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!!
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.
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.
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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Finnova será responsable de las actuaciones del proyecto “LcWomen: European network for the integration of the immigrant women at local level”, enmarcado dentro del programa Europa con los Ciudadanos en Bélgica.
De más de 200 propuestas presentadas, LcWomen, presentada por la Concejalía de Fondos Europeos del Ayuntamiento de Elda, ha obtenido la cuarta mejor calificación, y ha sido una de las dos aceptadas por el programa Europa con los Ciudadanos en España. El proyecto ha recibido así una dotación de 142.000 euros, de los que el consistorio de Elda gestionará unos 25.000 euros, cofinanciados al 100%.
LcWomen cuenta con 8 socios de 7 países diferentes: Italia, Eslovenia, Polonia, Grecia, Bélgica, Bulgaria y España. Entre las actividades previstas para llevar a cabo este proyecto, destacan encuentros internacionales, talleres de participación ciudadana a nivel local, actividades de difusión, etc. En este último apartado, Finnova, la fundación para la innovación con sede en Bruselas, jugará un papel primordial siendo el socio encargada de múltiples actividades de comunicación que tendrán lugar en Bélgica.
El proyecto, liderado por el ayuntamiento de Elda y coordinado por Crea360, arrancará en septiembre con unas jornadas que tendrán lugar en Elda, y a la que asistirán socios de los siete países implicados, y finalizará en enero de 2018 en Bruselas, donde se presentarán los resultados de LCWomen.
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Finnova will be responsible for actions of the project ” LcWomen: European Network for the integration of the immigrant women at local level” within the framework of the programme Europe for citizens in Belgium.
LcWomen, presented by the Council of European Funding from the Hall of Elda (Spain) has obtained the fourth best score among the 200 proposalls presented to the programme Europe for citizens in Spain. The project has received 142,000 euros of funding, of which the Hall of Elda will co-fund 25,000 euros at 100%.
LcWomen project counts on 8 partners from 7 different countries: Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Greece, Belgium, Bulgary and Spain. Some of the activities to highlight about this project are international meetings and seminars, workshops for citizen participation at local level, dissemination activites, etc. Within the latter, Finnova, the Foundation for the innovation based in Brussels, will play a special role as it is partner in charge of multiple dissemination activities that will take place in Belgium.
The project, led by the Hall of Elda and coordinated by CREA360,will start in September with workshops that will be held in Elda, and to which partners from the seven countries involved in the project will attend. It will come to an end in January 20188 in Brussels, where the results will be presented.
Brussels, 16 June 2016. Nobel Grid has been presented in the Policy Conference “New Standard for Smart appliances in the smart home: getting buildings ready within the new electricity market design” of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2016 (EUSEW2016).
Lola Alacreu presenting Nobel Grid objectives during the Conference “New Standard for Smart appliances in the smart home” in EUSEW 2016.
Lola Alacreu, coordinator of Nobel Grid, and Mihai Sanduleac, Technical Director of ECRO (one of the 21 partners of the project) presented the new European standard for smart appliances (Smart Appliances Reference) role in Nobel Grid.
The aim of this seminar was to disseminate how smart appliances using a shared model of consensus, SAREF (Smart Appliances REFerence) and dedicated software applications may contribute to promoting more sustainable energy use in households and neighbourhoods.
Presentamos Nobel Grid en la Semana Europea de la Energía Sostenible 2016
Bruselas, 16 de junio de 2016. Nobel Grid fue presentado en la Policy Conference New Standard for Smart appliances in the smart home: getting buildings ready within the new electricity market design” de la Semana Europea de la Energía Sostenible 2016 (EUSEW 2016).
Lola Alacreu presentando los objetivos de Nobel Grid durante la conferencia “New Standard for Smart appliances in the smart home” in EUSEW 2016.
Lola Alacreu, coordinadora del Proyecto Nobel Grid, y Mihai Sandulea, Director técnico de ECRO (uno de las 21 organizaciones colaboradoras del proyecto) presentaron el papel que juega el nuevo standard europeo para dispositivos inteligentes (Smart Appliances REFerence) en Nobel Grid.
El objetivo de este seminario era difundir cómo los dispositivos inteligentes usando un modelo compartido de consenso, SAREF (Smart Appliances REFerence) y unas aplicaciones de software pueden contribuir a promover un uso de la energía más sostenible en residencias y vecindarios.
The platform “Cultural Industries Summit Valencia” promoted by the Association for the promotion of Cultural Projects in close collaboration with Intermedia Fresh Thinking, ad supported by the Spanish Minister of Education, Culture and Sport and Spanish Cultural Action, has joined the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance, under the framework of the StartUp Europe Awards.
This is an initiative promoted by the European Commission and implemented by the Foundation Finnova in close collaboration with the StartUp Europe. The goal of this Alliance is the creation of a forum for the interchange of best practices and the networking.
Following this massive goal, StartUp Europe Awards also aims at rewarding the hard work of the startups ruled by European, and based in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Israel and United Arab Emirates in five levels (local, province, regional, national and European) in eight categories (Green, Cities, Creative Industries, Energy, Social Innovation, ICTs, Tourism and Water).
