Facility Management is everywhere around you
Facility management companies provide, amongst others, cleaning, maintenance, security, food service and energy management services to corporations and public organisations with large and/or many buildings or venues.
Facility management companies have huge workforces that are outsourced to their clients.
In the stadium of your favourite football team, for example, FM companies provide security teams, entrance tickets checkers, people working at the food stands, hostesses for the VIP areas or after-match cleaning teams.
In an airport, for instance, cleaners and luggage handlers are provided. And in a big office building, FM companies look after the maintenance of climate installations, take care of the catering in the central restauration, clean the premises at night or receive visitors at the reception desks, amongst others.
Global market value (2025)
>$2 TN
Built assets
78 billion ft²
Global annual market growth
>6.2%
CHALLENGES 2020
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We are looking for startups in an advanced maturity state with validated solutions which are new inventions, or spin-offs from other industries, and are applicable to the FM sector.
We offer a Corporate Pilot Program to fine-tune promising solutions and
a Fast-Track Program for solutions that are ready to be marketed.
Cleaning
Maintenance
Inclusion &
Diversity
Food
Service
Workplace & Facility
Management
Energy &
Sustainability
Security &
Acces control
EXCELLENT VALUE FOR STARTUPS
No -fuss-selection
Go through a quick selection process for validated and active startups, run by expert facility management professionals and renowned faces of the ecosystem.
"Raw" solutions -
FM Innovation Fair
Present your actual product/solution at our Facility Management Innovation Fair. Draw the attention of both FM Innovators as their corporate clients - and enter our
Pilot Program.
Run a pilot at top corporations
Top corporations select the winners, who will run a pilot in an environment of big buildings and large workforces.
Quick process for
fast-trackers
Maybe you have a ready-to-go solution that can be implemented with little or no adaptation? You're a fast-tracker and you're very welcome!
We are eager to adopt your solution
Fine-tune your solution to develop a commercial product that FM Innovators are eager to adopt for their own use or to be marketed to their clients.
Scale-up internationally
Get your product promoted through the Global Alliance of Facility Management Innovators and scale-up internationally.
Long-term commercial relationships
Build long-term commercial partnerships in an industry facing digital transformation as per this very moment.
TIMELINE
09
JULY
Induction Day:
present your solution at the
Facility Management Innovation Fair
16
JULY
Winners announced:
sales agreements for fast-trackers, pilot agreements for developers
01
SEPTEMBER
Start of pilot
development
24
FEBRUARY
Launch of Challenges
24
APRIL
30
APRIL
Finalists
notified
Deadline
application period
FAQ's
You might find the answer of your question right away in our extensive
CONTACT
You can find us at:
World Trade Center Almeda Park
Plaza de la Pau s/n – Edificio 3, Planta 3ª
08940 Cornellà (Barcelona) - Spain
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