We are evaluating the projects and applications.
They are the boost that your company needs, that will enable you to grow and achieve your goals. We want to reward talent and the ability to provide a solution to the challenges of the future, which is why we are looking for start-ups like yours and helping them to aim higher.
The Start-Up AwardsXXI are an initiative driven by CaixaBank through DayOne with the collaboration of Enisa in Spain and Banco BPI in Portugal.
DayOne Innovation Summit will combine talks and round-table discussions on technological trends in different areas with activities focused on encouraging networking.
During the event, entries will be judged and the EntrepreneurXXI Awards will be presented for each region.
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While we evaluate the projects submitted, all candidate companies will have free access to a selection of modules from the "Master Online Business & Entrepreneurship" program, from the Founderz business school, created by Pau García Milà.
Training sessions will be offered in the Metaverse, on topics of interest to start-ups, as well as an initial session where Pau García Milà will explain his entrepreneurial experience.
Follow this unique edition of the EntrepreneurXXI Awards and keep up to speed with each of the stages.
You’re getting closer to gaining the boost that you need for your project. In addition to visibility, recognition and access to important contacts, the winning companies will receive cash prizes and international guidance. Your start-up could be one of the 35 winners!
Presented to the best company in each region, regardless of the sector.
Awarded to the companies with the greatest potential for providing a solution to the challenges posed.
Sixteen years ago, we came up with this idea to help innovative individuals to make their dreams come true by providing equal opportunities throughout Spain. To date, we have helped more than 465 companies to grow thanks to the Start-Up AwardsXXI.
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Do you want to know which start-ups have received the award for being the most innovative company, for having the greatest growth potential in each region and for presenting the best solutions to the challenges posed?
dayOne is a service created by CaixaBank to support young companies that are rapidly evolving on a worldwide scale whilst carrying out activities that add value using their own funds.
In addition, learn about the reports and publications on the entrepreneurial ecosystem published by DayOne at DayOne Observatory.
Access to all the contents (presentations, round tables, interviews) of the Day One Innovation Summit and the territorial delivery acts of the Start-Up AwardsXXI:
The first stage reviews the eligibility of the candidacies. The candidacies that do not meet the terms and conditions or which have not presented the required documentation are ruled out from the process.
Later, all the candidacies are scored. All the evaluators have evaluation tables that specify the criteria to be assessed and the scores to be assigned based on said criteria. The candidacies are reviewed by several evaluators. Once the candidacies have been evaluated, rankings are created by category of challenges and these are sent to the different selection bodies.
Each award has an independent selection process. This means that there will be 50 technical committees and juries to select the 35 regional winners and of the challenges. This phase requires the candidates to present and defend their application in person before the committee or jury either in person or virtual.
The different Technical Committees and the juries are formed by members of the innovation ecosystem: investors (venture capital funds and business angels), successful entrepreneurs, prestigious businessmen, previous award winners, representatives from universities and business schools, organising and collaborating entities in the different territories, and representatives of the granting entities.
Between the months of March and May 2023, summits and regional territorial delivery events are held. The event and a closing ceremony where the delivery of the challenge phase takes place will take place during the month of June 2023. All dates will be published on the website of the Start-Up AwardsXXI.
The organisation covers the travel costs to Barcelona for one representative of each finalist company of the phase Start-Up AwardsXXI Challenges Award called by the sector committees and juries. The costs for the other trips associated with the territorial awards are to be covered by the participants.
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