Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday 26th of November 2015
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends,
Have you ever thought of pitching your idea to UK Business Angels? This is it! Don´t miss the chance to participate in the selection process for FINANZIA CONNECT ACCELERATOR which will take place in Área 31 on Wednesday. On Monday we will have a crash course on Venture Philanthropy and social investment organized by the EVPA. As always, on Thursday we will have our Venture Network Weeklies in Area 31.
Some exciting opportunities too! Meet H2O Challenge, an acceleration program focused on water startups. If you have a food startup, apply to Prometheus Accelerator Program by Reimagine Food. Get to know the ICEX Plan Target US, an initiative targeted to SMEs with a subsidiary in the US. Finally, get to know how Ennomotive is changing the market of engineering in our blog!
EVENTS NOV 30TH-DEC 6TH
Venture Philanthropy. A crash course
Date: Monday, Nov 30th 2015
Location: Area 31
EVPA is a membership association made up of organisations interested in or practising venture philanthropy and social investment across Europe. EVPA defines Venture Philanthropy as an approach to build stronger investee organisations with a societal purpose by providing them with both financial and non financial support. This is a private event, per invitation only. Read more here.
Networking Event IE: FinanziaConnect
Date: Wednesday Dec 2nd, 2015
Time: 16:30h-19h
Location: The Garden
Area 31 presents a Networking event with Finanzia Connect. 60 Startups will be selected from those registered. Each startup will present under a speed networking format to at least 5 jury members. FINANZIACONNECT is the main connection Initiative between entrepreneurs, Spanish investors and Business Angels in the UK. The accelerator provides the opportunity to Spanish Startups to present their proposals in front of investors in the UK.
Register for the event here.
Venture Network Weeklies
Date: Thursday, Dec 3rd 2015
Time: 19:00- 21:30
Location: The Garden
Our weekly informal gathering for entrepreneurs and investors. IE's weekly pitch slam, in a casual setting over beers, is perfect to focus on what’s important: building relationships, practicing and improving. Find more info and register to pitch here.
OPPORTUNITIES
3 Stories of Applied Design Thinking
Date: Monday Dec 30th, 2015
Time: 19:00
Location: Wayra, Gran Vía 28
H2O Challenge
First global innovation program to accelerate the top ten most promising and disruptive WATER startups in the world. The challenge is organized by IE Business School, Impact Hub Madrid and Grupo Aguas de Valencia. Apply to the two week acceleration program where 10 startups will be selected and will have access to awesome mentors outstanding speaker, disruptive workshops and a startup chasing experience. Learn more and apply here.
Promotheus: Acceleration Program
Reimagine Food is looking for 15 startups to cook the future of food. We invite food tech startups to join our ecosystem, which will allow them to interact with the top companies and executives in the food and beverage industry, as well as experiencing the disruptive technology we develop at Reimagine food. The elected projects will present themselves to the Mobile World Congress of Food, and the Food Revolution Forum in Barcelona 2016. Apply here.
Plan ICEX Target USA
The ICEX Plan Target USA is an iniciative directed to support internationalization of projects of Spanish SMEs in the United States. The project that are presented can belong to any possible industry and they must have an already incorporated subsidiary in the US. Learn more here.
FROM THE BLOG
Solving Engineering and Business challenges faster and more efficiently: meet Ennomotive!
Don´t miss our new interview with Enrique Ramirez, CEO of Ennomotive, one of Area 31 startups. Ennomotive is a global community that connects motivated engineers that provide innovative solutions for companies in the field of engineering. Companies post their challenges and engineers, driven by innovation and creativity, compete for the resolution of the challenge for a certain prize. Read more here.
AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE
- Monday, Nov 30th, 9am -16:30h. Only half of the space will be available for coworking.
- Wednesday, Dec 2nd, 16:30h-19:00h. Only half of the space will be available for coworking.