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Best Genomics Companies in Catalonia, Spain

The 37 best Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Splice Bio.

37companies tracked
$171.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
19have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GENOMICS × CATALONIA

Our analysis of 50 Genomics companies

$7.8b in tracked funding; 84% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
84%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2016median founding year
141kcombined LinkedIn audience
57%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Genomics companies in Catalonia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Splice Bio
Provider of a proprietary platform for gene therapy
37Funding top 29%Growth top 45%Moat top 48%Tech bottom 49%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 29%
Growthtop 45%
Moattop 48%
Techbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 33%
Funding: Raised $56.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$57M15 mo agoSeries B24Miquel Vila-Perello
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+22——
2STAT Diagnostica
Provider of a diagnostic platform for molecular diagnostics and immunoassays
$54M119 mo agoSeries C—Jordi Carrera
Co-Founder & Managing Director
—113 patents
Microfluidic cartridges for nucleic acid purification and assay automation
—
3ADmit Therapeutics
Provider of diagnostic services for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
$13M35 mo agoSeries A10Jordi Gascon
Co-Founder
—18 patents
Biomarker-driven nucleic acid diagnostics for Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer risk assessment
—
4Aelix Therapeutics
Developer of therapies for treating HIV
$13M80 mo agoSeries A10Christian Brander
Co-Founder
—25 patents
TLR7 agonist adjuvants and multiepitope T‑cell immunogens for HIV vaccine development
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5Sequentia biotech
Bioinformatics technologies and sevices
$11M23 mo agoSeries A23—WordPressPleskMySQL+24——
6AB-Biotics
Developer of probiotic drugs for dental disorders
$7M100 mo agoAcquired34Miquel Bonachera
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressPleskMySQL+24145 patents
Therapeutic probiotic formulations for gut health, metabolic and infectious disease treatment.
—
7Integra Therapeutics
Developer of next generation of gene editing tools to cure diseases
$7M12 mo agoSeed9Marc Guell
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+1810 patents
Transposase-mediated gene delivery systems for enhanced transgene expression and nuclear localization
—
8Made of Genes
Genomics platform for acquiring, storing, and sharing personal genomic information
$3M30 mo agoSeed20—WordPressMySQLPHP+25——
9Flomics
Provider of liquid biopsy-based diagnostics services
$2M30 mo agoSeed19Joao Curado
CEO
WordPressPleskMySQL+19——
10Transbiomed
Provider of genomics and proteomics based molecular diagnostics solutions
$2M186 mo agoDeadpooled—Andreas Doll
Co-Founder
———
11Genomcore
Provider of a platform for personal genomic analysis
$985K21 mo agoSeries A—Miquel Angel Bru
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+224 patents
Secure data access and encryption protocols for sensitive information handling
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12GoodGut
Diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases based on intestinal microbiota analysis
$900K127 mo agoAcquired12Xavier Aldeguer
Co Founder
WordPressPleskMySQL+2643 patents
Microbiome-based non‑invasive diagnostics and therapeutic kits for colorectal disease
—
13Agrasys
Online retailer of tools and equipment for garden and field
$579K139 mo agoSeed8Cristobal Martinez
Co-Founder
———
14Pangaea Biotech
Provider of drug development and molecular diagnostics services on cancer treatment
$298K104 mo agoPublic55—WordPressMySQLPHP+22104 patents
Molecular diagnostics and targeted oncology therapeutics using nucleic acids and luminescent assays
—
15Qgenomics
Provider of genomic research and diagnostics services for research purposes
$297K62 mo agoFunding Raised—Lluis Armengol
CEO and Scientific Director
WordPressAwesompleteMySQL+18——
16Paperdrop Diagnostics
Provider of rapid diagnostics tests for ageing issue based on lateral flow immunoassays
$210K70 mo agoFunding Raised—Angel Alonso
Co-Founder & CFO
—4 patents
Multiplexed nucleic‑acid diagnostics and nanoparticle‑enhanced lateral‑flow assay platforms
—
17Xenopat
Developing xenograft models of cancer for drug development and personalized treatment selection
$158K68 mo agoFunding Raised4Alberto Villanueva
Co-Founder
———
18Moirai Biodesign
Developer of RNA-based therapeutics and diagnostics for cancer
$115K87 mo agoSeed6Ivan Dotu
Co-founder and CTO
—11 patents
RNA aptamer‑based signal amplification methods for nucleic‑acid disease diagnostics
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Top 12 Genomics companies in Catalonia

