On November 29 and 30, 2022, Seville will host the first edition of Al Andalus Innovation Ventures. The event will be attended by more than 50 national investors, including KFund, Kibo Ventures, DraperB1, Caixa Capital Risc, Eonic Fund, Angels Capital, 4Founders Capital, Axon Partners, JME Ventures, Encomenda Smart Capital, Athos Capital, Enzo Ventures, Bstartup, Fondo Bolsa Social, Swaanlab Venture Factory, Zubicapital, Lanai Partners, Wayra, Telefónica Ventures, Archipelago Next and Bewater Funds.
In addition to investors, the Al Andalus Innovation Ventures will be attended by the heads of innovation from different corporations such as Team System-Software del Sol, AON, El Pozo, Enagás Emprende, Eulen, La Caixa, Ferrovial, Cinfa, Capsa Food, Cofares, Cofigar, Axa Seguros, Santalucía Seguros, Castellana Properties, Eulen, Merck, Astrazeneca, Acciona, Red Eléctrica Española, Zelnova and Soltec..
The 60 most promising startups and scaleups from the south of Spain will not be missing during the event. All of them will be previously analyzed and selected by the Al Andalus committee. The call for company submissions for the final phase of the elevator pitch or a corporate vertical is now open through info@hyperionups.com. You can also get more information to attend the event for free by invitation from CTA through this link.
Al Andalus Innovation Ventures was born with the aim of connecting ecosystem players with the most promising startups in southern Spain (Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia, Castilla La Mancha and Madrid), in two intense days full of activities, presentations and lots of networking. In addition, among its objectives is to encourage traditional entrepreneurship to work with startups as a source of R&D&I; to obtain dealflow for investors structured in the Speeds Networkigs, and to promote connections between investors, corporates and startups.
STRUCTURE OF THE EVENT
On the morning of Tuesday 29th, Seville will host a first block of round tables. It will discuss topics related to retail, sportech, open innovation in the Andalusian ecosystem and entrepreneurship programs for large national companies. The afternoon hours will be devoted to the presentation of the 15 projects included in the elevator pitch of Al Andalus Innovation Ventures.
The morning of Wednesday 30 will be focused on the five corporate vertical blocks: fintech and insurtech; health, telemedicine and biotech; sustainability, environment, energy and mobility; agrotech and foodtech and IoT and Artificial Intelligence.
Pedro Gónzalez Blanco, CEO of Zelnova, Marian Mouriño, CEO G360, Javier González Báez, Open Innovation Manager of Acciona, Carlos Blanco and Chema Nieto will be the guest speakers at the innovation conference.
The event will be held at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla, Av. Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, 1, 41020 Seville.