Cultural Industries Summit is a platform created to support the entrepreneurs with projects related to cultural industries, foster the innovative initiatives both culturally and socially, in the sector of collaborative and creative economy. It includes training and accelerating program that will lead to an event in which companies, institutions and professionals dealing with cultural industries, both at national and international level, will participate. In this event, they will select a winner, a second prize and a third finalist selected by the audience. The winner will be candidate for the national final of the StartUp Europe Awards in the category of Creative, thanks to the adhesion agreement of Cultural Industries Summit to the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance.
Cultural Industries Summit thus joins the Zinc Shower, Ateneo Club de Innovación and Business and the Bank of Ireland StartUps Awards who are already members of the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance, which aims at being a forum for the interchange of best practices and networking among startups all around Europe.
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Cultural Industries Summit Valencia, nuevo miembro de la Startup Europe Awards Alliance 2016
La plataforma “Cultural Industries Summit Valencia” promovida por la Asociación Promotora de Proyectos Culturales en colaboración con Intermedia Fresh Thinking, apoyada por el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte y Acción Cultural Española, se ha sumado como nuevo miembro a la Startup Europe Awards Alliance 2016, en el marco de StartUp Europe Awards.
Iniciativa promovida por la Comisión Europea e implementada por la Fundación Finnova en colaboración con StartUp Europe. El objetivo de esta Alianza es incrementar la Tasa de Actividad Emprendedora en la Unión Europea, una tasa que actualmente llega al 8%, según Eurostat.
Siguiendo este máximo objetivo, StartUp Europe Awards también pretende reconocer el duro trabajo llevado a cabo por las startups dirigidas por europeos y establecidas en alguna región de Asia, Europa, Latino América, Israel y Emiratos Árabes Unidos, y Estados Unidos, en cinco niveles (local, provincial, regional, nacional y europeo), en ocho categorías (Medio Ambiente, Ciudades, Industrias Creativas, Energía, Social, Turismo, Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación y Agua).
Cultural Industries Summit es una plataforma creada para apoyar a emprendedores con proyectos relacionados con las industrias culturales, fomentar el espíritu emprendedor y las iniciativas innovadoras tanto cultural como socialmente, en el ámbito de la economía colaborativa y creativa. Incluye un programa de formación y aceleración que culminará en un encuentro en el que participarán empresas, instituciones y profesionales relacionados con las industrias culturales tanto nacionales como internacionales. En este encuentro se elegirá al proyecto ganador, un segundo y un tercer premio, que será elegido por el público. El proyecto ganador de Cultural Industries Summit pasará directamente a la final nacional de los Startups Europe Awards en la categoría Creative, gracias a la adhesión de Cultural Industries Summit a la StartUp Europe Awards Alliance.
Cultural Industries Summit se suma a Zinc Shower, al Ateneo Club de Innovación y Empresa y al Banco de Irlanda quienes ya forman parte de esta alianza, nacida para reconocer el esfuerzo hecho por los organizadores de premios de StartUps en toda Europa y crear sinergias entre esos organizadores para que así puedan incrementar el impacto de los premios que ya existen.
The representative from the leader organiser of StartUp Europe Awards 2016 (SEUA16), Juan Manuel Revuelta in representation of the Foundation Finnova, presented yesterday this European initiative within the framework of the StartUp Europe Summit. This action, which has been initiated under the umbrella of StartUp Europe, and which counts on the support of the European Commission, aims at gathering all the startups awards organisers in the StartUp Europe Awards Alliance, which aims at being a forum for the interchange of best practices and networking for entrepreneurs. StartUp Europe Awards has also a second goal: to reward the startups based in Europe, Latin America, USA, Asia and Israel and United Arab Emirates, working in cities, creative industries, energy, green, ICTs, social innovation, tourism and water, at five levels (local, provincial, regional, national and European).
This initiative has caught the attention of Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, who has visited the stand of StartUp Europe to learn more about the SEUA16.
On the left Juan Manuel Revuelta, General Director for Finnova, and on the right, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas.
The potential of this action has impressed the President of the Committee of the Regions, Markku Markkula, who paid us a visit in the stand of the StartUp Europe, where Revuelta was presenting the SEUA16.
President of the Committee of the Regions, Marrku Markkula, visits the stand of the StartUp Europe where the General Director of Finnova, Juan Manuel Revuelta, presented him the StartUp Europe Awards
During his visit to the StartUp Europe Awards information point in the StartUp Europe Summit, Markkula recognised being impressed with this initiative that tries to foster and contribute to the entrepreneurship in the European Union. He also recognised the potential of the SEUA in his twitter account by highlighting the strong potential of the SEUA16.
Tweet by Markku Markkula official twitter account referring to the StartUp Europe Awards 2016
Revuelta also took the opportunity to present the project Nobel Grid in the stand of StartUp Europe, which 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. All this happened in the StartUp Europe Summit, an annual Summit in which start-ups from all over Europe, policymakers, investors and companies from the sector of industry participate. It is therefore an event for networking in which the entrepreneurs have also the possibility of attending the StartUp Council of Policy Makers, which dealt on how to increase the interaction between policymakers and entrepreneurs.
Madrid, June 29 2016
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