About us
Welcome to
Smartport Lab!
We are the innovating hub of the port of Bahia Blanca. Our goal is creating a highly efficient, tech-smarter and more sustainable port ecosystem integrated to our community together with entrepreneurs, Pymes and scientific and technological system.
Projects
Smartport Lab Challenge
Smartport Lab Challenge
EDITION
The main challenge is to bolster our local and regional talent providing them with the best conditions to innovate in logistics, industrial and port areas.
Selected projects are offered funding and a support program to define both their business model and commercial-tech validation to every selected project.
Our commitment is creating new tech companies which add value to our local productive ecosystem by offering outstanding quality goods and services, as well as generating local employment.
We offer
AR$10.000.000
for a single project
- Accelaration Program
- Pilot Piloto along with organizations and companies from the industrial port ecosystem
- Training, follow up and mentoring from experts
- Being part of an innovative community accompanied by the most important maritime port in Argentina, the most significant petroquemical complex, startups and top research groups
- Deadline date: September, 5th
Porfolio
We are currently supporting 8 selected projects from previous calls. Every project is on the process of validation, search fund and market access.
News and Projects
News
“Connecting talent, creating opportunities”
Management Consortium
Port of Bahia Blanca
The port of Bahia Blanca is the main maritime port complex in Argentina. It operates diversified cargo from 14 terminals. Located in the principal gas and oil pump line network node, it is ranked as the 1st petrochemical complex and port in Argentina and 5th in South America.
