FrenchWeb.fr is a digital media focusing on different initiatives concerning French actors around the world. This media has gathered the most important French professionals, entrepreneurs, experts and investors from France to provide the audience with the latest news in the innovation sector.
From now onwards, French Web is a new media partner for the StartUp Europe Awards 2016 (SEUA16), which is an initiative promoted by the European Commission and implemented by the Foundation Finnova, with the support of StartUp Europe. This initiative aims at gathering all the startups awards organisers across Europe under the umbrella of the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance. Thus, the winners in each member state’s startups awards will become national candidates for the final phase of the StartUp Europe Awards to be held in December 2016.
As media partner for the StartUp Europe Awards, Frenchweb.fr will follow the progress of the national French startups in their progress through the SEUA16.
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) is a Greek Organization committed to the promotion of innovation and the enhancing of the spirit of entrepreneurship. This organisation has just been added into the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance, being the Greek representative in this European competition rewarding entrepreneurship in the EU. This Alliance aims at gathering all the startups awards organisers around Europe in four levels (local, provincial, regional and national). The winners from each member state’s national contest in the eight categories (Cities, Creative Industries, ICTs, Green, Energy, Tourism, Social Innovation and Water) will come to the European final ceremony to be held in December 2016.
The iED’s main mission is to recognise entrepreneurship as a crucial factor for the development and cohesion of societies, by developing research and being in a position to provide innovative solutions that ease the growth of healthy entrepreneurship and promote employment. They adopt an anthropocentric approach and cooperate with social, academic and business partners, from Greece and abroad, aiming at producing know how, promoting entrepreneurial culture and enhancing the effectiveness and viability of enterprises.
StartUp Europe Awards is an initiative promoted by the European Commission and implemented by the Foundation Finnova, with the support of the StartUp Europe, aiming at rewarding and promoting the entrepreneurship in the European Union.
“The Digital African Woman” is an initiative to open up a dialogue that slowly tackles the challenge of inequality and empower women globally through technology. “The Digital African Woman” aims to introduce and create an atmosphere where women of Africa, diaspora and beyond can learn, engage and become empowered to participate more actively within their respective societies. This program addresses issues ranging from tech career and entrepreneurship, to self-esteem, and gender equality. They aim to not only create an atmosphere that promotes eventual growth and empowerment, but also seek to draw out already accomplished women in Diaspora to give support and insights that will grow the community of women in tech and entrepreneurship; while developing an active ecosystem with excellent networks to provide a push for other women on jump starting a tech career or business move.
#DAW2016 will launch in Brussels, Belgium, with free online business training for selected female led startups from June -Sept, and culminate in a 2 day event on September 21-22nd 2016. #DAW provides the opportunity for aspiring tech entrepreneurs to learn, engage and develop their entrepreneurship skills with immersive training while maximizing the power and use of technology. They bridge the gap between investors, corporates and these promising tech startups, by:
1. Providing access to funding, specialized training, and Acceleration.
2. Providing an ecosystem supported by our top network partners.
3. Providing world-class training, business mentoring on ideation, team development and value propositioning through our top MIT master trainer and developers.
4. Providing personalized development opportunities to our top 10 selected teams of excellent entrepreneurs globally through our Startup boot camp, pitch challenge and Accelerator.
5. We also provide ongoing business development training including access to mobile technologies and enterprise technology through our EAMI Global mentorship platform & tech sponsor networks.
Yourszene, Walls &Walks and Roots of Hope were presented today in front of experts of Bozar. BOZAR is the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels. An Art Deco masterpiece by Victor Horta, the Centre of Fine Arts is one of the jewels of Belgium’s cultural and architectural heritage. The Brussels Centre for Fine Arts is not simply an architectural masterpiece, but also an arts centre simmering with international cultural and artistic activities: more than 250 annual chamber music and symphony orchestra concerts; around twenty thematic and individual exhibitions of ancient and contemporary art, and exhibitions by very young artists; with contemporary theatre and dance, writers and film-makers.
Walls and Walks is a project aiming to create workshops for children and teenagers. The main goal is to raise awareness about the importance of art, architecture and culture in everybody’s personal growth. Yourszene will become an online platform for the companies and enterprises to sell and promote their shows. It will also become a database of all actors involved in the sector; companies, professionals, performers, producers, shows, locations, festivals, etc. Roots of Hope is a big format exhibition where Nayra’s sculptures will inspire the attendees to trigger a discussion about society.
