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The hub also participated in the central event of the celebration of the 25 years of the Innova Program: the round table with managers of companies that emerged from the UPC. You can see the video of the celebration.

The 14th UPC Research Valorisation Award has recognised 4DPolysense as the best technology transfer project, the NECADA program as the best invention or work for its application in the market and the Process Talks spin-off as the best technology-based company. The Nimble Diagnostics spin-off has also received a special acknowledgement. The award is supported by Fractus as part of the Fractus Deep Tech Hub.

The day, dedicated to the valorization of research, entrepreneurship and the participation of doctoral students in the university community, brought together doctoral students, professors and invited lecturers. The professor Carles Puente shared knowledge on how to take advantage of research to create economic impact and explore the potential of research

The Vèrtex Auditorium hosted this day on the new patent system, effective since June 1 and which had the participation of Carles Puente, professor at the UPC.

The co-founders of Fractus, Rubén Bonet, currently CEO, and Carles Puente, professor at the UPC, explained how they managed to go from being a leading spin-off to antenna technology inspired by fractal shapes to a large company with more than 120 patents

As part of the activities of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, members of the Fractus company visited the Startup Corner of the UPC at Four Years From Now (4YFN) event, the most important event dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship within the Mobile World Congress.

From February 27 to March 2, the UPC showed its entrepreneurial spirit at the Four Years From Now (4YFN) event. More than thirty technology-based spin-offs and start-ups, led by UPC students, alumni or research staff, have attended this international meeting of the innovation ecosystem.

The representatives of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub got to know the entrepreneurial community and the innovative system of the participating universities in the program 'From Science to the Marketplace'.

The company Fractus and the UPC have agreed to create the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, a research center where deep technologies will be designed and improved to develop disruptive technological solutions based on scientific challenges with great potential and social impact. Fractus is one of the first spin-offs that emerged from the UPC.