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Venture Day Madrid – Nov. 29th
All are welcome to join us at the Auditorium of the Rafael del Pino Foundation in Madrid on Calle Rafael Calvo 39. We will open the doors at 3pm and will have music from the marvelous band, Track Dogs, and at 3:45pm we will begin our afternoon of excitment!
Our Venture Day kicks off with a Fireside Chat at 4pm with our Keynote Speaker, Asher Siddiqui, who is currently a Partner at 500 Startups, a leading, global Silicon Valley based early stage venture capital firm and seed accelerator.
We will have a panel discussion on the explosive new and emerging market of eSports! The panel, The Future of the Digital Sport Business, will highlight industry experts including Marc Williams, CEO of Katapult; eSports startup, MadLions, founded by IE alumnus – Jorge Schnura- and IE professor –Marcos Eguillor- who are both serial entrepreneurs and now disrupting this industry; and Fernando Delgado of La Liga, and Ander Pérez of Telefónica/Movistar. Before and after the panel, we will have elevator pitches from our runner-up teams.
Finally, at 6pm Venture Day’s Finalist Competition will begin! We will have 12 finalists, which were announced on Nov 20th after an arduous week of semifinal pitches from teams of IE students and alumni!
You may register here to attend.
The Venture Day Madrid’s website is here.
AGENDA
| 3:00pm | REGISTRATION | Music from the band, “Track Dogs” | |
| 3:45pm | WELCOME | Vicente J. Montes Gan – Director, Fundación Rafael del Pino | |
| Juan José Güemes – Chairman, IE Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation | |||
| 4:00pm | KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT
| Asher Siddiqui, Partner and part of the global leadership team at 500 Startups with Meredith Hayward, IMBA/Master Big Data Dual Degree Candidate July 2019 | |
| 4:25pm | RUNNER-UP TEAMS | 1-Minute Pitches from the Runner-Ups 1. Barmixta (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 2. Omey (MIM, Venture Lab) 3. Surplus Energy Sharing (Alumni, Venture Lab) 4. EscapeGamePass (Alumni, Venture Lab) 5. Makinaria (IMBA, Venture Lab) | |
| 4:30pm | Meet MadLions | Jorge Schnura, Chairman, MadLions
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| 4:40pm | RUNNER-UP TEAMS
| 1-Minute Elevator Pitches from the Runner-Ups 1. De Origen (MIM, Venture Lab) 2. Hello English Kids (MIM, Venture Lab) 3. MasParking (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 4. Detox in a Box (MIM, Venture Lab) 5. Nvite (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 6. Inventio (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) | |
| 4:45pm | PANEL: MODERATOR: PANELISTS:
| The Future of the Digital Sport Industry Marc Diaz Williams, CEO Katapult Jorge Schnura, Chairman MadLions | |
| 5:15pm | RUNNER-UP TEAMS | 1-Minute Elevator Pitches from the Runner-Ups 1. Vital (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 2. Vivinium (MIM, Venture Lab) 3. Receta.me (IMBA, Venture Lab) 4. Koozina (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 5. GoodBack (IMBA, Venture Lab) 6. Circles (IMBA, Venture Lab) | |
| 5:25pm | NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 5:55pm | VENTURE LAB WELCOME | Paris de l’Etraz – MD Venture Lab, IE Business School | |
| 6:00pm | VENTURE DAY FINALISTS | 5-Minute Pitches from Finalists
1. Cattlewit (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 2. Stratera (MIM, Venture Lab) 3. Manara (IMBA, Venture Lab) 4. W-Project (MIM Alumni, Venture Lab) 5. CleanMotion (MIM, Venture Lab) 6. Fundi (IMBA, Venture Lab) 7. Flxyble (IMBA, Venture Lab) 8. Cargalo (IMBA, Venture Lab) 9. Offside Track (IMBA, Venture Lab) 10. DonBuri (IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 11. Barley(IMBA, Knowledge Incubator) 12. MCap (IMBA, Venture Lab)
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| JURY DELIBERATIONS Moderator: | Allison Rohe Deputy Director, IE Venture Lab | ||
| 8:30pm | AWARD CEREMONY
| Rachida Justo, Ph.D. | |
VENTURE DAY INVESTOR JURY
Beatriz del Río, Seaya Ventures
Bernhard Schmidt, Belerofonte Capital
Borja Breña Lajas, Nauta Capital
Daniele Calzolari, Bolsa Social
Dario Villena, SwanLaab
Eduardo Sánchez Vázquez, ICEX
Elie Abi-Lahoud, Accenture
Eduardo Ortega, Toushka Capital
Guillermo Ramos, abcVC Ventures
Jaime Vazquez, Demium Startups
Francisco Javier González, Caixa Capital Risc
Javier Martinez de Irujo, Axon Partners Group
Jeffrey Akin, Red Clay Ventures
Jordi Vidal, Kibo Ventures
Jorge Montes del Pino, Montes y Asociados Consulting
José Ignacio Carrión, Faraday Venture Partners
José Luis Sastre, Meetel
María Echávarri Toda, JME Venture Capital
Nicolás Campo, SociosInversores
Olivier Shleifer, Sprim
Rodolfo Carpintier, Digital Assets
Suzanna Chiu, Amadeus Ventures