Emprendedores creativos del programa Creative StartUp Europe Programme de Finnova presentaron sus proyectos hoy en Bozar
Yourszene, Walls &Walks y Raíces de Esperanza se presentaron hoy ante expertos de Bozar. Bozar es un centro de Bellas Artes de Bruselas. Un obra maestra de arte deco hecha por Victor Horta, el Centro de Bellas Artes es una las joyas de la arquitectura del patrimonio cultural de Bélgica. Este centro no es, sin embargo, una simple obra de arte, sino también un centro de arte en el que las actividades culturales y artísticas se dan cita: más de 250 conciertos anuales de música de cámara y orquestas sinfónicas; alrededor de 20 exhibiciones individuales de arte contemporáneo y antiguo, y exhibiciones de jóvenes artistas; con danza y teatro contemporáneo, escritores y realizadores cinematográficos.
Walls and Walks es un Proyecto que pretende crear talleres para niños y adolescentes. El principal objetivo es incrementar la concienciación sobre la importancia del arte, la arquitectura y la cultura en el crecimiento personal de cualquier persona. Yourszene se convertirá en una plataforma digital para las compañías y las empresas para promover sus actuaciones. También se convertirá en una base de datos para todos los actors involucrados en el sector; compañías, profesionales, artistas, productores, festivales, etc. Raíces de Esperanza es una exhibición de gran format en la que las esculturas de Nayra inspirarán a los asistentes a discutir sobre las valores de la sociedad.
From now onwards, StartUp Europe Awards counts on a new media partner for the StartUp Europe Awards. Founded in 2012, this digital media focuses on the technological sector in Portugal, and covers the startups ecosystem existing in Portugal in deep, with a special focus on new products and services, events and latest news.
Thus, StartUps Portugal joins the StartUp Europe Awards as media partner for Portugal. The role played by this digital media will be covering the progress of the Portuguese startups going through the European phase of StartUp Europe Awards.
If you are a media focused on Entrepreneurship in your country and you want to join this EU movement, do not hesitate to join us!!
Eight creative entrepreneurs who had received a training session on how to pitch their project to investors defended their ideas in the Instituto Cervantes of Brussels, in an event jointly organised with the Foundation Finnova.
This action is part of the activities of Creative StartUp Europe. Nine creative and cultural entrepreneurs are taking part of the first edition of this program, which main objective is the promotion of the professional development in the field of culture and creativity of young Spaniards living in Belgium. Through ‘Creative StartUp Europe’, the high importance of culture and innovation is recognised as a tool for the social and the economic development. Moreover, the new generations receive support and are boosted to work on cultural projects abroad.
These 9 entrepreneurs do have very different start-ups, with projects such as the creation of Spanish audio-guides for museums, a social network for the scenic arts or the creation of a high format exhibition with sculptures, among others. Due to the big variety of these projects, Finnova provides them with customised coaching sessions, including:
Communication mentoring: elevator pitch, investors pitch, informative pills, how to pitch in front of a camera, how to manage social networks, how to write a press release, etc.
Legal and financial counselling: individualized sessions about Spanish-Belgian taxation, intellectual property, drafting contracts, business plan, etc.
European Sphere: how to expose your project in the European institutions, how to access a traineeship within the institutions, etc.
Start-ups accelerator: advice in order to find a co-working, contacting investors, networking, development of new strategies, mobility programs, how to come back to Spain, etc.
With this program, we aim to facilitate and support cultural and artistic initiatives of young entrepreneurs, helping to the future employability of young Spaniards in the Belgian cultural sector.
The program is oriented to Spanish young entrepreneurs living in Belgium with a concrete idea or project in the field of cultural and creative industries, regardless of the development stage of the project. Furthermore, multiple projects can belong to ‘Creative Startup Europe’.
Emprendedores creativos defendieron sus proyectos ante inversores en el Instituto Cervantes de Bruselas (Bélgica)
Bruselas, 23 de junio de 2016
Ocho emprendedores creativos que recibieron formación sobre cómo defender sus proyectos frente a inversores, defendieron sus ideas en el Instituto Cervantes de Bruselas, en un evento organizado conjuntamente con la Fundación Finnova.
Esta acción es parte de las actividades programadas dentro de Creative StartUp Europe. Nueve emprendedores creativos y culturales están participando en esta primera edición del programa, cuyo objetivo principal es la promoción del desarrollo profesional en el campo de la cultura y la creatividad de jóvenes españoles viviendo en Bélgica. A través de Creative StartUp Europe, la alta importancia de la cultura y la innovación es reconocida como una herramienta para el desarrollo social y económico. Además, las nuevas generaciones reciben apoyo y son impulsados para trabajar en proyectos culturales en el extranjero.
