Applications are now closed and currently being evaluated by our judges!
What is Start4big?
We are a cross-sector open innovation initiative in Europe 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 to partner with Start4big?
Connect
We create synergies between large companies and a community of high-level experts and leaders with whom you will make your business grow
Discover
We make it easier to access the knowledge and experience of our national and international professionals so that you can scale your project
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
How does it work?
We invite start-ups to compete in our six-month waves of innovation and solve two types of business challenges
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Cross-sector challenges
Give the opportunity to work with two or more Start4big partners
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Transversal challenges
Give 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
MAR '19
Application period
closes
We begin to evaluate the projects we have received
JUN '19
Winners are
published
We will discover who has won each challenge
JUL '19
Pilot projects negotiation
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:
Developers
Start-ups with a functional prototype or an innovative technology seeking partnerships to make their business grow
Builders
Start-ups with a commercial product or service that can be adapted to any of the sectors where the partners operate
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
Which challenges do we want to tackle?
TRANSVERSAL
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How can 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 #Connectivity #SmartCities
CROSS-SECTOR
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How can 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 #Comfort #Sustainability
CROSS-SECTOR
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How can 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
CROSS-SECTOR
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How can 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
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From industry to start-up | Start4big ® 2018
Start4big ® 2018
From industry to start-up