SAVE THE DATE 4th of March
IE INTERNATIONAL VENTURE DAYS - a StartUp Competition
IE VENTURE DAY DUBAI
Mark your calendar and plan to join IE Business School (IE) for IE Venture Day in Dubai on Friday, March 4, 2016.
At the IE Venture Day Dubai participating start-ups will present their business elevator pitch in front of a jury comprised of a unique mix of industry experts, venture capitalists, business angels and investors.
Over the past four years, IE Venture Day start-ups that pitched their business raised over €12M + in investments!
Register to Attend! Seating is limited!
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
IE Business School in collaboration with its Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center are organizing this first edition of #IEVentureDays in Dubai where 10 startups from the Dubai Ecosystem will be pitching in front of an expert panel of jury members.
Teams will be asked to present for THREE minutes. Each presentation should include a demo of the working prototype. The presentation will be followed by up to three minutes of Q&A by the judging panel. Upload your application between January 13th to February 12th, 2015 midnight (Dubai Time) http://venture-days.ie.edu/e/march-dubai-2016 at under the form of a two page executive summay.
Evaluation criteria:
- Innovative – product/ser vice, business model, and/or route to market.
- Scalable – international commercial potential & scalable business model.
- Team – relevant skills & experience mix.
- Market clear & large market opportunity
- Status - must have full time dedicated team and product / service in the market with early traction ( custormers / users)
IE BUSINESS SCHOOL
AREA 31- IE INCUBATOR
Area 31 can accommodate for up to 100 startup teams per annum. It hosts teams of IE students as they make their business ideas real in Venture Lab (IE’s Startup accelerator) or the Knowledge Incubator. There are also IE Alumni teams that are incubating their own startups in Area 31. All of them are invited to present in front of investors at our weekly pitching slam, the Venture Network, and at our grand international demodays: The Venture Days.
The Venture Network and Venture Days are just two ways in which we engage investors.The team of the IE Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (who manages the activities in Area 31) also collaborates in the Spain Startup Coinvestment fund, through which international investors can get access to exclusive deal flow.