15/3/2018

The second edition of Santalucía IMPULSA, the Santalucía acceleration program, kicks off

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We recently met the 5 startups selected to be part of the II Edition of the acceleration program Santalucía IMPULSA, as well as to the 2 intra-entrepreneurship projects of the company that will accompany them in this process. An expert jury made up of the directors of the most representative areas of the company determined that accelerated startups are:

And that the internal projects that will form part of the acceleration program and will also carry out the Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship and Startup Acceleration of Santa Lucía Be Brainshare and Retorno Plus.

It seemed a long way away but the day has finally come, yesterday we kicked off the second edition, in the Startup Day of Santa Lucía. For the first time, the insurer's entrepreneurs met with external startups in a first orientation and mentoring session.

The day began with the Congratulations and welcome to the attendees of the Director of Innovation of Santa Lucía, Angel Uzquiza, whom he congratulated for having been selected by an expert jury to be part of the program and encouraged them to do their best during the coming months of acceleration.

After the welcome, startups and entrepreneurs had the opportunity to introduce themselves and briefly explain their projects to all the attendees.

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Subsequently, Miguel Ruíz, Director of Innovation and Acceleration Method at Cink Emprede, and mentor of the program Santalucía IMPULSA, held an orientation session for entrepreneurs and startups in which it was explained how the acceleration program will run from now until Demo Day, day when they must defend their projects before a professional jury, which will select the winners of the 2nd Edition of the program Santalucía IMPULSA.

From now on, the participants in the program have 4 months of acceleration ahead of them, in which they will be carried out workshops and individual mentoring sessions every 15 days, with the aim of helping both external startups and companies to develop their projects to the maximum Intrapreneurs of Santa Lucía. The fruits of all the effort and work that they will have to dedicate to the projects over the next few months will be seen next June 28, on Demo Day. However, this time being the winner of the program is not the only reward they can get, since one of the novelties of this second edition is the opportunity to establish synergies with the Grupo Santalucía, as well as the possibility that The insurance company invests up to 300,000€ in startups.

In the case of intrafurrecy projects, being the winner of the program will be rewarded with no less than a Trip to Silicon Valley.

After the orientation session for entrepreneurs and startups, the first mentorizations of the projects, in which a personalized diagnosis for each project, thus establishing a starting base for them, and identifying opportunities to work in the coming months of acceleration.

Both participated in these diagnostic sessions mentors from the insurance company itself, as well as external to it.

Los internal mentors that helped the projects to progress in this first mentoring session were:

  • Angel Uzquiza, Director of Innovation.
  • Jorge Millan-Astray, Specialist in Innovation and Business Valuation.
  • Antonio Requena, Specialist in Innovation and Graphic Design.
  • Natalia Gallego, Head of Culture of Innovation.
  • Javier López, Specialist in Innovation, Statistics and Analysis.

On the other hand, there were external mentors from the consultancy firm Cink Emprede:

  • Raúl del Pozo, CEO of Cink Emprede.
  • Carlos Cendra, Startup Consultant and Mentor.
  • Miguel Ruíz, Director of Innovation and Acceleration & Mentoring Method.

From Santalucía IMPULSA We want Encourage startups and entrepeneurs selected to participate in this 2nd Edition of the acceleration program, to do their best in the coming months and to make the most of the workshops and mentoring sessions offered by the program.