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.

Venture Network's jury this week includes:

Jeffrey Akin, Red Clay Ventures

José Antonio Vega, Alboran Corporate Finance

Rafael Alcalde, Qrowd Makers

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

WeFish - Fishing Diary and Forecast, Alberto Manuel López Martínez

Start your own Fishing Diary, meet anglers from around the world and enjoy with all kind of catches, both freshwater and saltwater

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeFish_Fishing

MovilDrive, Alberto Lobo

Latest CO2 regulations and politics towards low-carbon economics are forcing Councils and Governments to accelerate the deployment in cities and many old-towns with old infrastructures.

However cities are not ready now to be smart enough to allow automatized traffic, sustainable vehicles and autonomous driving.

Local laws will trace green—clean areas that will influence the traffic disposition and the transits of many companies and particulars. Accesses to city center and parking areas will become more and more restricted, incurring in fine notification and costs related for vehicles non-zero emissions.

The car-sharing companies are targeting B2C and the majority of SME's are B2B driving gasoil/diesel Vans to working and offering services to their clients located in town-centre.

We would like to address our solution to many professionals who will have to use electrical Vans to increase performances on their business model, and which will be forced suddenly to change their vans or rent these for certain job services.

For this reason, Movildrive offers a first solution, with a superflexible car-rental per minutes, which can be use till our society is ready just for Zero-Emissions vehicles in 2030.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/movildrive2018

If you have a startup and would like to pitch, please contact Allison Rohe: allison.rohe@ie.edu

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IE Business School is one of the most celebrated business schools in the world. Through its Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, IE offers its students and alumni training, mentorship and resources to ideate, validate and launch startups thanks to programs like the Venture Lab. The Venture Networks, organized by the Venture Lab team, are organized with the aim of fostering a community atmosphere and spirit in Area31 for the greater Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem and also for IE students and alumni who are interested in entrepreneurship. The startups who pitch can be from anywhere (with no ties to IE) and investors who are interested in helping out early stage startups, meet aspiring entrepreneurs and stay abreast of what startups are up and coming are welcome to participate. Contact us!

Website: https://www.ie.edu/entrepreneurship/programs-initiatives/initiatives/venture-networks-area31/
Location: Calle de María de Molina, 31, Madrid, Spain
Twitter: @IE_Ventures