Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday 16th of April 2015
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends,
Don't miss the opportunity to apply to IE's Incubator in Area 31, offering up to $150,000 in free services and the European Social Innovation Competition, where 3 cash prices of €50,000 are at stake. And, finally, in our blog you can read about Koiki, a social enterprise based in IE's Incubator in Area 31.
EVENTS APRIL 20TH-- APRIL 26TH
Venture Network
19:00--21:00
Location: Area 31, The Garden
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.
Betabeers Madrid
Friday, April 24th th 2015
19:00pm-21:30pm
Location: Area 31, The Valley
This monthly gathering for developers in Madrid attracts more than 90 developers to IE Business School every month to talk about cutting edge tech projects. Learn more and register here. Register here
Impact Weekend
10:00--11:00
Location: Area 31, The Valley
Impact Weekend is a weekend-long experience to explore the world of social entrepreneurship and to network with industry professionals. It is designed as a workshop in which participants develop new social enterprise models under the careful guidance of experienced mentors with entrepreneurship backgrounds and ultimately present them in front of a jury. The initial team building workshop will take place in Area 31. Learn more and register here.
IE VENTURE DAYS
IE Venture Day Minsk
Location: Minsk
Venture Days started in Madrid but have gone global! We now hold IE Venture Days in over 14 cities: Berlin, Bogota, Doha, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Mumbai, Providence US, Sao Paolo, Shanghai, Singapore, London … And now MINSK.
Join IE Venture Day in Minsk to pitch your ideas to potential investors, win start-up prizes and meet Eastern European start-up community. More info
OPPORTUNITIES
European Social Innovation Competition
Deadline: May 8th
The 2015 European Social Innovation Competition has launched, with €50 000 in prize money for the top three projects. Based around the theme 'New Ways to Grow' the competition aims to support inviduals and organisations with entrepreneurial, game changing ideas for social innovation projects.
So, if you have a great idea, don’t keep it to yourself! Seize the opportunity to receive valuable support and maybe even win a € 50 000 prize! Apply here
Application process open: Incubator in Area 31
The Incubator in Area 31 is at the very heart of IE Business School's global entrepreneurship ecosystem. Recieve free office space, mentoring, training and extensive networking opportunities. Overall, startups in our Incubator have access to $150,000 worth of services together with the incredible experience of launching their startup from this world class school. Our partners include Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Paypal, several law firms or the crowdfunding platform Fundedbyme among others. Learn more about our Incubator in Area 31.
FROM THE BLOG
Meet the startups in Area 31: Koiki
Koiki's business model addresses the problem of receiving and sending parcels from/to your home. Usually consumers are upset because they don’t know the time at which the parcel company will arrive at their homes. If they buy several items on-line, usually different parcel companies will arrive at their home at different times.
To resolve this problem we have created the Koikis who are people who live near you and have time to deliver and pick up parcels to their neighbors. Our Koikis use a Web Mobile system to deliver and pick up parcels or letters at the exact time specified by the final consumer. Read More.
AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE
- Saturday, April 25th, 10:00-11:00 Only half of the space will be available