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.