Programa Minerva

Nubentos is a Spanish startup founded in late 2018. Since then it has been working internationally to bring together a complete catalog of the most advanced APIs for healthcare from around the world on its cloud platform, and has users in more than 60 countries.

TheVentureCity combines a new investment and acceleration model that helps entrepreneurs achieve global impact. Its objective is to offer tech entrepreneurs an environment with a global mindset that is transparent and fair.

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.

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.

European consortium EIT Food has launched Seedbed 2020, a programme to boost new agri-food companies. With this intensive six-month programme, EIT Food wants to train new companies so they can turn their projects into viable companies with a future.

EIT InnoEnergy, Naturgy, Enagás, CRH, Prio, Barcelona Activa y la Cámara Municipal de Lisboa promote the 5th edition of Cleantech Camp, an acceleration program with an international focus oriented towards startups or business ideas in their initial phases that focus on clean energies.

HiReach project has launched its new Startup Lab acceleration programme that will connect 20-25 talented startups with key players in the mobility sector and which will create a pioneering ecosystem of innovation for inclusive mobility. The project welcomes EU-based startups with a product or prototype, with established founding teams or wishing to become engaged in product teams or […]

PARSEC is a business accelerator supporting the creation of new Earth Observation-based products and services. The accelerator targets SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs and individuals who want to have an impact on the emerging Food, Energy and Environment sectors.

EDP Starter is an innovative incubation concept for startups in the energy sector, allowing them to enter the innovation ecosystem of EDP, Portugal’s leading electricity group and one of the largest in Europe. It is much more than a physical space, as the platform offers a virtual incubation modality where entrepreneurs can access EDP’s innovation […]

CorreosLabs launches the third edition of the Lehnica Challenge, a competition for innovative projects through which the Correos helps the development and implementation of startup projects with the aim of bringing added value to the market. In addition, this year, the company has explained that it will build a long-term relationship with the chosen startups. […]

EIT Digital has awarded the 10 best European Deep Tech companies in the EIT Digital Challenge scaleup contest 2019. A record number of 279 scaleups from 33 countries applied, representing a 40% growth with respect to 2018 and the highest country variety in the 6-year history of Europe’s flagship deep tech competition in digital. The […]

El Referente has compiled in the following report all the initiatives looking for innovative companies in order to incorporate them into their programs. Some of them end on October, while others will remain open until November and December.

Impulsa Vision Startups, the accelerator program for startups by RTVE, has opened its 5th Edition for the presentation of projects that must be submitted by the end of December 22^nd, 2019. It is a program for freelance professionals and startups whom want to take part in the startups ecosistem.

The chief executive for Climate-KIC Kirsten Dunlop has open in Valencia a new space called #SuperLabPorts, an area for innovation and entrepreneurship in the maritime and port sector on climate change.

Mentor Day is an acceleration program held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It lasts one week, is inspired by “Google sprint” and is totally free, private and non-profit. The acceleration is completed in only five days and in key sectors, working in each process of acceleration a sector.

Tecnalia Ventures is a venture builder belonging to the research and technological development center Tecnalia, the top center in Spain and one of the most relevant in Europe. The incubator accompanies and accelerates the business opportunities of entrepreneurs from the idea to its validation in the market.

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.

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.

The Airbus Bizlab is a global aerospace accelerator bringing together start-ups and Airbus’ own entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into valuable businesses more quickly. The call is already open and the registration period starts on May 7, 2019 and ends on July 7.

Metxa is an accelerator of projects for entrepreneurs. Its objective is to invest in the projects selected to participate in their online acceleration program – Metxa BootCamp.

Tetuan Valley is an accelerator that helps entrepreneurs turn their idea into a real business that can be tested by forming a community of entrepreneurs who help each other.

EIE is the acronym for the European Institute for Entrepreneurship. Their overall mission is to promote entrepreneurship, paying special attention to people.

Cloud Incubator Hub is a start-up accelerator, an incubator that offers an entrepreneurial ecosystem to seek business opportunities in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

At Mola they spot ideas and projects focused on the Internet and technologies to give them financial support, know-how and “whatever they need” to turn them into viable business projects.

Berriup is the first private Startup Accelerator from the Basque Country. Through a comprehensive supporting program, they accelerate entrepreneurial projects taking into account their maturity stage as well as their particular needs.

Demium Startups is a network of incubators dedicated to identifying the best entrepreneurial talent and connecting it with the best business opportunities at the global level, building innovative, scalable and investible tech businesses.