. The Silicon Valley Experience

• Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, etc)

1. BCN Coding
2. B Corp Spain
3. Catalunya Empren
4. Corkscrew Startup Experienceships
5. Data Science Dojo
6. Founder Institute
7. Fundación INLEA
8. Ideateca
9. Invasivecode
10. Ironhack
11. Lean Startup Machine Barcelona
12. Moebio
13. Pandorahub Fun Start up!
14. Pitch Bootcamp Barcelona
15. Startup Weekend Bootcamp Barcelona (II): Business Model Validation
16. Tetuan Valley Startup School
17. Ubiqum

C. Validate

• Team Formation: Resources for teaming up. (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. Cofounders Barcelona
2. CoFoundersLab
3. CollabFinder
4. Founder2be
5. Foundum
6. Health & Bio Team Dating

• Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build. (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)

1. Angelhack Hackathon
2. Barcelona Gaming Data Hackathon. By BCNAnalytics + Social Point
3. Global Urban Datafest
4. Hackathon 'Todos Incluidos'
5. HackerNest Barcelona
6. Heywood&Sons
7. Legal Hackathon Barcelona
8. Typeform I/O Summer Hackathon

2. Launch Stage

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

A. Start

• Establish: Law firms & banks for startups

1. Abogalo
2. Across Legal
3. Avatic Abogados
4. Banco Pastor
5. Banco Santander
6. Banc Sabadell
7. BBVA
8. Delvy Asesores
9. Derecho.com
10. Fortuny Legal
11. La Caixa
12. LexTic
13. Metricson
14. Roca Junyent
15. Rousaud Costas Duran
16. Starting Legal
17. Triodos Bank

• Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces (note: “official” office space goes in 3.1.a. Infrastructure)

1. 021Coworking
2. Apocapoc BCN
3. ATTA
4. BCN575 Coworking
5. BCNewt
6. Betahaus
7. Blitz Coworking Gracia
8. Cloudworks
9. CommsTogether
10. Coworking Platon
11. CREC
12. Depot Lab
13. Domènech 7
14. Espai Born
15. Factory 103
16. Felisa Cowork
17. Garden Coworking
18. Impact Hub Barcelona
19. La Fabrica 22
20. LoftCowork
21. Makers of Barcelona
22. MeetBCN
23. Nidok Coworking
24. Pangea Coworking
25. Pier01
26. Pipoca Coworking
27. RavalCo
28. Start2bee
29. Talent & Co.
30. Talent Garden Barcelona
31. Transforma BCN
32. Valkiria Hub Space
33. WeWork
34. Zamness

B. Develop

• Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups.

1. 1Dia 1Empresa
2. Acompany
3. Adase Grup
4. Adrenalina
5. Affa Asesoria
6. Alioth Asesores
7. Atraura
8. BCNWebTeam
9. Crealogica
10. eData
11. Einnova
12. Ferpa Recursos Humanos
13. Fite Assessors
14. Lafosca
15. La Teva Web
16. MarsBased
17. Michael Page
18. Mobile Jazz
19. PegPeg
20. PulpoLab
21. Salto con Red
22. Siete y Siete
23. Signia
24. Tresmar Consultors
25. WION

• Prepare for Seed: Incubators and advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources for startup teams)

1. Atresmedia Hub Factory
2. Demium Startups
3. GameBCN
4. Glòries Business Incubator
5. Heywood&Sons
6. Incubio
7. Intelectium
8. IQS Tech Factory
9. Kick Incubator
10. La Salle Technova Barcelona
11. SeedRocket
12. Start-Up Catalonia
13. Startup Next Barcelona
14. Upstarter Incubator

C. Launch

• Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)

1. Barcelona International Business Accelerator
2. BStartup
3. Conector
4. Heywood&Sons
5. Impact Accelerator
6. Inspirit
7. Itnig
8. NUMA Barcelona
9. Reimagine Food
10. Ship2B
11. Startupbootcamp Barcelona - IoT & Smart Data Accelerator
12. Wayra

• Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment)

