Gradiant grows by 20% in 2025 and exceeds €17 million in revenue for the first time

The technology centre secured €6.4 million in R&D contracts, including a significant contribution from European funding, which reached €4.4 million, 124% more than in the previous year

Gradiant currently has a team of more than 250 people and carried out 123 projects in 2025: 81 national, 23 in Galicia and 19 international

Key milestones include the creation of TRL13, the first European investment fund launched by a Spanish technology centre, and the launch of two new artificial intelligence-based spin-offs

Gradiant closed 2025 with the best results in its history, exceeding €17 million in revenue for the first time. This represents growth of 20% compared with the previous year, with 11% of revenue generated directly from intellectual property sales. This sustained progress consolidates the centre’s upward trajectory, with revenue having increased by 183% since 2021.

Of the total revenue recorded in 2025, 66% came from business-related activities, reflecting Gradiant’s role as a leading technology partner for the corporate sector. The centre also secured R&D contracts worth €6.4 million in 2025, including a significant contribution from European funding, which reached €4.4 million,124% more than in the previous year. Since its foundation in 2008, the centre has received more than €19 million through competitive European funding programmes.

Over the course of the year, the centre carried out 123 projects, of which 81 were national, 23 were promoted in Galicia and 19 were international.

“At Gradiant, we have consolidated a robust and successful model based not only on attracting funding for R&D and innovation, but also on transforming it into innovative technologies that have a tangible impact on the economy and generate high-value employment. Our ability to anticipate industry challenges, develop our own technology and maintain a high level of specialisation are the keys to our success. This success also helps to strengthen the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the wider ecosystem around us,” says Luis Pérez Freire, Managing Director of Gradiant.

Five active spin-offs and a sixth in incubation

One of Gradiant’s strategic priorities continues to be supporting R&D-intensive startups capable of addressing high-impact technological challenges in strategic sectors.

“At Gradiant, we support initiatives from their earliest stages that have enormous potential to generate an impact in key areas such as industry, defence, health, agrifood, quantum technologies, photonics and cybersecurity,” explains Fernando Jiménez, General Manager of the centre.

As part of this strategy, Gradiant launched two new artificial intelligence-based spin-offs in 2025, KIUR and DOKKEN. They join other ventures promoted by the centre that are now well established, including Alice Biometrics, which specialises in digital identity verification, and Sense Aeronautics, which focuses on improving efficiency and safety in air and space operations.

The centre also presented QRYPTION, a new advanced financial cryptography project designed to strengthen the protection and secure management of cryptographic assets within financial institutions. The project aims to become the sixth spin-off promoted by the organisation.

TRL13: a pioneering investment fund in Europe

Another of Gradiant’s major milestones in 2025 was the creation of TRL13, the first European investment fund promoted by a Spanish technology centre using its own capital. This pioneering instrument brings together three strategic areas: deep tech, technology transfer and digital technologies.

“With TRL13, we are taking another step towards our goal of generating wealth through knowledge by placing our own capital and expertise at the service of new technology projects, thereby multiplying the economic, social and industrial impact we are capable of creating,” explains Luis Pérez Freire.

The launch of this new investment vehicle is particularly significant in a context in which less than 5% of European private investment is currently allocated to deep-tech projects. Through the fund, Gradiant is making a firm commitment to strategic technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, photonics, robotics and cybersecurity, key sectors for strengthening European industrial competitiveness.