#1
Series B · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2020 · 24 employees
$56.7Mraised
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Provider of a proprietary platform for gene therapy. The company offers proprietary intein platform technology for treating patients suffering from rare genetic diseases. The company's lead program is in Stargardt disease, the most common inherited retinal disorder caused by mutations in a single gene ABCA4.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%
Growth
top 45%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 38%
Funding: Raised $56.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (Jun 2025)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers — 8.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series B$135M
  • Feb 2022Series A$56.7M
  • Sep 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Miquel Vila-PerelloCEO
Investors
Ysios Capital, Asabys Partners, Caixa Capital Risc, UCB Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Gilde Healthcare
Tech stack
Anime.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Cookieyes
#2
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2021 · 9 employees
$6.8Mraised
▾

Developer of next generation of gene editing tools to cure diseases. The company has combined the CRISPR systems with the gene transfer efficiency of viral integrases and transposases. It helps in introducing DNA into the genome with sequence-specific DNA binding proteins for developing gene therapies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$12.5M
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$540.6K
  • Mar 2022Seed$1.7M
  • Dec 2021Seed$5.1M
Founders & team
Marc GuellCo-Founder
Investors
Invivo Ventures, Takeda, AdBio partners, Advent France Biotechnology, Columbus Venture Partners, European Innovation Council
Tech stack
ComplianzCore-JsElementorGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHello Elementor
#3
Series A · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2013 · 23 employees
$11.2Mraised
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Sequentia Biotech offers services and technologies in the field of bioinformatics. Work is organised into four specialised divisions: Sequentia Green, Sequentia Health, Sequentia Research, and Sequentia Training. The offerings include bioinformatics services, NGS services along with software for data analysis. It also has custom databses such as database for Plant resistance gene database PRGdb, Variation DB etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 7.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series A$11.2M
  • Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$2.1M
  • 2021Grant (prize money)$61.3K
  • Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$86.6K
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Seventure Partners
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsElementor
#4
Series A · Esplugues De Llobregat, Catalonia · founded 2015
$984.7Kraised
▾

Provider of a platform for personal genomic analysis. The company provides DNA sequencing services and computing services for genomic analysis. Users can obtain, analyze and manage their complete genomic sequence from the company's cloud platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Series A$5.3M
  • Oct 2022Seed$984.7K
  • Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$58.2K
  • Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$60.1K
Founders & team
Miquel Angel BruCo-Founder
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund, Fcbarcelona, QVIDTVM, Intelectium, FCV Equity Group
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAstraCloudflareCookiebotElementor
#5
Series A · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$12.9Mraised
▾

Provider of diagnostic services for early detection of Alzheimer's disease. The company is developing diagnostic tests by using next-generation sequencing analysis for the detection of biomarkers β-amyloid nor tau. The test is based on an epigenetic analysis in blood samples, covering the analysis of a large number of methylcytosines in mtDNA.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Series A$5.7M
  • Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$3M
  • Aug 2020Series A$5M
  • Mar 2019Seed$2.3M
Founders & team
Jordi GasconCo-Founder
Investors
EIT Health, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery, Europa, Lavanda, Ship2B Ventures, WA4STEAM
#6
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2015 · 20 employees
$2.9Mraised
▾

Genomics platform for acquiring, storing, and sharing personal genomic information. Genomcore provides end-customers a secure and compliant genomics platform for acquiring, storing, and sharing personal genomic information for its use in clinical and non-clinical applications. The company provides DNA sequencing services and computing services for genomic analysis. Users can obtain, analyze and manage their complete genomic sequence from the company's cloud platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed—
  • Jul 2020Seed$2.7M
  • Jun 2015Seed$100K
  • Feb 2015Seed$102K
Investors
FCV Equity Group, Break Off, Scale Lab Andorra, Barcainnovationhub, CG Health Ventures, Wayra
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpAstraAnimate.CssWoocommerce
#7
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2018 · 19 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Provider of liquid biopsy-based diagnostics services. The company offers a tailored sequencing workflow for RNA-based diagnostics using RNA liquid biopsy tests. It uses the Blood sample to obtain sequencing data to create liquid biopsies to enable the diagnosis of the patients.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 4.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$1.2M
  • Mar 2022Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Joao CuradoCEO
Investors
Decelera Ventures, Histemi Inversiones, FCR
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDiviGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Workspace
#8
Series C · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2010
$53.7Mraised
▾