1. Betapitch
2. Conector Barcelona #3 Demo Day
3. Demo Day: Tecnologías que transforman la educación
4. Demo Day Masteryourself
5. Demo Day Mobile Barcelona
6. Primavera Pro
7. Startupbootcamp Internet of Things and Data Demo Day
8. Startupbootcamp Smart City Living Pitch Day Barcelona
9. Startup Next Barcelona - Demo Day
10. Tech Demo Day
11. Wayra Demo Day Barcelona

3. Growth Stage

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

A. Recognition

• Investor Networking:  Connect professional investors with founders. (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors)

1. 1st Smart Cities Investment Forum
2. 4YFN Events
3. Barcelona Business Networking
4. Barcelona International Investors and Founders (IIF)
5. Barcelona Networking
6. BCN Business Angels
7. Business Angels Network Catalunya (BANC)
8. CapitalCell
9. Catch: Business Networking
10. Challengers Barcelona
11. Crowdcube
12. Economistes BAN
13. ESADE BAN Investment Forum Barcelona
14. Global Women Entrepreneur-Network: Barcelona
15. IESE Business Angels
16. Innovation Forum Barcelona
17. Keiretsu Forum
18. Seed&Click Angel Network
19. The Crowd Angel

• Major Media: Mainstream local business press. (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion local businesses)

1. 20 Minutos
2. ABC
3. Ara
4. Cinco Días
5. Economia Digital
6. El Economista
7. El Mundo
8. El Pais
9. El Periodico
10. El Punt Avui
11. Emprendedores
12. Expansion
13. La Vanguardia
14. TV3

B. Funding

• Angels / Micro-VCs: Seed-stage investors

1. Albert Armengol
2. Albert Feliu
3. Ankit Shah
4. Axel Serena
5. Bloomium
6. Carlos Blanco
7. Christopher Pommerening
8. Daniel Gimenez
9. David Monreal
10. Debaeque
11. Ed Freyfogle
12. Encomenda VC
13. Eneko Huarte-Mendicoa
14. Enric Sole
15. Fernando Lodi de Oliveira
16. Finaves S.C.R.
17. Grant Taylor
18. Grupo Godó
19. Grupo HS3
20. Hugo Fdez.-Mardomingo
21. Idodi Venture Capital
22. Ignacio Fonts
23. Inveready Technology Investment Group
24. Javier Juncadell
25. Joel Verges
26. Jordi Priu
27. Lanta Digital Ventures
28. Lars Gehrmann
29. Lluis Faus
30. Luis Martin Cabeides
31. Marco Gari Heseltine
32. Marek Fodor
33. Mauricio Prieto
34. Neoko Capital
35. Oscar Fuente
36. Pura Strong
37. Ramillas
38. Ricard Soderberg
39. Sitka Capital
40. Smartech Capital
41. Szabolcs Gaborjani
42. The Crowd Angel
43. Varun Dalal

• Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond

1. 101 Startups
2. Abac Capital
3. Active Venture Partners
4. Antai Venture Builder
5. Ariol Capital
6. Caixa Capital Risc
7. ECIJA
8. Flint Capital
9. Funding Circle España
10. Galdana Ventures
11. Idodi Venture Capital
12. Intelectium
13. Inveready
14. Lanta Digital Ventures
15. Lánzame Capital
16. Miura Private Equity
17. Nauta Capital
18. Nero Ventures
19. Scaale Barcelona / Cross Border Angels
20. Seed & Click
21. SI Capital
22. Sitka Capital
23. Ysios Capital

C. Growth

• Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. Araytor Correduria de Seguros
2. CICOR Internacional Correduria de Seguros
3. CINC Business Center
4. D&M Asesores
5. Easystartup
6. Grupo RH Barcelona
7. Habitaclia
8. Instant Offices
9. JDM Correduria de Seguros
10. LB Consultores
11. Omnibus Correduria de Seguros
12. Pisos
13. Privat Asesoramiento
14. Regus
15. RSM Correduria de Seguros
16. Search Office Space
17. Target Offices
18. Tecnic Consultores

• Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. Accenture
2. Altair Management Consultants
3. Barcelona Business Landing
4. BSD Consulting
5. Eureka Consultores
6. Everis Group
7. Indra Business Consulting
8. Kernel Business Consulting
9. KPMG
10. McKinsey & Company
11. Optimissa
12. PwC

4. Success Stories

Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.