Estos nueve emprendedores tienen proyectos muy diferentes, que van desde la creación de audio-guías en español para museos, redes sociales para artes escénicas o la creación de una exhibición con esculturas en gran formato, entre otros. Debido a la gran diversidad de estos proyectos, y a pesar de que sus necesidades son tan diferentes como específicas, Finnova les ofrece sesiones de formación personalizadas, incluyendo:
Formación en comunicación: elevator pitch, investor pitch, píldoras informativas, cómo enfentarse a la cámara, cómo gestionar las redes sociales, cómo escribir una nota de prensa, etc.
Asesoría legal y financiera: sesiones individualizadas sobre la tasación Belgo-Española, propiedad intelectual, redactar contratos, plan de negocio, etc.
Ámbito europeo: cómo presentar tu proyecto a las instituciones europeas, cómo acceder a períodos de prácticas en las instituciones, etc.
StartUp Accelerator: asesoría para encontrar espacios de co-working, contactar inversores, relaciones de trabajo, desarrollo de nuevas estrategias, programas de movilidad, cómo regresar a España, etc.
Con este programa, pretendemos facilitar y apoyar las iniciativas culturales y artísticas de jóvenes emprendedores, contribuyendo así a la empleabilidad de jóvenes españoles en el sector cultural belga.
El programa está orientado a los jóvenes emprendedores españoles viviendo en Bélgica con una idea o proyecto concreto en el campo de las industrias creativas o culturales, independientemente de la fase de desarrollo del proyecto. Además, muchos proyectos pueden pertenecer a Creative StartUp Europe.
From now on, the main news agency of Spain, Agencia EFE, through its web EFE Emprende, joins the exclusive network of StartUp Europe Awards Media Partners in Spain. The EFE Emprende team writes and manages information related to entrepreneurship from the EFE Agency, and also provides tools to develop a business plan, a map of entrepreneurship and deliver interviews with ecosystem actors who have managed to launch their entrepreneurial idea.
EFE is a media company with a global network of journalists who distributes 3 million news per year in different media: multimedia, photographs, audio, video and arriving daily to more than two thousand media in the world. In Spain, it has offices in the capitals of the 17 autonomous communities, plus Ceuta and Melilla, and sub-delegations in other Spanish cities.
EFE EMPRENDE de la Agencia de Noticias EFE, se suma como media partner de StartUP Europe Awards
Madrid, 29 de Junio 2016
A partir de hoy, la principal agencia de noticias de España, Agencia EFE, a través de su web EFE Emprende, se suma a la red exclusiva de Media Partners de StartUp Europe Awards en España. El equipo de EFE Emprende escribe y gestiona información relacionada con el emprendimiento desde la Agencia EFE; además de brindar herramientas para desarrollar un proyecto empresarial, generar un mapa de emprendimiento y ofrecer entrevistas a protagonistas del ecosistema que han logrado poner en marcha su idea emprendedora.
La Agencia EFE es una empresa informativa multimedia con una red de periodistas mundial que distribuye 3 millones de noticias al año en los diferentes soportes informativos: texto, fotografía, audio, vídeo y multimedia, que llegan diariamente a más de dos millares de medios de comunicación en el mundo. En España cuenta con delegaciones en las capitales de las 17 comunidades autónomas, además de Ceuta y Melilla, y subdelegaciones en otras ciudades españolas.
In June, Finnova had a busy month of sustainable energy events, workshops, conferences, meetings and round tables under the umbrella of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), which was promoting Energy Days throughout the month.
The weeks before, during and after the official EUSEW hosted (13-17 June) focused events in which Finnova participated or organised in Brussels, Madrid, Valencia, Cadiz and Berlin. These events covered technical sessions, innovation forums, entrepreneurial events, and also targeted both corporate and public administration sectors.
Juan Manuel Revuelta, Director General of Finnova.
“Participating in EUSEW has been also a recognition of the 4-years-old StartUp Europe Accelerator of Finnova, which brings European Commission programmes and resources to StartUps and entrepreneurs, focused on fostering innovation projects; especially in the areas of renewable energies, eco-innovation, social-innovation, Tech-based or ICT solutions”, remarked Juan Manuel Revuelta, Director General of Finnova.
EUSEW, an initiative of the European Commission, is the month-long annual series of activities across Europe, promoting secure, clean and efficient energy, and connecting policymakers, stakeholders and citizens to achieve climate and energy goals for the Energy Union.
“Finnova through the participation in EUSEW has gained access to a wide and captive audience in order disseminate the benefits and opportunities promised by the NOBEL GRID Horizon 2020 project, in which we are partners”, stressed Sharam Yalda, Head of Regenerative Business Innovation & Climate Change of Finnova.
Ana Navas (left) and Alejandra Muñoz (right) of Finnova in the EUSEW.
During both events NOBEL GRID was presented to show how it will contribute in the Energy Union and improve Smart Grids.