Provider of a diagnostic platform for molecular diagnostics and immunoassays. The proprietary DiagCore comprises an Analyzer that runs on consumable DiagCore cartridges. The STAT-Molecular cartridge automates sample homogenization, cell disruption, nucleic acid purification and delivers up to 50-plex target detection employing qPCR. This test cartridge is designed to automate molecular assays in the fields of infectious diseases, oncology, coagulation, prenatal, inherited diseases, or companion diagnostics. It offers test cartridges designed to automate immunoassays for critical care markers such as Procalcitonin (Sepsis), Troponin (AMI), Ngal (AKI), C-reactive protein (Inflammation), hCG (pregnancy), among others.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2016Series C—
  • Apr 2016Series C$28.5M
  • May 2013Series B$22.3M
  • 2011Series A$2.9M
Founders & team
Jordi CarreraCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Ysios Capital, Official Credit Institute, Kurma Partners, Idinvest Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Caixa Capital Risc
#9
Series A · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2015 · 10 employees
$12.6Mraised
▾

Aelix Therapeutics develops therapies for HIV. It is a spinout from Barcelona's HIVACAT Research Center. The company plans to use polynucleotide sequences from T-cells derived from a cohort of HIV patients with naturally low viral loads. These sequence(s) will then be converted into DNA and delivered as a vaccine using a modified Ankara virus (MVA) as a vector. The vaccine has completed a Phase 1 trial.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$600.2K
  • Jul 2017Grant (prize money)$57.3K
  • Jan 2016Series A$12.6M
Founders & team
Christian BranderCo-Founder
Investors
EIT Health, Ysios Capital, Caixa Capital Risc, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Europa
#10
Acquired · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2004 · 34 employees
$7.4Mraised
▾

Developer of probiotic drugs for dental disorders. It also offers nutraceuticals for the pharmaceutical and food sectors. The company has a portfolio of 21 probiotic products in various categories including cardiometabolic, oral care, pediatrics, gastrointestinal health, gynecology, urology, dermatology, and immunology. It develops drugs for CNS disorders. It also offers services in genetic analyses for conducting pharmacogenetic studies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2018Post IPO—
  • Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$61.6K
  • Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$59K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$52.8K
Founders & team
Miquel BonacheraCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Almirall, ICF, Inveready, Europa, Kaneka, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAutomatic.CssBricksCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianz
#11
Deadpooled · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2007
$1.6Mraised
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Transbiomed is a provider of genomics and proteomics-based molecular diagnostics solutions. It has developed products through biomarker discovery programs. Flagship product is for the diagnosis of prostrate cancer using a proprietary panel of biomarkers that is administered in conjunction with a standard PSA test.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2011Series A$1.6M
Founders & team
Andreas DollCo-Founder
Investors
Inveready, Catalonia Trade & Investment
#12
Funding Raised · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2020 · 16 employees
$81.9Kraised
▾

Provider of transcriptomic tests that focused on reversing aging. It offers a blood test that analyzes the RNA levels to examine the expression of all genes in the genome associated with different metabolic pathways.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$81.9K
Founders & team
Teresa TarragoCEO
Investors
Europa, Village Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$171.7Mtotal disclosed funding
19companies funded
52disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa12 rounds
Caixa Capital Risc6 rounds
EIC Fund5 rounds
EIT Health5 rounds
Catalonia Trade & Investment4 rounds
Inveready3 rounds
Ship2B3 rounds
Ysios Capital3 rounds
Columbus Venture Partners2 rounds
FCV Equity Group2 rounds

