On June 7th, a new edition of the South Summit Madrid 2023, co-organized by IE University. A few days ago the 100 finalist startups of its Startup Competition, that this year has broken its participation record. The finalist projects, coming from 21 countries, will compete to be crowned the most innovative startup in the world during the eleventh edition of the meeting.
The hundred projects that have entered the final phase of the competition have been chosen through a rigorous selection process among approximately 4,500 applications submitted from 125 countries, which has meant a record number in the history of the competition. Of these candidatures, 20% are Spanish and the rest come from abroad.
A committee of renowned investors and innovation experts has been in charge of this choice, based on criteria such as the level of innovation, scalability, internal growth potential, investment capacity and the characteristics of the human team that makes up each startup.
The finalist entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch to the most relevant leaders and players in the ecosystem, including corporations and investment funds, in addition to connecting with other startups and learning first-hand about trends in the world of innovation.
Half of the finalist startups are of Spanish origin, mainly from Madrid, Barcelona and Valenciawhile the other half come from abroad, with the presence of startups from United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy or Switzerland.
The finalist startups in the competition belong to leading verticals in the ecosystem, such as BizDev Tech, Connectivity & Data, Consumer Trends, Education, Enterprise, Fintech & Insurtech, Health, Industry 5.0, Mobility & Smart Cities, and Sustainability & ESG. For each of these industries, The selected startups have been:
- BizDevTech: bookline, EASYSALES, Kotozna, linkhub.ai, Nirby, Noovo, Onirix, Personify XP, Plant on Demand.
- Connectivity & Data: Aritium, Artificial Intelligence AyGLOO, Build38, Cellgrid, Delta Protect, EarthPulse, FLock.io, FOSSA Systems, IoT Venture, PlayGineering.
- Consumer Trends: Ani Biome, Bread Free, Corbiota, CUBRO Design, Gloop, Onego Bio, Platanomelon, Sepiia 2080, TALKUAL, Webel.
- Education: Academator, Bcas, DreamShaper, Educatchy, Goddard – Discovery, Griky, Kleverplay, Kuepa EduTech, Lingo Mii, Oxinity.
- Enterprise: Bcome, BizAway, HechicerIA, Hotelverse, Last.app, Metrikus, myReach, Sastrify, Soplaya, Zinkee.
- Fintech & Insurtech: Calvin Risk, CITEC, EthicHub, FANDIT, ONYZE DIGITAL ASSETS, Oveit, REPLICA, Reveni, Uelz, Woli.
- Health: ARTHEX Biotech, Fisify, Gate2Brain, IOMED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, Legit.Health, MiMARK DIAGNOSTICS, MultiplAI Health, Omniscope, Overture Life, RetinAI Medical, Thyriscope.
- Industry 5.0: Altered Carbon, Enerbrain, FibreCoat, Nanostine, Neutroon, Ommo Technologies, Oscillum, PingThings, SOLATOM, Sunthetics.
- Mobility & Smart Cities: About Partners, Astara Connect, FuVeX, HOMYHUB, Latitudo40, LEDCity, Postis, Sense Aeronautics, Tennders Europe, vialytics.
- Sustainability & ESG: BeeHero, BLUBAT, Carbon Limit, CarbonSpace, CoCircular, DePoly, Lumio, Preflet, Recovo Lab, Up2You.
Today 2030
Under the slogan ‘Today 2030’, an important group of national and international speakers will attend South Summit Madrid 2023, including: Paul Island, President of the International Governing Council of IE University; Pau Gasolformer athlete and investor and consultant in projects dedicated to sports and health; Andrew Winstonmanager of Winston Eco-Strategies, and Jenny Fieldingco-founder of The Fund VC.
South Summit Madrid 2023 has the institutional support of Spain Up Nation, the Community of Madrid and the Madrid City Council, as well as Mutua Madrileña, Google for Startups, BBVA Spark, Endesa, Toptal, Wayra – Telefónica Innovation and BStartup from Banco Sabadell .
