South Summit, one of the largest global meetings of the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, seeks Dominican entrepreneurship to take them to an event that will take place in Porto Alegre (Brazil) next May, the objective of fostering connections between startups, companies and global investment funds to generate real business opportunities and high-value connections.
The arrival of South Summit in Porto Alegre will allow the startups participating in the meeting to generate significant visibility for their project and connect with key players in the ecosystem. Dominican startups interested in participating in this meeting will register at the Startup Competition of South Summit Brazil until next March 22, a period extended by the organization to facilitate the registration of interested projects, which may do so free of charge through this form in the Web. The event is held in collaboration with IE University, the fourth best school in the world, and the first in Europe for entrepreneurs according to the Financial Times ranking.
Among all the presented A total of 50 startups will be selected who will have the opportunity to access exclusive networking network, with the possibility of 1:1 meetings with investors and corporations in search of innovation. In addition to his presence on the Marketplace from South Summit Brazil with a special discount, advice and mentoring to improve your pitch and media visibility.
The leading meeting of the innovation ecosystem arrives in Brazil
After 10 years of experience, South Summit has become a leading meeting of the global innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. In fact, in the last edition of South Summit Madrid, all participation records were broken, with more than 22,000 physical and virtual attendees, more than 1,600 investors with a portfolio of approximately 135,000 million dollars, together with more than 8,000 startups, 680 speakers and 7,000 corporate members.
María Benjumea, founder and CEO of South Summit encourages startups to submit their projects to this Brazilian competition because “we live in a world of global connections. The innovation ecosystem is nourished by sharing and creating synergies with joint work and hand in hand with all its actors”.
In this same line, Juan José Güemes, President of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IE University points out “among the startup finalists at South Summit ten years ago were some of today’s most successful stories. Being at South Summit is peering into the future and having the opportunity to participate in its construction”.