Acciona will launch in Chile its open innovation platform, Acciona’s I’mnovation, in September to broaden the scope of its corporate accelerator to Latin America. This program in Chile is the first to be launched outside Europe, and is intended to integrate the company’s innovation approaches developed by its Latin American teams with breakthrough technologies developed by startups and technology partners.

Samaipata Ventures is a Madrid-based venture capital fully specialized in pre-seed & seed-stage marketplaces and digitally native vertical brands (DNVBs) across Southern Europe, France and the UK. Founded by José del Barrio in mid-2015, was officially registered as a venture capital firm at the beginning of 2016, the same year Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner joined the project as Chairman.

Techstars Accelerator has opened the call for its acceleration program for the first quarter of 2020. The program, which covers North America, Europe and the Middle East, seeks the best entrepreneurs to join its program, which will be driven by Techstars mentors.

SeedRocket is the first accelerator for technology-based startups in Spain. It provides training, investment and mentors to boost the startup growth, as well as coworking spaces in Barcelona and Madrid.

Spanish Radio and Television or RTVE, the state-owned media group which is also the largest Spanish language broadcaster in the world has launched an accelerator. Impulsa Visión is an initiative with a vertical design aimed at investing in innovative and disruptive proposals in the fields of technology, content and, business management, applied to the media sector.

Indexa Capital is a Securities Agency authorized and supervised by the National Securities Market Commission. As the leading online investment management service in Spain, it is specialized on indexed management. They manage their clients’ portfolios and help them invest on index funds with low fees.

JDA Assessors Consultors Professionals, or JDA, is a law firm, tax and labour advisors and business consultants with more than 30 years of experience. With more than 100 specialized professionals, JDA is one of the top ten professional services companies in Catalonia and occupies the 41^st position among the top 100 professional firms in Spain, according to the Expansión 2018’s Lawyers.

The European Commission has included two Spaniards in the exclusive group of 22 experts who will lead the strategy of the recently created European Innovation Council (EIC). This body, which was born in 2017, has a current budget of 3 billion and aims to finance the innovations with the greatest impact in Europe.

Women Who Tech has opened the call for applications for the European-leg of its flagship Women Startup Challenge. 10 early-stage women-led startups with a focus on healthtech will be selected to compete for a $50,000 grant, equity-free, on October 7th at Paris City Hall, Hôtel de Ville. Applications close August 1, 2019.