The H2020 project also participated in the EUSEW Policy Conference “New Standard for Smart appliances in the smart home” the 16th June in Brussels. The aim of this seminar was to disseminate how smart appliances using a shared model of consensus, so called SAREF (Smart Appliances REFerence), and dedicated software applications may contribute to promoting more sustainable energy use in households and neighbourhoods.
There it created synergies and showcased its new Smart Meter designed to implement many additional functions comparing with current smart meters such “flexibility in adding new features during its lifetime, including unforeseen ones. One such unforeseen aspect is the challenge to map existing demand response features on the new SAREF ontology” explained Mihai Sanduleac, R&D Director of ECRO SRL (partner of the project).
Furthermore, European bodies shown great interest in Finnova energy initiatives at the Startup Europe Summit 2016 in Berlin 9-10 June. Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Markku Markkula, both found out NOBEL GRID project and the StartUp Europe Awards 2016 (SEUA16).
Director General for Finnova with the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas (left photo) and with President of the Committee of the Regions, Marrku Markkula (right photo)
In Madrid Finnova attended to the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair of Madrid (GENERA) to met the main scientific and technological advancements in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and especially with Rafael Apraiz, CEO of the Spanish Technical Association for Waste Management and Environment (ATEGRUS).
“Nowadays waste concerns energy”, stated Rafael Apraiz, since some alternative energy companies are developing new ways to recycle waste by generating electricity from landfill waste and pollution.
Moreover, representatives of overseas projects in the field of hydropower shared with Finnova their knowledge and best practices like ITAIPU Binacional in Paraguay and Brazil, the world’s largest generator of renewable clean energy, and Renace Project of Multinversiones in Guatemala, a hydropower project to benefit the country by supporting social development and sustainability.
In Cadiz, Finnova participated in a successful workshop on Environment and Energy: EU Funding, to bring EU energy initiatives and
opportunities closer to entrepreneurs.
Month-end closing took place at the 5th Annual Conference InnoGrid2020+ the 27-28 June in Brussels, where knowledge, views and best practices were shared with other expertises within the smart grids and the digital market fields and NOBEL GRID exhibited its poster.
Sunday 19th June, the organiser committee of the StartUp Europe Awards presented this initiative promoted by the European Commission and implemented by Finnova in close collaboration with StartUp Europe. The stand counted on the visit of the Head of Sector of StartUp Europe from the European Commission, Isidro Laso, who call for local organisers to join the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance. In a really enjoyable environment located in the Place d’Espagne in the centre of Brussels (Belgium), entrepreneurs could access to information of the StartUp Europe Awards and also about the programmes led by Finnova, such as StartUp Europe Accelerator and the project Nobel Grid, for which the Foundation Finnova is partner.
Organiser Committee of the StartUp Europe Awards with Isidro Laso from the StartUp Europe Sector.
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The general director for the Foundation Finnova, Juanma Revuelta, the leader organiser of StartUp Europe Awards, has presented this initiative promoted by the European Commission and implemented with the support of the StartUp Europe, in the energy day on Best Practices on Energy projects held in Partenalia’s premises.
Juanma Revuelta, director general for Finnova, presenting StartUp Europe Awards in the energy day held in Partenalia
This action, which is currently in phase of development, aims at rewarding the startups across Europe and also gathering all the startups awards organisers held in Europe under the umbrella of the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance. This Alliance already counts on members such as Zincshower or Bank of Ireland StartUps Awards.
The energy day organised by Partenalia aimed at discussing the best practices for energy projects in the Horizon 2020. In the session, several project officers and project coordinators explained how to manage efficiently projects on energy.
Group picture of the speakers at the Energy Day held in the premises of Partenalia. From left to right, Nicholas Reynes, Coordinator for Partenalia Office, Ana Nava, Energy Project Officer for Finnova, Manuel Serrano, Head of New Technologies of ETRA, Jan de Pauw, Project Coordinator of Eco Power, Catherine Pinet and Raymond Charlier, coordinator and technical coordinator of Bricker project, and Juanma Revuelta, General Director for Finnova.
NOBEL GRID, is a project in which the Foundation Finnova is partner, and that will provide advanced tools and ICT services to all actors in the Smart Grid and retail electricity market in order to ensure benefits from cheaper prices, more secure and stable grids and clean electricity.
The results of the project will be tested in real conditions in five different electric cooperatives and non-profit demonstration sites in five EU members’ states:
The electric cooperative of Alginet (Spain)
The renewable energy cooperative Ecopower in Flanders (Belgium) acts as renewable generator and supplier cooperative.
The cooperative Carbon-coop in Manchester (UK).
The public DSO ASM Terni (Italy).
Meltemi eco-village (Greece).
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