Agadic

What Agadic does

Agadic (Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais) is the regional government cultural promotion agency of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain, operating under the Ministry of Culture of the Xunta de Galicia. The agency is headquartered at the Cidade da Cultura de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela and functions as a public intermediary that distributes subsidies, manages cultural programming, and coordinates the regional cultural ecosystem. It is not a commercial enterprise and does not sell products or services in a traditional market sense; rather, it is a publicly funded instrument for industrial policy in the cultural sector.

Agadic is organized around three core service divisions: Artes Escénicas (Performing Arts), Audiovisual, and Música (Music). Within these, it administers grant programs (Subvencións), show circuits (Circuítos de Espectáculos), and a portfolio of promotion programs including Galicia Escena PRO, FEST Galicia, GalicianTunes, PALCO, Films from Galicia, Shorts from Galicia, and the Hub Audiovisual Industria Cultural. It also operates, or coordinates with, several specialized cultural entities: the Centro Dramático Galego, Centro Coreográfico Galego, Filmoteca de Galicia, and the Rede Galega de Teatros e Auditorios (a regional network of theaters and auditoriums). The technology footprint is limited to programmatic websites, the PALCO matchmaking platform, and digital catalogs for international buyers; there is no proprietary technology product, API, or AI capability.

The agency's revenue model is public budget allocation rather than commercial sales. Its customer base consists of Galician cultural producers, performing arts companies, audiovisual creators, musicians, dance professionals, and the venues that host their work. Go-to-market is executed through a multilingual website (industriasculturais.xunta.gal), an email newsletter, social media, and direct participation in or organization of industry events domestically (Galicia) and internationally (e.g., MEET THEM! at San Sebastián, FiraTàrrega).

Name

Agadic

Legal name

Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais

Website

https://agadic.info

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agadic is the Galician regional government's public cultural industries agency, distributing subsidies and managing programs across performing arts, audiovisual, and music sectors in Galicia, Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Industries Promotion

NAICS

Executive Offices (921110), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD)

Keywords

• Cultural industries promotion
• Public cultural subsidies
• Performing arts support
• Audiovisual sector funding
• Music industry programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago de Compostela

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Agadic is a public regional government agency that administers subsidies and grants, coordinates show circuits, and runs professional development and promotion programs for Galicia's performing arts, audiovisual, and music industries. It serves as the institutional hub that allocates public funding, manages the Rede Galega de Teatros e Auditorios network, and coordinates specialized cultural centers including the Centro Dramático Galego, Centro Coreográfico Galego, and Filmoteca de Galicia.

Product overview

Agadic (Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais) is a Galician government cultural agency that operates as a multi-program service platform rather than a single unified product. The agency provides support for three main cultural sectors: Artes Escénicas (Performing Arts), Audiovisual, and Música (Music). Within these divisions, it offers grants (Subvencións), show circuits (Circuítos de Espectáculos), and various promotion programs including Galicia Escena PRO, Filmoteca de Galicia, Centro Coreográfico Galego, Centro Dramático Galego, PALCO, FEST Galicia, GalicianTunes, Films from Galicia, Shorts from Galicia, and the Hub Audiovisual Industria Cultural. The platform also manages the Rede Galega de Teatros e Auditorios network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PALCO - Galicia conecta a industria musical

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Asociación Escena GalegacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 July 2026A new cooperation agreement was approved on July 13, 2026, to continue advancing the performing arts sector as a cultural industry. The agreement supports joint initiatives to promote and develop the performing arts ecosystem across Galicia.
• Academia Galega do AudiovisualcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration between the regional government and the Galician Audiovisual Academy to project short films from the Mestre Mateo Awards to 26 localities across Galicia. This initiative promotes Galician audiovisual talent through screenings in communities throughout the region.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Institut Ramon Llull: Consortium between Catalonia and the Balearic Islands dedicated to promoting Catalan language and culture abroad. Highly relevant peer for Agadic's international promotion of Galician cultural output via catalogs and festivals.
• Etxepare Basque Institute: Basque government institute promoting Basque language and culture internationally, including support for cultural industries. Comparable regional cultural-promotion mandate with similar language-revival dimension.

Others

• Culture Action Europe: European-level cultural advocacy and policy network. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but relevant as a forum where Agadic could surface Galician cultural industries within EU cultural policy and funding debates.

Broad incumbents

• Creative Scotland: Scotland's public body supporting arts, screen, and creative industries through funding and development. Similar multi-vertical cultural industries brief to Agadic, operating at a national scale.
• Screen Australia: Australian government's main funding body for film, television, and digital content. Relevant international peer for Agadic's audiovisual production and coproduction grant programs and international promotion efforts.
• British Film Institute (BFI): UK national body combining film archive functions (comparable to Filmoteca de Galicia), audience development, and industry funding. A useful international reference point for Agadic's combined archive-plus-industry-support model.
• Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA): Spanish national agency under the Ministry of Culture administering audiovisual subsidies, film ratings, and national promotion. Operates one level above Agadic in the funding stack and overlaps in audiovisual support.
• Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC): French national film and audiovisual agency that administers subsidies, tax credits, and industry regulation. A relevant international analogue for Agadic's audiovisual subsidy and production-support functions.

Direct peers

• Institut Valencià de Cultura: Autonomous body of the Generalitat Valenciana responsible for promoting and supporting performing arts, audiovisual, and cultural heritage in Valencia. Comparable scope and administrative structure to Agadic.
• Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC): Regional government agency of Catalonia that provides grants, subsidies, and promotion programs for cultural industries (audiovisual, performing arts, music, books). Most direct functional peer to Agadic in terms of mandate, structure, and instruments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRaeQnb-fvZeRkW9hb59gEA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agadic

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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