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Applications will be available on December 10th

What is Start4big?

We are a cross-sector open innovation initiative in Spain driven by Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT and Telefónica with the goal of finding the best start-ups with which we can develop technological solutions to solve business challenges. We want to be the first to adopt technologies that will have an impact on our customers

Why partner with Start4big?

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We create synergies between large companies and a community of high-level experts and leaders with whom you will make your business grow

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Discover

We make it easier to access the knowledge and experience of our national and international professionals so that you can scale your project

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Impact

We make our infrastructure, resources and technical and technological support available to you so that together we can develop pilot projects in real environments

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How it works?

The competition will search for startups in 6-month cycles called waves of innovation, in which we propose two types of challenges

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Cross-sector challenges

Those in which you will have the opportunity to work with two or more Start4big partners

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Transversal challenges

those in which you will have the opportunity to work with all the Start4big partners

Which are the most important dates*?

DEC '18

The competition begins

We open our platform so that you can sign up

FEB '19

Applications close

We begin to judge the projects we have received

JUN '19

Winners are published

We will discover who has won each challenge

JUN '19

Pilot projects begin

We begin to work with you on the development of your solution

* Dates are subject to change

Which start-ups can participate?

We will choose start-ups that are at an advanced stage of maturity, with functional prototypes developed or a product that is ready to go out to the market. At Start4big we are looking for:

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Developers

Start-ups with a functional prototype or an innovative technology seeking partnerships to make their business grow

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Builders

Start-ups with a commercial product or service that can be adapted to any of the sectors where the partners operate

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Scale-ups

Start-ups with a product that has been tested and proven in the market that want to scale up to millions of consumers

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Which challenges do we want to tackle?

TRANSVERSAL

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How could we track the activities of the clients in real time to personalize their experience?

Companies are evolving and innovating to offer personalised services to their customers. Nonetheless, it is still necessary to get to know the user better and develop tools that allow us to register patterns of behaviour, with which we could anticipate their needs and offer solutions in a personalised way.

Tags: #BigData #Conectividad #SmartCities

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CROSS-SECTOR

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How could we help users to control and manage better consumption at home?

Homes are increasingly connected with people’s devices and wearables. Because of this, citizens are demanding better control over their consumption: they want to know how much, how, and on what they are spending their money, to be able to optimise it. It is necessary to move forward with data monitoring and management systems in order to offer information on the effects and to allow the user to act on this.

Tags: #SmartHome #Confort #Sustainability

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CROSS-SECTOR

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How could we improve customer experience and/or reduce digital transactions costs of services & products?

Currently, digital transactions involve long and costly processes for users due to the need to provide numerous pieces of information and to go through an intermediary for authentication. We need to evolve towards new digital transactions to be able to offer services that are personalised and adapted to meet consumers’ needs, immediately and without additional costs.

Tags: #Transactions #PaymentMethods #Blockchain

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CROSS-SECTOR

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How could we improve new services taking advantage of communication between different devices, vehicles and infrastructure?

Customers are demanding “smart” products that communicate with one another. There is a need to create a system that guarantees communication between devices and infrastructures in different environments, to evolve products and services in real time and personalise them for each customer.

Tags: #5G #IoT #SmartMobility

Go for it

what are they saying about us?

Start4Big alliance connects startups with 5 of Spain’s largest corporations

Novobrief

CaixaBank, Seat, Telefónica, Agbar, and Naturgy are joining forces to create ‘Start4Big’, a new platform aiming to kickstart innovative startups through their corporate support structures to develop eight projects a year

Alianza entre grandes para ‘elevar’ la innovación

La Vanguardia

Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT y Telefónica impulsan una plataforma de innovación abierta multisectorial para buscar start-ups con soluciones disruptivas e innovadoras.

CaixaBank, Seat, Telefónica, Agbar y Naturgy se alían para atraer innovación

El País

Las cinco grandes empresas crearán Start4Big, un hub para que startup nacionales e internacionales desarrollen ocho proyectos al año

Espacio de innovación en la capital catalana

El Periódico

Las compañías Agbar, CaixaBank, Naturgy, Seat y Telefónica se unen por primera vez en España para crear Star4Big

Telefónica, Naturgy, CaixaBank, Seat y Agbar se alían para impulsar la innovación

Dirigentes digital.com

Start4Big será el hub puesto en marcha por Telefónica, Seat, Agbar, CaixBank y Naturgy para que startups nacionales e internacionales desarrollen hasta 8 proyectos al año

Telefónica, Naturgy, CaixaBank, Seat y Agbar se alían para impulsar la innovación

Directivos y gerentes

Start4Big será el hub puesto en marcha por Telefónica, Seat, Agbar, CaixBank y Naturgy para que startups nacionales e internacionales desarrollen hasta 8 proyectos al año

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Vía empresa

CaixaBank, Naturgy, Aigües de Barcelona, Seat i Telefónica creen un ‘hub’ per impulsar vuit projectes per any

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FROM INDUSTRY TO START-UP

Applications close in

What is Start4big?

Why partner with Start4big?

Connect

Discover

Impact

How it works?

Cross-sector challenges

Transversal challenges

Which are the most important dates*?

DEC '18

FEB '19

JUN '19

JUN '19

Which start-ups can participate?

Developers

Builders

Scale-ups

Which challenges do we want to tackle?

what are they saying about us?

Start4Big alliance connects startups with 5 of Spain’s largest corporations

Alianza entre grandes para ‘elevar’ la innovación

CaixaBank, Seat, Telefónica, Agbar y Naturgy se alían para atraer innovación

Espacio de innovación en la capital catalana

Telefónica, Naturgy, CaixaBank, Seat y Agbar se alían para impulsar la innovación

Telefónica, Naturgy, CaixaBank, Seat y Agbar se alían para impulsar la innovación

Neix Start4Big, l'aliança innovadora de cinc grans empreses

CONTACT US

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