The second Innovation Wave will launch soon!
OCT '19
Are you ready to meet the winners from the first Innovation Wave and to take on the new business challenges?
*The date of the event is subject to change
What is Start4big?
We are the first cross-sector open innovation initiative in Europe driven by Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT, and Telefónica, looking for the best start-ups to develop solutions to the most complicated business challenges. We want to be the first to adopt technologies that will have 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 Innovation Waves 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
Beginning of the competition
Our platform opens for participants
MAR '19
Closing of the application period
The judges start evaluating the candidates’ projects
OCT '19
Winners announcement & kick-off the next Wave
We’ll announce the winners of the first edition and launch the second Innovation Wave
OCT '19
Development of pilot projects
Our partners begin working on pilot projects hand in hand with the winners
Which start-ups can participate?
We are looking for start-ups that are in an advanced stage of maturity and that have a functional prototype or a product that is already launched in the market. 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?
what Are they saying about us?
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From industry to start-up | Start4big ® 2018
Start4big ® 2018
From industry to start-up