Archivo de julio/2016

On July 12, Area 31 hosted the Venture Network Final. Sascha Badelt, CEO of FastTrack and a serial entrepreneur, investor, and mentor, delivered the keynote speech and set the stage for pitches from the four Venture Network finalists. The top four startups chosen from this year’s Venture Networks held throughout Spain were: Glamping Hub, an online booking platform for unique outdoor accommodations known as glamorous camping, or “glamping;” Viwomail, which enables customers to embed video in their email marketing campaigns and allows recipients to view video within the body of an email; Biome Makers, a team who applies biotechnology to the winemaking industry; and SocialVane who use Big Data to provide industry intelligence to the tourism sector.

Special congratulations to the winner of this year’s Venture Network Final: Viwomail!

The Venture Networks are mini-pitch events that IE hosts across Spain in partnership with the Banco Sabadell’s program, BStartup. Over the course of the 2015-16 year, ten Venture Networks were held in such cities as Málaga, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid, and others. Venture Networks are also held in English weekly in IE Business School’s Area 31, which is its coworking space for startups in its Incubator and Accelerator programs.

Ten Venture Lab finalist teams presented their startups to investors and the public at the July 6 edition of Venture Day Madrid. 9 of the 10 Venture Day finalists were from the IMBA program, and one finalist was from an IE alumnus.

IMBA teams swept this Venture Day’s prize ceremony with vGrounds winning First Prize, Patent E.L.F. taking Second Prize, and J-Lips earning Third Prize.

Click the links below to learn more about the three winning startups!

First Prize:  vGrounds with Maximilian von Hoyningen, Katharina Sommerkamp, Francois Furlan, Joeri Winkelmolen.

Second Prize: Patent E.L.F. with Niccolo Bacchi, Finbar Fowler and Hanane el Khouri.

Third Prize: J-Lips with Juliet Lippman, Caraline Pellat and Ewelina Krzyzanowska.

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