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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.

C21BeBrave is an ecommerce platform founded in 2015, selling watches, with interchangeable straps, and sunglasses. The fashion brand’s aim is to prove that “being Christian and enjoying life is compatible nowadays.”

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.

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.

Adara Ventures, an established European Venture Capital (VC) firm based in Luxembourg, has announced that it has completed the first closing of its third fund (Adara Ventures III) with commitments in excess of €65 million. The new fund is backed by repeat cornerstone investors which include the European Investment Fund (EIF) and FondICO Global, as well as new benchmark investors, such as the Institut Català de Finances (ICF), Prosegur and Draper Esprit.

Homolgation Student Services is a company dedicated to offering help and advice to students wanting to study abroad. Founded in 2013 by Alejandro Casado, María Dolores Granados and Enrique Martos, the company assists students in finding the university course that best suits their needs and expectations, as well as managing the entire legal process.

Spacestartup helps startups in their commercial processes, providing both good planning and sales strategy, as well as one of the most differentiating characteristics: a professional team that accompanies the entrepreneur throughout the process. The company was born in 2018 thanks to the main actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, investors, accelerators, and consultants.

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.