Citilab

Name

Citilab

Legal name

FUNDACIÓ PEL FOMENT DE LA SOCIETAT DEL CONEIXEMENT (CITILAB)

Website

https://citilab.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cornellá De Llobregat

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Training Course Fees: Revenue from educational technology courses in programming, robotics, 3D fabrication, and AI. Courses range from €20 to €100 per participant, with various discounts available.
2. Space Rental: Rental of physical spaces and facilities at the Citilab facility for workshops, events, and community activities.
3. Robotics Products Sales: Online sales of robotic equipment through market.citilab.eu, including the proprietary ED1 microcontroller board.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Citilab is a citizen laboratory foundation that delivers technology education, digital literacy, and social-innovation training through in-person courses, workshops, and community programs in Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona. It develops and distributes a proprietary open-source software suite (S4A, Snap4Arduino, MicroBlocks, BeetleBlocks, Snapi!) and sells its own ED1 microcontroller as part of hands-on learning kits.

Product overview

Citilab is a civic laboratory for social and digital innovation offering technology education and digital literacy programs. The organization operates a portfolio of educational products including its CE-certified ED1 microcontroller (the flagship hardware product), various block-based programming courses (Scratch, AppInventor, MicroBlocks), 3D and 2D digital fabrication training, and AI education programs. Citilab has also developed its own software tools including S4A (Scratch for Arduino), Snap4Arduino, Snapi!, and BeetleBlocks. The offering spans in-person and online courses for children, youth, adults, and seniors, delivered through projects like Edulab (schools), SeniorLab (seniors), and RIEC (research), with an e-commerce platform (market.citilab.eu) for selling robotic products including the ED1.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Edutec: Educational technology project focused on teaching programming and robotics to citizens, developing block-based programming tools for education.
• Edulab
• SeniorLab
• RIEC

Products and services

• ED1 Microcontroller

Quantifiable outcome

• 3200+ participants in one-day activities (2009-2016)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Ajuntament de Cornellà de LlobregatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat is the primary institutional supporter and host of Citilab. The foundation operates from municipal facilities at Plaça Can Suris and receives municipal support for community programs and educational initiatives targeting local citizens.
• AMB (Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Metropolitan Area of Barcelona collaborates with Citilab on educational and social innovation projects, providing regional support for programs targeting metropolitan area residents.
• Departament d'Educació de la Generalitat de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Catalan Government's Department of Education partners with Citilab for teacher training programs in programming and robotics. Citilab develops educational tools and methodologies that align with the department's technology curriculum requirements for schools.
• Diputació de BarcelonamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Barcelona Provincial Council collaborates on face-to-face and online teacher training programs in programming and robotics, supporting professional development for educators throughout the province.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Micro:bit Educational Foundation: Develops and distributes an educational microcontroller (micro:bit) that Citilab explicitly supports in its MicroBlocks and robotics courses. Both target school-aged learners with low-cost hardware plus block-based programming.
• FabLab Foundation: Operates a global network of digital fabrication labs (Fab Labs) on a near-identical operational model to Citilab: civic spaces combining maker tools, training, and community programming around digital fabrication and electronics.
• Scratch Foundation: Stewards the Scratch block-based programming platform that forms the backbone of Citilab's children's programming courses (Crea jocs amb Scratch, animated stories). Both organisations focus on teaching computational thinking to young learners through visual programming.
• Raspberry Pi Foundation: Non-profit educational foundation that designs low-cost computing hardware and runs a global digital-making education programme. Similar non-profit, education-first mission and maker/computing curriculum focus to Citilab.
• Arduino: Open-source hardware and software platform for educational electronics; Citilab's S4A and Snap4Arduino tools are explicitly designed to bridge Scratch/Snap! with Arduino, and Arduino is supported alongside ED1 in Citilab's electronics and robotics curriculum.
• Makeblock: Global STEAM education company combining proprietary hardware (mBot, Codey Rocky) with block-based programming software (mBlock). Closely mirrors Citilab's hardware + software + curriculum model for school-aged learners at a much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Code.org: US-based non-profit dedicated to expanding K-12 computer science education through free curricula, teacher training, and awareness campaigns. Overlaps with Citilab's teacher-training and youth programming mission; broader geographic reach but less maker/hardware focus.

Regional players

• MediaLab Prado: Madrid's civic laboratory for digital culture, citizen participation, and open-source experimentation. Shares Citilab's DNA as a publicly-supported citizen lab combining digital fabrication, education, and community programming — but serving a different Spanish region.
• Xarxa d'Ateneus de Fabricació (Barcelona): Barcelona city council's network of citizen fabrication labs offering digital fabrication, programming, and maker education to residents. Operates the same civic-innovation-lab model as Citilab in the same metropolitan region, with similar municipal backing.

Broad incumbents

• LEGO Education: Global incumbent in STEM/STEAM education kits and curriculum for schools. Targets the same primary and secondary school buyers as Citilab's Edulab programme but with a much broader product portfolio, deeper distribution, and brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/citilab
• Facebookfacebook.com/citilab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/citilab
• Instagraminstagram.com/citilab
• Xx.com/citilab

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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