Fundación Leitat

What Fundación Leitat does

Fundación Leitat is a Spanish non-profit foundation, registered in 2008 under Ley 50/2002, that operates as an integrated innovation platform spanning four reinforcing activity areas: management of scientific-technical infrastructure (Hubs Científicos in Terrassa and Barcelona), technology transfer and knowledge valorization, multidisciplinary collaboration with national and international R&D+i entities, and entrepreneurship promotion through the 3D Incubator and BioMed Pre-Incubator programs. Its service portfolio for hospitals, health systems, research institutes, universities, and public/private entities comprises three professional-services lines — Consultoría (Paquete Innovación Integral and Paquete Innovación Esencial for hospital innovation-unit transformation), Formación (ad hoc training including a recent Generative AI curriculum for R&D teams), and Aceleración (open-innovation challenge programs) — supplemented by flagship projects such as CIMTI (medical-technology integration), HISS (social and health innovation hub), the Healthcare Innovation Lab / Living Lab Salut Terrassa, and the RHIA-VO AI Hospital Challenge.

The foundation generates revenue through professional-services fees (consulting, training, acceleration) and through public tenders accessed under its PANAP status (Poder Adjudicador no Administración Pública) per article 3.3 of Spain's Ley 9/2017 on public-sector contracts, with awards published in its contracting profile under principles of publicity, concurrence, transparency, equality, and non-discrimination. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is described as tailored to each client organization's needs. Customer segments are vertical-specific (hospitals/health systems, research institutes and universities, public/private entities pursuing open-innovation challenges), with engagement primarily direct and event-driven in Catalonia. No revenue figures, funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investment are disclosed, and the foundation has no parent company; its operations are oriented to public-benefit R&D+i promotion rather than profit distribution.

Name

Fundación Leitat

Legal name

FUNDACIÓN LEITAT

Website

https://fundacionleitat.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Leitat is a Spanish non-profit innovation platform that delivers consulting, training, and acceleration services to hospitals, research institutes, universities, and public entities, while managing scientific hubs, incubators, and flagship health-innovation projects across Catalonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research and Innovation Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure & Project Finance Advisory (BPAHADAO)

Keywords

• Innovation consulting services
• Technology transfer services
• Scientific infrastructure management
• Healthcare innovation programs
• Startup incubation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Terrassa

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Advisory services for the creation or transformation of innovation units, including model design, governance, methodology implementation, and project accompaniment.
2. Training Services: Theoretical and practical training programs designed ad hoc for healthcare innovation professionals and managers, including practical training for exploring the use of Generative AI in R&D.
3. Acceleration Programs: Programs that include definition of strategic challenges, project attraction and selection, and methodological accompaniment of selected solutions, adapted to objectives, resources, and maturity level of each entity.
4. Public Tenders and Procurement: Foundation Leitat holds the status of Power Adjudicator non-Public Administration (PANAP) under Spanish public procurement law. Contracts are subject to principles of publicity, concurrence, transparency, equality and non-discrimination.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Fundación Leitat is a Spanish non-profit foundation that operates as an integral innovation platform combining four complementary strategic activities: management of scientific-technical infrastructures (Hubs Científicos) in Terrassa and Barcelona, technology transfer and knowledge valorization, multidisciplinary collaboration with national and international R&D+i entities, and entrepreneurship promotion. It sells consulting, training, and acceleration services to hospitals, health systems, research institutes, universities, and other public/private entities seeking to build, transform, or scale their innovation capacity.

