The best entrepreneurial companies looking to increase their investment and customer acquisition will be selected to exhibit in Seville before important funds or business corporations in the third edition of Al Andalus Innovation Venture on September 24 and 25, at the Pabellón de la Navegación, within the PCT Cartuja.
The participation of relevant investors and innovators such as Jacky Abitbol (Cathay Ventures), Aquilino Peña (Kibo Ventures), Yaiza Canosa (GOI), Izanami Martínez (Soulgate), Hugo Mardomingo (Alliron), Luis Garay (Samaipata), René de Jong (Spanish Association of Business Angels), Antonio Iglesias (Endeavor) and Pedro Clavería (Playtomic) has been confirmed.
Al Andalus Innovation Venture advances in the development of its third edition. It opens the call addressed to Spanish or Portuguese scaleups and startups so they can apply to participate and be selected in order to expose their innovative solutions and business models to the top investors and business corporations that will meet in Seville on September 24 and 25, in the Navigation Pavilion, within the area of the Scientific and Technological Park Cartuja.
The extensive program of the 2024 edition of Al Andalus Innovation Venture will include a session on the afternoon of September 24 to showcase the best Spanish and Portuguese scaleups, which are looking to complete an investment round of more than 800,000 euros, or already have a turnover of more than one million euros. They will take the stage in one of the main halls of the event to present one by one to the investment community.
In addition, on September 25, the best startups from Spain and Portugal that participate will have a prominent presence exhibiting to business corporations in sessions of sectors and technologies such as artificial intelligence, health/biotech, energy, traveltech/tourism, cleantech, fintech, insurtech, proptech, foodtech and agrotech.
The call is open until May 25 for both scaleups and startups to send the documentation with a summary of their company (‘deck’) in order to be evaluated by the management team of Al Andalus Innovation Venture. They have to do it through this link: https://alandalusinnovation.com/startups-y-scaleups/#formulario
For the third consecutive year, Al Andalus Innovation Venture will turn Seville into the meeting point of the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem of innovation and investment with a global perspective. An appointment of reference to promote innovation and business development through interaction between large business corporations, leaders of specialized investment funds and disruptive entrepreneurs. Two days full of activities and networking in a unique framework of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Al Andalus Innovation Venture has once again the support of the Junta de Andalucía and the City Council of Seville and the sponsorship of private entities that play a leading role in the national business sector, such as Acciona, EDP, Cinfa, Renfe, Garantia, Aptki and Inerco, among others.
REFERENCES OF THE 2023 EDITION
In the 2023 edition, held last September, Al Andalus Innovation Venture brought together in the Navigation Pavilion more than 1,900 participating professionals, including representatives of 400 startups (of which 56 were finalists who presented their initiatives to investment funds and managers of business corporations); 174 companies and entities with exhibitors; 155 investment funds and 72 business corporations. All this in an environment of innovation specially designed to favor networking and matchmaking for business opportunities, and to hold B2B meetings. Proof of its success are the 570 meetings that were officially registered through the app during the two days of the event.
Entre las scaleups y startups seleccionadas en la edición de 2023 destacan 2GF Solutions, 4i, Ahyres, Ailin, Bio2coat, Biogreen, Blaine, Calpech, Cimico, Cobiomic, Colibid, Columat, Correcto, DoGood People, Duponte, Enerlind, Eqidata, Tipsi, Fossa, Fuvex, Gladtolink, Greenfield, H2Vector, Hamelyn, Homedoctor, IENAI Space, Kampaoh, Kreios Space, LIve4Life, Lodgerin, Loop Diagnostics, mSurgery, Muppy, MyHixel, Nucaps, Omma, Opground, PowerfulTree, Quantic Brains, R3Alitrix, Rehand, Silbo, Stemy Energy, Tadia, Talentfy, Tennders, Token City, TradEAsy, Trialing, Travelfine, MyTrébol, Union Avatars, Velca, VES, Wegaw y Youforget. me.
FIRST RELEVANT INVESTORS CONFIRMED
Jacky Abitbol, Managing Partner of Cathay Innovation, the third most active investment fund in Europe, has already confirmed his participation in Seville from its headquarters in Paris. Cathay Innovation manages more than 1,500 million dollars from its global venture capital platform that facilitates agreements between entrepreneurs and innovation centers, investors and large business corporations on five continents. It helps emerging companies to grow on the global stage, accessing new markets, aided by its detailed knowledge of the various productive sectors and introducing them to potential partners among the world’s leading companies.
Relevant Spanish investors and entrepreneurs have also confirmed their participation in the event as speakers. This is the case of Aquilino Peña, co-founder and Managing Partner of Kibo Ventures; Yaiza Canosa, CEO and founder of GOI; Luis Garay, Partner of the Spanish fund Samaipata; Hugo Mardomingo, General Partner of All iron; Pedro Claveria, CSO and co-founder of Playtomic; Izanami Martínez, founder of Soulgate; René de Jong, business angel and Vice President of the Spanish Association of Business Angels Network (AEBAN); and Antonio Iglesias, President of Endeavor Spain.
More information about Al Andalus Innovation Venture at: https://alandalusinnovation.com/
