The Venture Network is a weekly pitch slam is an invaluable resource for early stage entrepreneurs, a forum for engaging the entrepreneurial community, promoting your startup, and at best securing an investment from our Investors in Residence. The Venture Network is unique in that it is a very informal gathering where startups can meet investors in an informal setting over beers and snacks and focus on what’s important; building relationships. The Venture Network is a great way to perfect your pitch, get feedback on your product, and meet the local startup community.

The Venture Network´s resident panel of startup experts include:

. Gabriel Bellomusto, 1A INGENIEROS
. Rafael Alcalde, Shakingjobs.com
. Jan Farrell, Liberalia Spain
. Jorge Schnura, Tyba
. Manuel Lavín, Adesis Netlife

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

Rafa de Ramón, Utopic_US,

Utopic_US is the answer to the new way of working , collaborating and
transmit knowledge in the 21st century.

Eduardo Rodríguez-Priego, ketekelo

ketekelo changes via an e-commerce the online baby market by transforming selling into a service, promoting a new, more sustainable way to consume baby clothing and products. Through an innovative buy-back program that joins new-product and second hand markets, ketekelo has an integral perspective of the baby market and releases value for families, suppliers and society.

Philipp Maracke, InCommon

InCommon is software as a service that will help universities, clubs and companies to improve and utilize the network activities amongst their members.

The service provides a solution for the community members to find other community members with common interests. After a member found someone who shares his interest the tool offers functions to learn more about and elaborate together on the interest.

The most´s widely distributed beer. Heineken is a kind of bear similar to Pilsen produced following the highest standar of quality and manufacted by using only natural ingredients, according to the process data from 1873 and that preseves the best tradtiion of Europe brewin.

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.