Product overview

Fundación Leitat operates as an integral innovation platform where science, technology, and entrepreneurship converge. The organization functions as a foundation that manages scientific-technical infrastructures (Hubs Científicos) in Terrassa and Barcelona, provides technology transfer services, facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration with R&D entities, and fosters entrepreneurship through programs like the 3D Incubator and BioMed Pre-Incubator. The service portfolio includes three main offerings: Consultancy (Paquete Innovación Integral and Paquete Innovación Esencial for hospital/health system innovation), Formación (practical training including Generative AI for R&D), and Aceleración (acceleration programs for open innovation). Notable projects include RHIA-VO (AI Hospital Challenge), CIMTI (Medical Technology Integration), HISS (Social and Health Innovation Hub), and the Healthcare Innovation Lab (Living Lab Salut Terrassa).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultoría / Paquete Innovación Integral Advisory service for the creation or transformation of an innovation unit, including model design, governance design, implementation of a methodology to identify needs, capture innovative solutions, and accompany projects through structured processes. Targeted at hospitals or health systems that want to adapt and deploy a consolidated innovation model aligned with their strategy.
• Consultoría / Paquete Innovación Esencial Optimization service for the key processes of an existing innovation unit, focusing on improving project attraction, selection, and monitoring, with the application of methodologies and tools that strengthen management and impact. Targeted at organizations with established innovation units seeking to improve performance.
• Formación Theoretical and practical training programs designed ad hoc for healthcare innovation professionals and managers. Includes practical training on the use of Generative AI in R&D covering hypothesis generation, scientific literature search, technical report automation, large-volume data analysis, and pattern detection. Targeted at professionals and innovation managers at hospitals, research institutes, universities, and public/private entities.
• Aceleración Acceleration programs designed for public or private entities that want to promote open innovation initiatives through specific challenges. Includes strategic challenge definition, project attraction and selection, and methodological accompaniment of selected solutions, adapted to each entity's objectives, resources, and maturity level.
• Hubs Científicos Scientific-technical infrastructures managed by Fundación Leitat in Terrassa and Barcelona, providing specialized spaces (Science Hubs) equipped with cutting-edge technology. These hubs foster technological creativity and facilitate collaboration between researchers, companies, and startups, and are designed to accelerate R&D+i activities.
• 3D Incubator Incubation program for innovative startups in areas such as Industry 4.0, advanced manufacturing, and additive manufacturing, providing resources, mentorship, and a unique space for growth and consolidation.
• BioMed Pre-Incubator Pre-incubator program supporting biomedical innovation and startup development, providing early-stage support to founders in the biomedical sector as part of the foundation's entrepreneurship promotion ecosystem.
• CIMTI - Centro para la Integración de la Medicina y las Tecnologías Innovadoras Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technologies, focused on integrating medical technologies with innovative solutions. Operated as a featured project of Fundación Leitat within its health innovation portfolio.
• HISS - Hub de Innovación Social y Sanitaria Health and Social Innovation Hub focused on driving innovation in the social and healthcare sectors. Operated as a featured project of Fundación Leitat within its collaborative healthcare innovation initiatives.
• Healthcare Innovation Lab (Living Lab Salut Terrassa) Healthcare innovation laboratory (Living Lab Salut Terrassa) providing a collaborative environment for testing, validating, and developing healthcare solutions. Represents the foundation's living lab initiative for health innovation in Terrassa.
• RHIA-VO (Reto Hospitalario de Inteligencia Artificial) Artificial Intelligence Hospital Challenge in the Vallès Occidental region (CRIDA initiative), promoting the development and application of AI solutions in healthcare through an open innovation challenge format.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CIMTI - Centro para la Integración de la Medicina y las Tecnologías InnovadorascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIMTI is a featured project of Fundación Leitat focused on the integration of medicine and innovative technologies, representing a key initiative in the foundation's health innovation portfolio.
• HISS - Hub de Innovación Social y SanitariacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHISS is a featured project addressing social and health innovation, demonstrating the foundation's commitment to collaborative healthcare innovation initiatives.
• Healthcare Innovation Lab / Living Lab Salut TerrassacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare Innovation Lab represents the foundation's living lab initiative in Terrassa for health innovation, providing a collaborative environment for testing and developing healthcare solutions.
• 3D IncubatorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner3D Incubator is a unique space for innovative startups in areas such as Industry 4.0, advanced manufacturing, and additive manufacturing, providing resources and mentorship for growth and consolidation.
• BioMed Pre-IncubatorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBioMed Pre-Incubator supports biomedical innovation and startup development, contributing to the foundation's entrepreneurship promotion ecosystem.
• National and International R&D+I EntitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive collaboration with national and international R&D+I entities to generate synergies and promote development of new knowledge and technologies, creating a collaborative ecosystem that accelerates innovation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CIMIT (Boston, USA): Boston-based healthcare innovation consortium that integrates medicine and innovative technologies — the explicit international model referenced by Leitat's CIMTI project; nearest functional analogue globally for hospital-facing MedTech acceleration and integration services.
• IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer): Barcelona-based biomedical research foundation combining clinical research, training, and technology transfer with hospital partners; structurally analogous as a non-profit foundation delivering research services and innovation support to hospital systems.
• CIMTI (Catalan center for medical technology integration): CIMTI is in fact a featured Leitat project focused on integrating medicine and innovative technologies, with a similar hospital-innovation and acceleration model; it operates as a near-clone accelerator inside the Leitat ecosystem and serves the same Catalan hospitals and startups.
• Fundació TIC Salut Social: Catalan foundation supporting digital health innovation across the public health system; very comparable to Leitat in mission (hospital innovation methodology, training, acceleration) and target customers (Catalan hospitals, research institutes, public entities).

Regional players

• CTA (Fundación Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía): Andalusian technology foundation operating programs for technology transfer, R&D collaboration, and entrepreneurship — similar in structure (regional innovation foundation) and offer (R&D services, training, acceleration) but with regional rather than sectoral focus.
• IBIMA (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga): Andalusian biomedical research foundation supporting hospital and university research, training and innovation projects; comparable in mission and non-profit foundation form, but focused on the Málaga/Andalusia region rather than Catalonia.
• Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario La Paz (FIBHULP): Madrid-based hospital-linked biomedical research foundation supporting research, training, and technology transfer to a regional hospital system; comparable in legal form (non-profit hospital foundation) and service mix, but operating in a different region with a different hospital client base.

Broad incumbents

• EIT Health Spain: European health innovation network (part of EIT) running acceleration programs, training, and innovation challenges for hospitals and startups across Spain and Europe; competes with Leitat in acceleration/challenge services while operating at a much larger pan-European scale.
• Tecnalia Research & Innovation Foundation: Large Spanish R&D foundation operating scientific infrastructure and technology transfer across multiple sectors; broader than Leitat but extremely comparable in the combination of lab management, technology transfer, and applied R&D services to companies and public entities.
• Fraunhofer Society (selected institutes): Germany's largest applied-research organization — best-in-class benchmark for the operating model Leitat aspires to: applied R&D, contract research, training, and technology transfer via a network of institutes with cutting-edge lab infrastructure. Much larger scale, but structurally the closest European analogue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Funding overview

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M&A

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