Notable founders

Miquel Vila-Perello
CEO · Splice Bio
Marc Guell
Co-Founder · Integra Therapeutics
Miquel Angel Bru
Co-Founder · Genomcore
Jordi Gascon
Co-Founder · ADmit Therapeutics
Joao Curado
CEO · Flomics
Jordi Carrera
Co-Founder & Managing Director · STAT Diagnostica
Christian Brander
Co-Founder · Aelix Therapeutics
Miquel Bonachera
Co-Founder & CEO · AB-Biotics
Andreas Doll
Co-Founder · Transbiomed
Teresa Tarrago
CEO · Beyond You
Xavier Aldeguer
Co Founder · GoodGut
Lluis Armengol
CEO and Scientific Director · Qgenomics
Prism market signals · Spain · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,330,453 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Genomics coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Spain

How research on Bioinformatics is moving in Spain

A read on the academic research around Bioinformatics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,742 Spain-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820152026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 39% → 35% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Universidad Internacional De La Rioja177
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory87
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III70
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra52
  • Universitat de Barcelona51
leading researchers
Juan Moisés de la Serna · Soumyadeep Sarkar · Javier E. Flores · Navaj Nune · MIREIA RAMOS-RODRÍGUEZ · Abhishek Kulkarni · Jose María Requena Rolanía · Damian Szklarczyk
▲ Breakthroughs484 · 28%
▼ 47%→26% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations86% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (47%→26% of field), led by Genome.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Genome8→51
  • Transcriptome2→44
  • Gene10→51
  • Epigenetics2→18
  • Chromatin1→16
Newly emergingDisease 0→22 · Immune system 0→22 · Identification (biology) 0→16
Landmark Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2 · 97,164 cites
◆ Advancements481 · 28%
▲ 16%→29% share
▲1.8× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (16%→29% of field), led by Gene.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Gene2→46
  • Clinical trial1→18
  • Cancer2→17
  • Genome4→17
  • Breast cancer1→14
Newly emergingDisease 0→39 · Transcriptome 0→38 · Biomarker 0→37
Landmark Differential expression analysis for sequence count data · 16,273 cites
▼ Concerns242 · 14%
▼ 15%→14% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations92% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (15%→14% of field), led by Disease.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Disease1→36
  • Precision medicine1→11
  • Gene1→7
  • Phenotype1→7
  • Metagenomics1→5
Newly emergingClinical trial 0→17 · MEDLINE 0→15 · Biomarker 0→15
Landmark GENCODE: The reference human genome annotation for The ENCODE Project · 5,001 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Spain

Where bioinformatics is researched across Spain

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Barcelona225 · +0.46
Hot · Tumor necrosis factor alphaAdvancing · EpigenomicsOpportunity · TranscriptomeConcern · Pharmacogenomics
Madrid196 · +0.44
Hot · BiomarkerAdvancing · WorkflowOpportunity · DiseaseConcern · Systematic review
Valencia84 · +0.33
Hot · ObesityAdvancing · Oxidative stressOpportunity · Inflammation
Cerdanyola del Vallès48 · +0.49
Hot · Replication (statistics)Advancing · Mechanism (biology)Opportunity · Genome
Pamplona43 · +0.42
Hot · DiseaseAdvancing · Drug discoveryOpportunity · Immune system
Santiago de Compostela41 · +0.45
Hot · GeneAdvancing · GenomeOpportunity · Disease
Seville40 · +0.55
Hot · GeneAdvancing · In vitroOpportunity · Transcriptome
Granada33 · +0.37
Hot · DiseaseAdvancing · Gut floraOpportunity · Microbiome
Zaragoza27 · +0.45
Hot · GenomeAdvancing · TranscriptomeOpportunity · Cell
Leioa26 · +0.18
Hot · ChromatinOpportunity · Gene

Common questions

How many Genomics companies are there in Catalonia, Spain?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Genomics companies headquartered in Catalonia, Spain that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain?
The Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain on this list have raised a combined $171.7M in disclosed equity funding across 19 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Genomics company in Catalonia, Spain?
Splice Bio is the highest-funded Genomics company in Catalonia, Spain, with $56.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain are funded?
19 of the 37 Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Genomics unicorns are there in Catalonia, Spain?
None of the Genomics companies in Catalonia, Spain on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Catalonia, Spain Genomics companies?
The most active investors in Catalonia, Spain Genomics companies on this list include Europa, Caixa Capital Risc, EIC Fund, EIT Health, Catalonia Trade & Investment.
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