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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.
This was the 16th edition of DayOne Start-Up AwardsXXI.
Among the 1,135 companies from Spain and Portugal that have participated in this edition, we already know the 36 finalists who will travel to Madrid on May 24 and 25 to compete for the award for the best company in each challenge. The challenges launched in this edition are: BancaXXI, CiudadXXI, PlanetaXXI, SemillaXXI, SilverXXI and ViveXXI.
May 24:
Training sessions with the finalists
Cocktail networking
May 25:
Technical committees
Networking lunch
Jury and awards ceremony
Follow this unique edition of the Start-Up AwardsXXI 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.
BANCAXXI
The digital and technological transformation of the financial sector.
CIUDADXXI
The cities of the future: more sustainable, safer, more connected and adapted.
PLANETAXXI
Environmental sustainability: a better planet for the new generations.
SEMILLAXXI
Digital transformation and innovation in the agri-food sector.
SILVERXXI
Guaranteeing active ageing and a long, healthy life through technology.
VIVEXXI
Digitalisation, new business models and reactivation of the hotel sector, catering, tourism and leisure.
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?
I believe that the Start-Up AwardsXXI are an excellent example of healthy competition, in which talent and effort are rewarded, the choices of the judging panels are transparent and there is no self-interest or ideologies. I feel extremely honoured to have taken part and won because the award is perfectly in line with our values as a company. The award is important to us as it vouches for our project.
Winning the Start-Up AwardsXXI has been a highly enriching experience from every aspect as Corify is now at a more advanced stage, meaning that it has been able to take and use fully the opportunities that this award brings. It has been a learning experience for all of the team from preparing the questionnaire to helping to prepare the pitches and the different presentations. And, above all, the Moonshot training has been a wake-up call to ascend to the next level.
This award helped to put BestHealth4U on the map, fostering contact with the market, both for the business itself, through potential clients and investors, and in terms of collaboration with R & D institutions and hospitals. As founding CEO, my visibility and credibility increased as far as institutions and investors were concerned, as did my nominations for a number of awards.
My experience of the Start-Up AwardsXXI has been extremely fulfilling. As entrepreneurs with very different profiles whose paths do not usually cross, we have been able to learn a lot from each other. What’s more, we’ve had the chance to get to know in depth the ecosystem of Estonia, the country with the most Unicorn companies per capita.
I would highlight two aspects of participating in Start-Up AwardsXXI. On the one hand, spending time with other entrepreneurs is always very enriching. And, on the other hand, getting to know first hand how business ventures are evolving in other countries. The immersion in Estonia, a country that is considerably more digitised than Spain, gave me another perspective of how to do things and plan in the long term.
What I most value about the Start-Up AwardsXXI. is the enormous visibility that it gives us in terms of investors, public entities and clients. It has given us great visibility on a national scale and has confirmed that what we are doing at AllRead has a real future.
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:
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