Santalucía IMPULSA, winner of the award for the best accelerator in the 4th edition of Startup Olé
During these days we have been able to enjoy one of the great meetings of the technological entrepreneurship in Salamanca: Startup Olé. This lV edition of the most anticipated international event for startups of the year has been full of good news for the insurance company Santa Lucía, who has received the Best Accelerator Award for its acceleration program Santalucía IMPULSA.
For Santa Lucía receiving this award means a recognition for all the effort and dedication that the company has deposited for promote innovation and promote entrepreneurship, both external and from the insurance company itself, accelerating what will be the ideas of the future.
In the words of his own Ángel Uzquiza, Director of Innovation of Santalucía and Director of the acceleration program Santalucía IMPULSA, Who picked up the award: “It is an honor to be able to be one more year at Startup Olé, a reference framework within the European entrepreneurship ecosystem, and to receive this award, which not only recognizes our commitment to innovation and constant search for renewal, but also helps and motivates us to continue working and advancing in this line.”
It's no wonder, Startup Olé celebrated its 5th edition this year with more than 10,000 entrepreneurs from all over the world, and the visit of King Felipe Vl and the President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. This event with innovation has helped connect more than 500 innovative startups and SMEs with 150 corporations and institutions, 20 universities and more than 80 investors. Without a doubt a essential meeting of technological entrepreneurship in Europe.
For Santa Lucía It is an honor to receive this award, and I do not consider it at all that this represents the end of the road, the company will continue investing in talent development and innovation through its acceleration program Santalucía IMPULSA, which so far has already carried out two editions. The first one involved the participation of more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, who submitted a total of 400 applications from more than 10 countries. And it turned out to be a great success! Four winners of the edition were named, including Wibber —an online platform that recommends interactions and finds profiles you're interested in connecting with and achieves greater visibility—, and WBunker —an ALERT system via APP with GPS, Video and Audio—. These startups have been involved with Santa Lucía in this Lv edition of Startup Olé, accompanying the insurance company at its stand and sharing their experience with other entrepreneurs.
Currently, the acceleration program Santalucía IMPULSA It is in full development of its second edition, in which they participate 5 innovative projects with sustainable business models, technological base and differentiating aspects. These projects were selected from among more than 700 entrepreneurs and a total of 252 applications, and they participate in the program together with 2 intra-entrepreneurship projects from the company itself, who offers them specialized training and individual mentoring hand in hand with professionals who are involved every day in the development of their projects.
The objective of the program is to help startups with less than 5 years of incorporation by accelerating the project. However, with this program, the insurer also wants entrepreneurs to be able to establishalliances between them and with Santa Lucía for the development of new products and services that provide new approaches, new business models and differentiating value in the insurance sector.
From Santalucía IMPULSA we want to thank the entire team of Startup Olé, for the great reception they have given to the enterprise during these days, and for the recognition of the effort to Encourage innovation than Santa Lucía is carried out through its acceleration program.
