2. Introduction
The following graphs and tables reports the key facts and figures in 2010 of the Portuguese community of Business Innovation Centers,
benchmarking them with those of the whole EBN network
network.
The survey has been undertaken thanks to the yearly implementation of EBN’s Quality system which is primarily aimed at ensuring the
compliance of the BICs, EBN Full Members, to the BIC Quality Mark Criteria.
The Statistical characteristics of the survey
Total number of potential participants 148
Total number of potential participants in Portugal 10
Percentage of BICs participating in the survey 86,5%
Percentage of Portuguese BICs participating in the survey 75%
Method: on-line self-evaluation questionnaire plus subsequent validation by EBN Quality Team
Source: EBN Quality System http://quality.ebn.be
Responsible for the publication: Mr. Philippe Vanrie, EBN CEO
Address: Avenue de Tervueren 168, B – 1150, Brussels
Tel: +32-2-7728900
Fax: +32-2-7729574
+32 2 7729574
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu
Website: http://www.ebn.eu; http://quality.ebn.be
Date of publication: 31 May 2011
This report has been prepared by the EBN Quality team, led by Mr. Giordano Dichter and assisted by Ms. Chiara Davalli and Mr. Pierluigi Antonelli
3. Portuguese Bics
BIC Beira Atlantico Institute Pedro Nunes
Mr Victor CARDIAL Mr Carlos CERQUEIRA
Web site : www.aibap.pt Web site : www.ipn.pt
N.E.T.- Novas Empresas e Tecnologias,
BIC do MINHO M Nuno GOMES
M.
S.A. - BIC do Porto
Web site : www.oficinadainovacao.pt
Mr. José MARTINS
Web site : www.net-sa.pt
Centro de Empresas e Innovaçao B.I.C. Madeira
SINES TECNOPOLO
Mrs Patricia DANTAS
Mr. Tiago GUERREIRO
Web site : www.ceim.pt
Web site : www.sinestecnopolo.org
Centro Promotor de Innovaçao e Negocios Tagus Valley
Mr Antonio NUNES Mr. Homero CARDOSO
Web site : www cpin pt
www.cpin.pt Web it
W b site : www.tagusvalley.pt
t ll t
CIEBI Centro de Innovaçao Empresarial de Beira Citmad Centro de Inovação de Trás-os-Montes e
Interior Alto Douro
M.
M Joao CARVALHO Mr Alexandre PINHEIRO
Web site : www.rede-futura.pt/ciebi-bic Web site: www.citmad.pt
4. Nature and Legal Status of BICs
Portugal 83,30% 16,67%
BIC as new entity
BIC hosted in existing organization
Network 63,28% 36,72%
BICs in hosting
BICs as new entities
organizations
Legal Identity
Portugal (%) Network (%) Portugal (%) Network (%)
Equity based (with shareholders) 40 36,84 0 0
Foundation 0 7,89 0 0
Association 60 29,82 0 100
Cooperative 0 2,63 0 0
Public body under special law 0 9,65 66, 0
Other
Oh 0 13,16
13 16 33,33
33 33 0
100 100 100 100
5. BICs’ Ownership
Ownership: Public / Private Breakdown
Portugal Network
Public Private Public Private
Total Number of Shareholders 21 101 659 1119
Weight over the network 61,2% 38,78% 67,50% 32,50%
Voting rights (%) Voting rights (%)
Public shareholders Portugal Network Private h
P i t shareholders
h ld Portugal
P t l Network
N t k
National/federal government 2,25 3,20
Private financed R&D structures 0,69 1,42
State (s) in federal organized states 0,00 1,22
Chambers of Commerce 0,54 1,65
Regional G
R i l Government
t 13,42
13 42 18,85
18 85
Employers associations 0,45 1,72
Local Government 4,18 14,15
Trade Unions 0,00 0,53
Municipalities 23,36 7,66
Economic development not for profit
4,54 2,62
Specific governmental agencies 4,53
4 53 3,35
3 35 entities
100% publicly financed R&D Enterprises 13,71 11,27
10,42 5,32
structures
Private owned capital funds 4,76 4,10
Public owned companies 0,00 2,40
Banks 3,26 4,11
Chambers of commerce (if public)
Ch b f bli ) 0,00
0 00 4,48
4 48
Public owned capital funds 0,00 1,07 Private people 0,00 4,24
Others 3,06 2,27 Others 10,83 0,84
