June 16th-17th, Fira de Barcelona. Shake your Ideas. Shake your Business
Part ofGLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION
- Alessio Rocchi, Managing Director. CBM Cluster in Biomedicine Trieste Italy
- Alexander Schlaepfer , Partner. Aster Capital
- Andrea Böhmert, Co-Managing Partner. HassoPlattner Ventures Africa
- Andrew Mitchell , Project Leader. Informatics Ventures
- Ann Scheman, Partner. IBM Venture Capital Group
- Anthony Tan, Chief Executive Officer. Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
- Anurag Nigam, President. Sand Hill Angels
- Bill Magil, Managing Director. TeleSoft
- Campbell Murray, Managing Director. Novartis Venture Funds
- Carlos Domingo, Head of R + D. Telefonica
- Carlos Scheel, Director Research Chair: Wealth Creation, based on Technology, Innovation and Knowledge, for developing countries.. EGADE Monterrey Institute of Technology
- Charles Vaslet , Partner. Emerald Tech. Ventures
- Christopher Vargas, Managing Director. Cleantech Circle LLC
- Claudio Furtado, Executive Director. Fundaçâo Getúlio Vargas
- Daniel Rouach, Associate Professor . ESCP Paris
- David Berry, MD, PhD, Partner. Flagship Venture
- David Charron, Executive Director. Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
- David Garrofé, Secretario General. Business Angels Network Cataluña
- David Ladd, Venture Partner. Mayfield
- Diana H. Frazier, Co-founder & Managing Director . FLAG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- Edward Rubesch, Founder of the Global Entrepreneurship Program. Thammasat Business School
- Evgenia Kakaeva, Specialist on Innovative management. Interdepartmental Analytical centre
- Fergal Mullen, Partner . Highland Partners
- Garrett Gruener, Co-Founder and Director. Alta Partners Bay Area
- Helmut Schönenberger, Manager of the entrepreneurship center. Technical University of Munich
- Ilya Antipov, Director of Operations. Technopark Saint Petersburg "Ingria"
- Isaac de la Peña , Head of internet strategic initiatives. NOKIA
- Jeff Hoffman, Founder. PRICELINE
- Jerome Engel, Professor / Chairman. Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley / GEC
- Jim Hornthal, Partner. CMEA Capital
- Joan Roure , President. AEBAN
- Jorge Talavera, President. ESAN University
- Jose Paulo Esperança, Dean. International Relations at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal.
- Judith Iglehart, Vicepresident International Chapter Development . Keiretsu Forum
- Kenneth Morse, Professor. ESADE Business School
- Laia Crespo, Investment Manager. YSIOS Capital Partners
- Laura Morse, Managing Director. Entrepreneurship Ventures Inc
- Lex De Lange, CEO. Zernike Group Holding B.V
- Liao Li, Executive Deputy-director. School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
- Lourdes Casanova, Lecturer Strategy Department. INSEAD
- Malcom Parry, Managing Director. Surrey Research Park – University of Surrey, UK
- Mansoor Mohamed, Executive Director. Economic, Social Development & Tourism
- Marcelo Vásquez, Head of Corporate Development. Fundación Chile
- Mario Girard , Vice-President. Quebec Entrepr. Foundation.
- Mark Harris, VC. INTEL
- Martin Kelly, Partner . IBM Venture Capital
- Noah J. Doyle , Managing Director. Javelin Adventures
- Pablo Márquez de Prado, Head of Strategic Iniciatives. GAMESA
- Petko Ruskov, responsible for “e-Business” MSc. program and e-Business research. Sofia University
- Phil Sanderson, Managing Director. IDG Ventures SF
- Raivo Tamkivi, Counsellor. Tallinn Technology Park TEHNOPOL
- Randy Komisar, Partner. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Rodolfo Lara , Head of Technology Pioneers and Knowledge Integration. World Economic Forum
- Sander Slootweg, Managing Partner. Forbion Capital Partners
- Sean Foote, CEO. Labrador Ventures
- Shigeo Kagami, General Manager – Science Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED). The University of Tokyo
- Spencer Tall, Managing Director. Allegis Capital
- Stefan Heuser , Chief Executive Officer . Siemens Technology-To-Business Center
- Stephen Seuntjens, Lifestyle Incubator. Philips
- Wong Poh-Kam, Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre. National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Xavier Lazarus, Partner . Elaia Partners
A contest where the world's top 25 business plans, selected by the main international Entrepreneurship Centres, will compete for the funding they need to carry out their projects.
A jury composed of senior executives of multinational companies and private equity fund representatives will choose the best three proposals.
Winners will receive cash prizes and the opportunity to showcase the potential of their proposals to international investors.
The competition is open to companies in their early stages whose business feature:
A jury composed of senior executives of multinational companies and private equity fund representatives will choose the best three proposals.
Winners will receive cash prizes and the opportunity to showcase the potential of their proposals to international investors.
The competition is open to companies in their early stages whose business feature:
- Ambitious and skilled teams
- Technology with a sustainable competitive advantage
- Growth potential and impact on the global market