EIT Food invites women entrepreneurs to a new support programme for the agrifood sector
The EWA initiative (Empowering Women in Agrifood) seeks to find solutions to the issues of the food system and support new projects, as well as to revert the current statistics: only 28% of the women in this sector have top positions in agricultural and livestock farms. A gap that could widen after the Covid-19 crisis.
Madrid accumulates 36% of the total investment in innovation in Spain
The innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Madrid by MIDE. The Region of Madrid is a major player for innovation and is so thanks to the high level of qualification of its population, which represents 20% of the country’s graduates, and the fact that it is where 65% of the Ibex 35 companies are headquartered.
Telefónica awards three technological and social initiatives to drive sustainable innovation
Telefonica’s Sustainable Innovation Initiativehas selected the best ideas among employees, suppliers, startups linked to Wayraand Open Futureand universities that collaborate with the company to create new solutions that have a positive social or environmental impact and add value to the company.
Positive Energy+ receives almost 400 innovative projects to alleviate the economic and social impact of Covid19
The Positive Energy+ platform has received 396 projects in just 13 days to help alleviate the economic and social effects of COVID-19. This urgent call, aimed at startups and scale-ups and promoted by companies of the energy sector, closed the proposals’ submission period on Sunday April 19.
Minerva, the program that promotes business projects in the technology sector in Andalusia
Minerva is an entrepreneurship program that is promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Andalusian Government and Vodafone, to promote business projects in the technology sector in the Andalusian region.
UPCT joins the IoT Tribe Space Endeavour initiative to create an ecosystem of startups developing space tech application
The IoT Tribe – Space Endeavor initiative begins with three online workshops as a first step for accessing its acceleration programme starting in June.
EIC Accelerator aims to contribute to the implementation of the Green Deal objectives
The EIC Accelerator call is part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot project supporting leading innovators, entrepreneurs and small businesses with funding opportunities and acceleration services.
Startup investors come together to make employment in the sector flexible after the impact of Covid19
Startups Investors such as Draper B1, Samaipata VC, Faraday VP, Dyrecto, Encomenda VC, JME VC, K Fund, Athos Capital, are among those who make up this large group.
Fundación Universidad Carlos III de Madrid raises 62,000 euros in three days to manufacture ICU ventilator
The Fundación Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has raised in just over two days around 62,000 euros thanks to a fundraising campaign, to finance a project to design and manufacture two prototype ventilators for the ICU.
Energy companies promote the Positive Energy+ initiative to alleviate the impact of coronavirus through innovation
Positive Energy+ is a pioneering initiative in Spain, created by several companies, that uses innovation as the main tool to offer effective responses to help alleviate the economic and social impact of COVID-19.