6. BICs & territory
Acknowledgement by the public sector Main catchment areas
Portugal Network
100% publicly financed R&D 17%
structures 30%
0% City 0% 5%
Specific governmental agencies
47%
17% Region / province 100% 84%
Municipalities
76%
0%
Local Government
91%
Portugal State (federal
0% 4%
Network organised countries)
17%
Regional Government
77%
State (s) in federal organized
ede a o ga ed 0%
states 79%
Nation
N ti 0% 4%
50%
National/federal government
35% Other 0% 3%
0%
Other
33%
Total 100% 100%
7. Alliances & Cooperation
Strategic Alliances Cooperation
Private
0%
consultants/public BSO
Large Companies
in business
34,38%
development
33% Cooperation with the Cooperation with
Universities/other R&D EEN Network business schools
Institutions
87,50%
67%
Chambers of Commerce and Database of research
RDA/LDAs Involvment in clusters
60,94% and technology centers
Private
0% consultants/public BSO
No cooperation agreements in intellectual property
7,81%
7 81%
Portugal Network Network Portugal
8. BICs’ Team
Portugal Network
Total N. of BICs’ Staff
32 1865
Breakdown by role External experts (day/year)
Portugal (%) Network (%)
g ( ) ( ) 67%
Management 8,56 9,18 50%
%Network
Administration 7,29 14,61
%Portugal
Entrepreneurs 17%
16% 17%
17%
28,05 27,41
guidance 9%
7%
Project management 35,66
35 66 14,04
14 04 0% 0%
< 50 50 - 99 100 - 199 200 - 299 > 300
Incubator
3,80 11,72
management
Communication &
6,34
6 34 8,27
8 27 Size of BICs
events 83%
Training 8,72 4,53
Network
Other 1,58
1 58 10,23
10 23 23%
% 21% %
23% 20% Portugal
17% 14%
0% 0% 0%
Total 100 100
3 ‐ 6 7 ‐ 9 10 ‐ 14 15 ‐ 25 > 25
9. Key qualifications & Services
Areas of expertise Additional services
67%
Financial engineering
68%
Promotion of SMEs or regions 67%
41%
Specialized technology support 83%
Advanced use of ITC for SMEs 67% for enterprise creation 73%
development 49%
67% 83%
Human resources development Specific training know-how
35% 73%
Policy making advice / Project 50%
design and management 45% Structural cooperation with other 100%
EC N t
Networks
k 62%
Access to funding 100%
79%
International B2B or investment 67%
experience 62%
Legal advice to enterprise 67%
creation 57%
Set-up / implementation 100%
International cooperation / SME 67% (inter)national projects 75%
internationalization 68%
R&D / University spin-off / High-
y p g 83% 0%
No services offered
tech SME creation & support 84% Portugal 95%
50% Network
Other 0%
24% Other
77%
11. Financial Assessment
BICs’ Income (%)
( ) BICs’ Expenditures ( )
p (%)
Private sponsorship 3,3 Financial costs (from loans 4,3
1,8 etc.) 1,3
Other private income 13,5
5,9
4,7
Cost of incubator building(s)
Income from client- 6,8 11,9
SMEs/Entrepreneurs 6,3
Income from housing + incubator 22,7 Overheads (furniture, travel, 22,5
services 22,2 energy, IT facilities etc.) 17,1
Other public income 0
4,8 0
Subsidies to entrepreneurs
1,2
12
Income from EU Programmes 10,3
(Framework Programme, Interreg,… 5,7
Public Income through National & Consultants and external 12,4
20,9
Regional programmes 14 experts 12,8
Other public subsidies 0
4,9 48,9
Payroll
46,7
EU structural Funds (e.g. ERDF, 11,7
ESF) 7,5
7,2
72
10,6 Other costs
From national, regional, local bodies 9,2
27,2
Portugal Network Portugal Network
12. Innovation & IP
53%
46%
nnovation
n
(% of entrepreneurial projects)
)
39%
35%
Network
cus on In
Portugal
P t l
15%
12%
o
Foc
Technological innovation Non Technological Innovation Other
roperty
495
Intellectual Pr
Network
227
Portugal
7 1
Patents request Patents granted
13. Services to new entrepreneurs & Incubation
Identification of ideal target /
entrepreneur
Training for entrepreneurs Template for risk analysis
