Fundación madri+d para el Conocimiento promoties scientific quality research, stimulating technology innovation and joint actions between the scientific and business communities, developing a framework to encourage technological start-ups from Research and Development projects, the participation in European R&D programmes and projects and facilitating the interaction between science and society by promoting scientific culture. Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d was established in 2003 under the motion of the Government Council of the Community of Madrid (General Directorate of Universities and Research, DGUI) aiming at