1. 21Buttons
2. 3Scale
3. Akamon
4. Atrapalo
5. Badi
6. ByHours
7. Camaloon
8. Cl3ver
9. Cliventa
10. CloudGuide
11. Cooltra / eCooltra
12. CornerJob
13. Coverfy
14. Cyberclick
15. Datumize
16. Derecho.com
17. Doctoralia
18. Ducksboard
19. eDreams ODIGEO
20. Eelp!
21. Exoticca
22. ForceManager
23. Fractus
24. Glovo
25. Groupalia
26. Holaluz
27. Hutoma
28. iContainers
29. ID Finance
30. Infantium
31. Infojobs
32. Kantox
33. Kigo
34. Kompyte
35. LetGo
36. Letsbonus.com
37. Lodgify
38. Minoryx Therapeutics
39. Notegraphy
40. Nubelo
41. Nubera
42. Nuroa
43. Ôasys
44. Passnfly
45. PayTouch
46. Peptomyc
47. Picreel
48. Privalia
49. RedPoints
50. Restb.ai
51. Robot Media
52. Scytl
53. Signaturit
54. Socialpoint
55. Softonic
56. Tiendeo
57. TravelPerk
58. Treeveo
59. Trip4Real
60. Trovit
61. Typeform
62. Ulabox
63. Upptalk
64. Uvinum
65. vLex
66. Voz.io
67. Wallapop
68. Worldsensing
69. Zyncro

Supporters

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To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. Evangelists

Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.

1. Adriana Freitas
2. Alberto Lopez-Balcells Gallardo
3. Alexander Dmitrenko Marchenkoff
4. Alexis Urusoff
5. Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit
6. Alicia Cañellas
7. Bart Huisken
8. Bogdan Petrescu
9. Diana Moret
10. Diego Fernandez
11. Elena Rodriguez Blanco
12. Erik Brieva
13. Fran Chuan
14. Henrik Sprengel
15. Holger Sprengel
16. Hyun Park
17. Iñaki Ecenarro
18. Ivan Utge Hernandez
19. Joaquim Pinto
20. John Carbajal
21. Jorge Fuentes
22. Josep Amoros
23. Josep Lluis de Gabriel I Eroles
24. Josep Oriol Armengou Girbau
25. Juan Alvarez de Lara
26. Juan Castilla
27. Marc Serra
28. Maria Rubies
29. Michiel Das
30. Nacho Gallardo
31. Oriol Bes
32. Pere Valles
33. Raphael Jardim
34. Ruben Ferreiro
35. Sergi Pallares Nadal
36. Tirso Maldonado
37. Toni Ferrate
38. Toni Mascaró
39. Urs Rothmayr
40. Valerie Coulton
41. Veronica Torras
42. Xavier Alabart

2. Government

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development

1. ACCIÓ
2. Avançsa
3. Barcelona Activa
4. Barcelona Global
5. Barcelona Innovacion
6. BCN OpenChallenge
7. Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona
8. iBarcelona
9. Ministry for Business and Labour
10. Mobile World Capital
11. mVenturesBcn

3. Talent

Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.

• Local Universities (universities with prominent technical or business programs)

1. Barcelona Business School
2. Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
3. EADA Business School
4. EAE Business School
5. ESADE Business & Law School
6. IESE Business School: Barcelona
7. Teamlabs Barcelona
8. Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
9. Universitat de Barcelona
10. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
11. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
12. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
13. Universitat Ramon Llull

• Local Employers (Major technical employers, like Microsoft or Google or large local companies, with large local offices)

1. Booking.com
2. CA Technologies
3. Colt Technology Services
4. HP
5. IBM
6. King.com
7. Microsoft
8. SAP
9. Scytl
10. SEAT
11. SmartFocus
12. Softonic
13. Sony
14. Telefonica
15. Typeform
16. VistaPrint
17. Xerox
18. Yahoo!

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Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Barcelona Canvas on this collaborative Google document, or on Twitter using the hashtag #ecosystemcanvas. This is a perpetual work in progress, and it will be updated frequently, so we want your feedback!

Are you looking to build a startup in Barcelona?  Then apply to the Barcelona Founder Institute today.