APPLY NOW TO COMPETE!

Over the last 5 years, teams that have pitched at Venture Day Madrid have raised over €15M+ in INVESTMENT - this is your chance to become one of them!

IE VENTURE DAY is IE Business School’s startup competition where selected startup teams get the chance to pitch to an audience of local and international angel and VC investors.

Eligibility:

• At least 1 founding member of the startup must be a current IE student or alumnus/a.
  
• Startup cannot have received more than 250k€ in private funding (this does NOT include personal funds, FFF or state grants/loans).
  
• Startup was founded (incorporated) less than two years ago.
  

Selection Criteria

1. Innovative – product/service, business model, and/or route to market
   
2. Scalable – international commercial potential & scalable business model
   
3. Team – relevant skills & experience mix
   
4. Market – clear & large market opportunity
   
5. Status – must have full time dedicated team and product/service in the market with early traction (customers and/or users)
   

Selection Process & Dates

• Send an Executive Summary to Carmen Corrais, carmen.corrais@ie.edu by the end of the day on Saturday, October 28th, 2017.
  
• November 7th, 2017: Announcement of startups selected to pitch at semi-finals.
  
• November 13-16: Semi-finals 5-minute pitches in ENGLISH before a jury at IE.
  
• November 21st: Announcement of startups selected to participate as semi-finalists or finalists in Venture Day.
• November 29th 2017: Finalists & Semi-Finalists Pitch at IE Venture Day Madrid
  

Guidelines for Executive Summary:

1. The summary should be a maximum of 2 pages
   
2. Clearly state when and what program you graduated from at IE
   
3. Include key data including: Problem/Need/Opportunity, Solution, Market, Business Model, Marketing Strategy, Traction To-Date, Financials, Team, Funding to date and amount of investment you are seeking if applicable.
   
4. Be sure that each of the 5 selection criteria are clearly explained.

Send Executive Summaries to Carmen Corrais at carmen.corrais@ie.edu

GOOD LUCK!

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. We accelerate 50 innovative high potential startups a year of which we see up to 20% of teams go on to launch the venture and/or secure seed funding.

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