The Spanish Association of Biotech companies (ASEBIO)

What The Spanish Association of Biotech companies (ASEBIO) does

ASEBIO (Asociación Española de Bioempresas) is the Spanish Association of Biotech Companies, a non-profit trade association founded in 1999 and headquartered in Madrid (Diego de León 49) that represents 350 member companies and entities in Spain's biotechnology ecosystem. Its membership spans startups (15% are under three years old), SMEs, and large pharmaceutical and biotech firms, with 65.5% of members active in health and others in agrobiotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and the bioeconomy.

ASEBIO's product portfolio centers on ecosystem-orchestration services rather than software products. Flagship offerings include BIOSPAIN, billed as the largest country-based biotech event in Europe; the AseBio Investor Day; the annual Informe AseBio sector report (2025 edition: 'Biotech Act: una oportunidad para la biotecnología española'); the Plataforma Biotech (PBio) digital ecosystem for partnering, capability publishing, and bilateral meetings; the Bolsa de Empleo job board; the Observatorio Ayudas I+D funding observatory; and talent and diversity programs (Joven Talento Biotech, #MujerBiotech). Since 2008 ASEBIO has managed the ICEX Internationalization Plan for biotech companies, giving it privileged distribution into internationalization, trade events, and market-access support.

The business model is membership-fee revenue supplemented by institutional partnerships and project funding from Spanish and European public bodies (ICEX, CDTI, Ministerio de Industria, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and the PERTE Salud de Vanguardia Alliance). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is primarily through direct member engagement, the asebio.com and plataformabiotech.com digital properties, events, and public-policy advocacy. Leadership comprises Director General Ion Arocena, President Rocío Arroyo (CEO of Amadix), and Vice President Javier Terriente. The association operates in Spanish (primary) and English, and serves as the central interlocutor between Spain's biotech sector and national and European policy and funding institutions.

Name

The Spanish Association of Biotech companies (ASEBIO)

Legal name

Asociación Española de Bioempresas (AseBio)

Website

https://asebio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Spanish Association of Biotech companies (ASEBIO) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1999 that represents 350 biotech companies and entities in Spain, providing networking, policy advocacy, talent programs, the BIOSPAIN event, and the Plataforma Biotech digital ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biotechnology Trade Association Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASO) Therapeutics (splice modulation/knockdown) (HLAAADAC)

Keywords

• Biotech industry association
• Biotechnology networking services
• Biotech partnering platform
• Biotech internationalization services
• Biotech sector advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ASEBIO is a Spanish non-profit trade association that represents and convenes the national biotechnology sector. It sells membership to biotech companies and delivers a portfolio of services: the annual Informe AseBio sector report, the Plataforma Biotech digital partnering platform, the BIOSPAIN conference and AseBio Investor Day events, a job board, an R&D funding observatory, and talent development programs. Its core activity is intermediating between Spanish biotech companies, research institutions, government bodies, and international markets.

Product overview

AseBio is a trade association representing Spanish biotechnology companies. Rather than a unified software product, it offers a portfolio of services including publications (Informe AseBio annual report), the Plataforma Biotech digital platform for partnering and talent, flagship events (BIOSPAIN conference, Investor Day), a job board, an R&D funding observatory, and talent development programs (Joven Talento Biotech, #MujerBiotech).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Informe AseBio Annual comprehensive report on the Spanish biotechnology sector, providing data on investment, employment, pipelines, and sector trends. Targeted at biotech companies, investors, policymakers, and sector stakeholders.
• Plataforma Biotech (PBio) Digital platform managed by ASEBIO for biotech ecosystem collaboration, featuring a partnering tool, talent programs, and networking capabilities. Funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Connects biotech companies, research centers, universities, and investors.
• BIOSPAIN

