Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday, 27th October 2016
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends,
Do not miss the Last Open house day - Incubator, Area 31 this Tuesday, this is your opportunity to come and visit the space and ask questions related to the application process. Do you have a Startup and you would like to perfect your pitch? Come be a part of Venture Network Weeklies, a great way to get feedback on your product, meet the local startup community, and perhaps even close an investment! It's an opportunity to network with investors and entrepreneurs over beers!
From our Opportunities section check out Venture Day Madrid where selected startup teams get the chance to pitch to an audience of local and international angel and VC investors! Are you a university or vocational training student and you have an idea on how to tackle the challenges that cities are facing nowadays? Apply to blue BBVA Challenge! Lastly, from our blog read about IE Students and their experience at the HOTUSA CHALLENGE!
Events: 31st October - 6th November
Last Open House - Incubator, Area31
Date: Wednesday, 2nd November
Time: 17:00pm – 18:00
Location: The Hill, Area 31
The Incubator in Area 31 is at the very heart of IE Business School's world class environment. Overall, startups in our Incubator have access to up to $150,000 worth of services including free office space, mentoring, training, technical support, free services from our corporate partners and extensive networking opportunities.
The Application process for the Jan 2017 – June 2017 Intake of Incubator now open! Are you interested in applying to the Incubator in Area 31? Take this opportunity to come, visit the space and ask any questions you might have. RSVP here.
Venture Network Weeklies
Date: Thursday, 3rd November
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: The Garden, Area 31
Join us for another round of Venture Network Weeklies this week. Come see startups give a 7-minute pitch in English, hear feedback from the panel of investors, ask the startups your own questions, and meet the local startup community. This weekly event is an informal way to learn and network with people from within and outside of IE while enjoying a beer from our sponsor, Heineken. This event is open to all, Register Here.
OPPORTUNITIES
blueBBVA Challenge
Date: 26 November 2016
If you are a university or vocational training student, come and spend a day learning how to work in teams while solving some of the challenges that cities are facing today. You can sign up with a team or by yourself, in the latter case, we will find you a team.
The best solutions will go through an incubator program, counting with blue BBVA support, Impact Hub Madrid and real entrepreneurs. The winning team will travel to Berlin to present their project in the global meetup Unlikely Allies. Learn more here.
Venture Day Madrid, Applications Open!
Date: Wednesday, 30th November
Time: 14:00-21:00
Location: Calle Rafael Calvo 38, Madrid
Attention IE Alumni! Over the last 5 years, teams that have pitched at Venture Day Madrid have raised over €15M+ in Investment - this is your chance to become one of them! IE VENTURE DAY is IE Business School’s startup competition where selected startup teams get the chance to pitch to an audience of local and international angel and VC investors. Learn more and apply here.
BLOG
IE STUDENTS AT HOTUSA CHALLENGE
A HOTUSA cooperates with Sonar Ventures to do these Challenge Weekends (Madrid was the 2nd version of this, after Barcelona last year). They aim to identify potential ideas to incorporate in their operations or found new ventures the goal is to foster innovation in new ways for HOTUSA. Maud Crettex and Sven Siat , both IMBAs (IE Business School) September ’16 intake were each part of one team at the challenge. Read more in our blog!
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