After the successful first edition of the International Digital Development Exposition in 2016 (#EIDD16), the Chilean government and local technology companies have strengthened an alliance that will bring about the second version of this event, which will take place on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th of October 2017, at the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho in Santiago.

Our goal is to double last year’s 4000 visitors and explore the main solutions proposed by more than 30 government agencies for better quality public services, along with more than 100 national and international exhibitors that have developed new public service technologies designed to improve the quality of people’s lives.

More Information: www.eidd.cl

Brussels: 21 June 2017

INFORMATION SEMINAR FOR BELGIAN FIRMS

Involved or interested in Digital Development markets or/and SMART CITIES activities in Latin America

On 21 June from 9:30 to the Belgo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce organizes in cooperation with the Embassy of Chile and BECI a seminar addressed to the Belgian firms and experts interested in opening new markets and cooperation in Chile and other Latin American economies for promoting their products, services and know-how in these promising dynamic sectors.

More information: www.chileanchamber.be

EUcapital SPRL

EUcapital SPRL is a European firm based in Brussels, focused in providing advice to companies and institutions on issues related to access to finance for startups and facilitating interactions with investors (venture capital firms, business angels, family offices, and public investors).

http://www.eu-capital.eu/about/

City of Knowledge is a management platform that focuses on boosting the innovative and competitive capacities of the users who share the Campus. Integration, dynamic networking, and joint efforts facilitate the transference of knowledge. This allows for an unusual concentration of innovative firms, international organizations focused on development, as well as academic and research institutions, resulting in a lively and successfully collaborative community. In order to strengthen these dynamics, City of Knowledge provides access to a series of benefits and services aimed at the needs of its users.

To be a model sustainable city that promotes knowledge management, innovation, culture and human development for Panama and the world

This experience constitutes a regional reference point forknowledge management through innovation. This complex and multifaceted experience is focused on the achievements and successes of its users.The City of Knowledge Foundation is a private, non-profit organization and the project it directs is an independent endeavor and its independence guarantees its continuity. As a result, long-term goals can be established and a practical and realistic relationship with the political and economic environment can be maintained.

More Information: http://ciudaddelsaber.org/en

Finnova Foundation

Finnova Foundation works within the fields of new technologies, sustainable development, environment, energy efficiency and renewable energy, smart cities, water, waste, tourism and social inclusion through different European, national and local projects based on innovation. Finnova manages these two initiatives: StartUp Europe Accelerator, the unique accelerator program focused in European funding and StartUp Europe Awards, promoted by European Commission, aimed to highlight local best practices and create an Alliance of organisations supporting entrepreneurship, innovation and talent.

84 startups from 14 countries are the finalists of this initiative which first edition awards the best European startups in 10 categories (Creative, Energy, Fintech, Green, Health, ICT, Smart Cities, Social, Tourism and Water). Under this frame, LATAM StartUp Europe Awards will be launched in the next months.

The European Foundation for Innovation through European Union funded projects.

More information: www.finnova.eu

IESE Business Angel Network is a support service to entrepreneurs and investors aimed at facilitating access to start and scale finance, being one if the most active where it operates. Active since 2003 its portfolio has reached more than 160 startups, and real success stories such as Privalia, Buyvip, Habitissimo or Olapic. IESE BAN contributes to IESE Business School”s commitment to entrepreneurship ecosystem development, startup growth and professionalisation of the angel activity.

IESE BAN is open to alumni and non alumni entrepreneurs and investors, and these take individual investment decisions, as IESE does not take investment decisions.

IESE Business Schools collaborates with a large number of associated business schools, mostly in Latin America. IESE BAN actively works with public and private institutions in region to foster the development of entrepreneurship activities.

More Info: www.iese.edu/businessangels

We have set up an open innovation ecosystem called “SmartAgrifood”. SmartAgrifood contains a demonstration center; for the development and transfer of proof of concept products, a startup accelerator; for the agrifood sector, and an investment fund which in turn feeds 4 funds specialising in startups.

More information available at: http://smartagrifood.org

INTEC’s (our) key objectives:

To promote innovation and the uptake of technology in all sectors of INTEC’s activity (primeraly those related to the agrifood value chain and to tourism). To work with companies to develop training of personnel, facilitating the adoption of new technology. To develop and coordinate infrastructures that support innovation and continued technological development.

On 14th and 15 thMarch 2018, we will organize the “Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit” to be celebrated in Spain and in which the startups of this sector as well as the technological industry and the agrifood sector will participate.

“They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Mexican proverb

Seedstars is a Swiss based group of companies which has the goal of impacting people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars connects stakeholders within these ecosystems, builds companies from scratch with public and private partners and invests in high growth startups. Through different activities of startup scouting, company building and acceleration programs, the team has now access to entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, corporations and government officials from 70+ countries. The Seedstars group includes:

– Seedstars World, a worldwide startup competition, sourcing in 60+ emerging markets the top talent from these regions

– Seedstars Growth, a three month virtual acceleration program

– Seedspace a network of coworking and co-living spaces now in 25+ countries

– Seedstars Academy, a six months program to train aspiring local entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses, currently running in Nigeria and Ivory Coast

More info: www.seedstarsworld.com

Startup Olé Accelerator (SOA) has become a landmark in the European entrepreneurial ecosystem thanks to its broad experience in organizing major international tech events such as Startup Olé and by coordinating and actively participating in successful EU-funded projects (Welcome – SEP).

SOA also leads three Startup Europe Initiatives: Accelerator Assembly, SE Nations High Level Group and SE University Network, connecting accelerators, developing a network of national and EU-level policy-makers and boosting talent and knowledge transfer between universities and innovation centres.

Such expertise has allowed SOA to develop a broad agenda of contacts (investors, startups/scaleups, corporates/mid-caps, public administrations, media and universities) that will now bring a high added value to Startup Europe Latam Assembly.

More info: http://startupoleaccelerator.com/