Quantifiable outcome

• 350 member companies and entities in the Spanish biotech ecosystem
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial)coreOthers · 1 January 2026CDTI publishes funding calls including INNTERCONECTA STEP 2025 where 23 biotech projects received 14.5 million euros in subsidies, with 7 ASEBIO members involved. ASEBIO monitors and reports on CDTI funding opportunities for its members.
• ICEX (Instituto de Comercio Exterior)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Since 2008, ASEBIO has managed the 'Plan de Internacionalización de ICEX para las empresas biotecnológicas', supporting Spanish biotech companies in international expansion. ICEX provides funding and programmatic support for international missions, trade events, and market access activities.
• Ministerio de Industria y TurismocoreOthersThe Ministry published the PROFARMA 2025-2026 resolution where 15 ASEBIO members received Excellent to Acceptable classifications. ASEBIO advocates for the sector with this ministry and participates in the PERTE Salud de Vanguardia Alliance.
• Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovacióncoreOthersThe Ministry leads national science and innovation policy. ASEBIO participates in the PERTE Salud de Vanguardia Alliance and collaborates on initiatives to convert excellent science into technology and innovation made in Spain.
• SEBiot (Sociedad Española de Biotecnología)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASEBIO and SEBiot collaborate on the Joven Talento Biotech program to support young researchers and students. Entities must be ASEBIO members, Plataforma Biotech members, or associated with SEBiot to participate in the program.
• Plataforma Biotech (PBio)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Plataforma Biotech (PBio) is managed by ASEBIO and is a digital ecosystem that connects biotech actors, publishes capabilities and products, facilitates bilateral meetings, and promotes collaboration. Funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación.
• PERTE Salud de Vanguardia AllianceflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerASEBIO participates in the PERTE Salud de Vanguardia Alliance bringing together public administrations, regional governments, scientific societies, business associations, and patient groups. This strategic initiative represents a 1,469 million euro investment (2021-2023) expected to generate over 4,300 million euros in GDP and 12,700 new jobs.
• Ministerio de SanidadcoreOthersASEBIO collaborates with the Ministry of Health on PERTE Salud de Vanguardia initiatives and healthcare innovation policy. Ministers Diana Morant and Carolina Darias led the alliance formation in April 2022.
• FarmaindustriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration within the XV Conferencia Anual de las Plataformas Tecnológicas de Investigación Biomédica, organized alongside Farmaindustria, Fenin, Nanomed Spain and other platforms with over 700 registered attendees.
• Fenin (Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sanitaria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the XV Conferencia Anual de las Plataformas Tecnológicas de Investigación Biomédica along with ASEBIO, Farmaindustria, and other sector platforms.
• Plataforma de Mercados BiotecnológicoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 'Un día con una #MujerBiotech' program and other initiatives connecting female students with biotech professionals. This platform represents a network of biotech companies for partnering and market development.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization): The largest US biotech industry association, representing 1,000+ members and organizing the BIO International Convention. ASEBIO is the Spanish national analogue at smaller scale, with comparable functions (policy advocacy, partnering events, member services) but concentrated in Spain rather than globally.
• EuropaBio: The European biotechnology industry federation based in Brussels, representing national associations and corporate members across Europe. ASEBIO participates in EuropaBio consultations on EU policy (Biotech Act) and serves a comparable ecosystem-coordinator function at national level.

Direct peers

• France Biotech: French biotech trade association representing healthtech and biotech startups/SMEs in France. ASEBIO and France Biotech share a near-identical role: national ecosystem advocacy, policy lobbying, partnering events and startup support in adjacent European biotech markets.
• BIA (UK BioIndustry Association): The UK's national trade association for the life sciences and biotech industry. BIA performs the same core functions as ASEBIO (policy advocacy, networking, conferences, partnering) but for a larger and more mature UK ecosystem.
• BIO Deutschland: Germany's biotechnology industry association, representing SMEs and large biotechs. Operates as the German counterpart to ASEBIO with analogous services (annual reports, partnering events, policy work) in a larger national market.
• Swiss Biotech Association: National biotech industry association for Switzerland, organizing Swiss Biotech Day and representing Swiss biotech at EU/global level. Directly comparable to ASEBIO in scope and member-services model, but serving the more established Swiss ecosystem.
• AusBiotech: Australia's national biotech industry association with similar functions: policy advocacy, internationalization support, member events and sector reports. Comparable to ASEBIO as a national trade body for a mid-sized biotech ecosystem.
• BIOTECanada: Canada's national biotechnology industry association. Performs equivalent trade-association functions (BIO convention participation, policy advocacy, member services) for the Canadian biotech ecosystem.

Others

• Farmaindustria: Spanish pharmaceutical industry association and ASEBIO's listed partner (XV Conferencia Anual de Plataformas Tecnológicas). Adjacent rather than competitive — Farmaindustria represents large pharma while ASEBIO represents biotech — but they co-organize platforms and share policy space in Spain.
• Fenin: Spanish federation of healthcare technology companies (medical devices, diagnostics, digital health). Co-organizer with ASEBIO of the XV Conferencia Anual de Plataformas Tecnológicas; an adjacent health-innovation trade body with overlapping member ecosystems in Spain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asebio
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsCKiwxxpc3vN2uhow7bAEg
• Facebookfacebook.com/asebio.biotecnologia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asociacion-espanola-de-bioempresas
• Instagraminstagram.com/asebio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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