EconomistesBAN's second investment forum in Granollers hears six start-ups seeking €2.32 million

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EconomistesBAN, the business angel network of the Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya, held the second edition of its investment forum at the Unió Empresarial Intersectorial (UEI) in Granollers, with an online option for those who preferred to hear pitches from home. LYNE Group, a community of young entrepreneurs, helped organise it. The stated aim is to bring private investors to start-ups outside Barcelona, rather than the other way round.

Six projects pitched, asking for €2.32 million between them. Two wanted €500,000 each: a cloud platform for running the facilities, energy and maintenance of large buildings, and a foodtech that turns the whey left over by cheesemakers into whey protein. Two wanted €400,000: an AI platform that reads molecular data to speed up drug research, and an AI restaurant manager that checks what happens on the floor against the till. A tool to organise a private investor's portfolio sought €370,000, and a private AI assistant for company documents €150,000.

No investments were announced. Pep Garcia, president of the UEI, said the area has to be able to "open up to outside innovation".