Venture Network, an informal weekly pitch slam, is an invaluable resource for early stage entrepreneurs. Venture Network is a forum in which you can engage with the entrepreneurial community, promote your startup, and have the opportunity to pitch before a panel of investors & entrepreneurs. Venture Network is unique in that it is a very informal gathering where startups can meet investors in a casual setting over beers and snacks and focus on what’s important: building relationships. Venture Network is a great way to perfect your pitch, get feedback on your product, and meet the local startup community.

The two startups that will present their project in 7 minutes will be:

DANIEL ROJO, HALU

Halu is a smart lamp that amplifies your Wi-Fi network. Halu lamps can be controlled by Android or iOS app and are able to produce light effects for video games and movies. Halu has been developed by Dimeox, a company invested by BQ, is made in Spain and sold under BQ trademark. Right now we are about to start massive production stage.

LUIS MIGUEL GIL, MENTTA

Mentta is a food marketplace where people can buy fish, meat, cheese, gin, bio food, cakes and many more grocery products (+4.000) from all around Spain. As our slogan says, we offer tomatoes with tomato's taste, something very weird nowadays. We are a Startup born in Madrid (mid 2015) that want to bring people the best and tasty products that producers have but are difficult to find.

The world's most widely distributed beer, Heineken beers are brewed with great care, based on the same successful principles developed by its founder almost 150 years ago. Similar to a Pilsen, Heineken is produced following the highest standard of quality and manufactured using only natural ingredients.

Website: http://www.heinekenespana.es

IE Business School is one of the most celebrated business schools in the world ranked No.1 in Europe and 8th Worldwide by The Financial Times 2012. IE Business School is also ranked No. 9 Worldwide for Entrepreneurship by Bloomberg´s Business Week. The Venture Lab is IE Business School´s startup accelerator where students and alumni are given the oportunity to launch their own ventures with the support of our expert mentor network, a series of startup workshops, and incubation at Area 31 our startup incubator.