Entrepreneurial skill
Assessment of training needs
asessment tool
Provision of business plan Network
Provision of incubation space
template Portugal
Help in finding financial Helping to define the
support business model
Availability of database of Helping to write the business
financial tools plan
Support financial planning
and simulation
Physical Incubation activities Portugal Network
Average square meters available for incubation activities of owned incubators (square
1087,00 7549,41
meters)
Average incubator space occupancy rate (%) 45,00% 78,11%
Average incubation time (years) 2,75 3,08
14. Services to existing SMEs
g
33%
32%
22% 22%
17% 17% 17%
16% 16%
13%
Designing and Innovation diagnostic Internationalization Commercialization Access to finance
implementing innovative
projects
Network Portugal
15. Training & Events
2010 Portugal Network
Number Average Median Number Average Median
Number of events
organised in 2010 to 139 23,16 24,5 3.925 30,66 15,5
promote entrepreneurship
Number of training events
in 2010 for either new
21 3,5 2,5 2003 50,85 14
entrepreneurs or existing
SMEs
Number of people that
attended events to promote 4195 699,166 651,5 168.284 1.314.72 548.50
entrepreneurship
Number of people that
N b f l th t
515 85,83 25 36.120 774.20 195.5
attended training events
pic
Training by top
100% 100%
83% 83%
72% 70% 65% 67%
53% Network
36%
23% Portugal
g
0%
(% of BICs)
Business Marketing Management Investment IP Rights Other
planning Readiness
16. Access to funding
Network Portugal
N. of companies assisted in fund raising 2.968 61
Estimated capital raised € 316.782.992,13 € 4.461.149,22
N. of companies assisted 2968 344
Estimated capital raised 2140425,6234507114,844
urces
Portugal 9% 9% 19% 62%
akdown by
Seed capital
ding sou
Business Angels
Venture capital
Other
Network 35% 15% 26% 24%
Brea
fund
17. KPIs,
KPIs Key Performance Indicators
Portugal Network
Number Average Median Number Average Median
Number of tenants in incubators 39 6,50 4 3.937 31,71 23,50
Total employment by tenants 228 38,00 26 24.505 181,44 95,50
Total numbers of contacts for enterprise creation 218 36.33 29 69.307 318,95 88,50
Number of feasibility studies created during the year 117 19,5 19 12.461 97,89 36,00
Number of enterprise creation projects during the
73 12,16 13,5 7.125 51,73 18,00
year
Number of business plans produced during the year 68 11,33 10 6.989 73,50 19,50
Number of start-ups created during the year 52 8,66 5,5 6.358 43,50 14,00
Number of jobs created in SMEs (client companies
79 13,16 13,5 6.165 45,03 15,00
of BICs)
Number of jobs created in Start-ups in the year 155 25,83 16,5 12.668 85,01 33,50
Enterprise Survival Rate (within the incubation
N.A. 98,48% 100,00% N.A. 91,07% 95,00%
period)
Enterprise Survival Rate (3 years following
N.A. 92,60% 94,00% N.A. 89,04% 91,90%
graduation)
Existing SMEs supported during the year 79 13,16 12,5 11.000 90,41 50
18. Value for Money
Network Portugal
Cost per job created with support of a BIC € 12.068,79 8.644,25 €
Public financial contribution per j
p job created € 8.338,79
, 5.495,80 €
,
Average number of start-ups per 100K€ of BIC income 2,80 2,57
Average number of jobs created per 100K€ of BIC income 8,29 11,57
Average number of business plans created per 100K€ of BIC income 3,08 3,36
Average number of companies assisted per 100K€ of BIC income 5,10
5 10 4,10
4 10
Average number of start-ups per FTE member of BIC staff 3,15 1,65
Average number of jobs created per FTE member of BIC staff 9,34 7,42
Average number of business plans created per FTE member of BIC staff 3,46 2,16
Average number of companies assisted per FTE member of BIC staff 5,74 2,63
* Full time equivalent
