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Toyota Motor Europe launches the Toyota Startup Awards to find most innovative solutions to improve “Mobility for All”

Toyota and ISDI Accelerator launch The Toyota Startup Awards

  • The Toyota Startup Awards will take place at the 4YFN event in Barcelona, from 24 to 26 February 2020
  • Eight selected startups will participate in a pitching competition to try to win the main prize — a fast track to the Toyota Accelerator Program, powered by ISDI Accelerator
  • Toyota is looking for the most innovative solutions in the fields of Inclusive Mobility, Accessibility and Disruptive Mobility to contribute to its goal of offering “Mobility for All”
  • The competition ties in with Toyota’s global call to “Start Your Impossible”, the belief that when people are free to move, anything is possible

Brussels, December 20, 2019 – Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Business school ISDI, through ISDI Accelerator, have created the Toyota Startup Awards. This competition targets inclusive mobility companies that offer innovative solutions empowering people with a physical impairment to move around more freely and facilitating their daily life. Eight startups will be invited to attend 4YFN in Barcelona from 24 to 26 February 2020 to exhibit their products or services in the Toyota stand and participate in a pitch competition in front of a specialized panel of jurors selected by TME. The winners will be awarded a fast track to the Toyota Accelerator Program, powered by ISDI Accelerator.

Interested startups can apply between December 20 and January 26. One of the main criteria is that applicants must focus on the following three fields:

  • Socially inclusive mobility: Mobility solutions that are created to meet the unfulfilled mobility needs of people with a physical impairment, elderly and children, as well as people living in suburban areas.
  • Accessibility: Provide innovative approaches that increase the accessibility to mobility solutions and thereby enable a “Mobility for All” future.
  • Disruptive Mobility: Development of new products, services, tools, technologies and / or disruptive business models that can contribute to a “Mobility for All” future.

A jury formed by experts from TME and ISDI Accelerator will choose among the applications a maximum of eight projects that will become finalists for the Toyota Startup Awards and join Toyota at 4YFN. The selected startups will benefit from:

  • Free booth space in Toyota’s stand at 4YFN during the three days of the event to showcase their innovative product or solution.
  • An exclusive time slot on the Toyota stage at 4YFN to pitch their solution.
  • Exposure to event visitors, investors and Toyota executives.
  • Access to MWC Barcelona on Thursday 27th February 2020 for their startup team.
  • Accommodation during the 4YFN event for two members of the startup team.
  • The opportunity to win a fast track to the Toyota Startup Accelerator, powered by ISDI Accelerator that will offer training, mentoring, brokerage with private investors as well as potential future collaboration with TME.

The winners of the Toyota Startup Awards will be announced by Toyota on the main stage of 4YFN on 25 February 2020.

Toyota’s “Start Your Impossible” global corporate story conveys the message that when people are free to move, anything is possible. Toyota believes that mobility goes beyond cars; it is about overcoming limitations. In this spirit our mission is to provide freedom of movement for everyone. Our vision is to offer integrated mobility solutions to everyone, including those with physical impairments, ensuring a more open and inclusive society that allows people to challenge their potential.

Startups are invited to apply via the dedicated website:

Toyota Startup Awards

About Toyota Motor Europe

Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (TME) oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and Toyota’s European manufacturing and engineering operations. Toyota directly employs around 20,000 people in Europe and has invested over EUR 9 billion since 1990. Toyota’s operations in Europe are supported by a network of 29 National Marketing and Sales Companies across 53 countries, a total of around 3,000 sales outlets, and nine manufacturing plants. In 2018, Toyota sold 1,035,430 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe. For more information, visit www.toyota-europe.com

About ISDI Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator was born in 2014 with the objective of channelling the entrepreneurial interest of the ISDI students and to boost and professionalize the startup market in Europe. Their first startup acceleration program, IMPACT, marked a milestone in the continent thanks to the collaboration between public entities, corporations, educational entities, investors and, of course, startups. Since then they have developed dozens of incubation and acceleration programs, they have created, trained and accelerated hundreds of startups, and thousands of companies have already applied to their programs. ISDI Accelerator is part of ISDI Digital Business School.

Toyota Startup Awards

Press Details

Alexandra Carrasco Szulc
Communications Manager – ISDI Accelerator
E-mail: acarrasco@isdi.education

More about ISDI/IMPACT

We are in the middle of our rebranding, soon we will have a new website where we will inform about all that is happening in ISDI Accelerator, before known as IMPACT 🙂
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Softlanding in Spain: ISDI Accelerator helped three Korean startups in their first step to know the Spanish market

Softlanding in Spain: ISDI Accelerator helped three Korean startups in their first step to know the Spanish market

As Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, says, starting a company is like “jumping off a cliff and building an airplane on the way down.” It’s hard. Really really hard! Being an entrepreneur itself can be the loneliest journey already, not to mention take this adventure to a different destination where you’ll find a completely different business culture, ecosystem…

Thanks to the trust of Kotra, Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, ISDI Accelerator launched its first softlanding program in Spain, helping three Korean tech startups, DoubleMe, Dtonic and 12CM, to tread water in their business adventure into the Spanish market. Softlanding is a pre-journey of expanding the business of startups in mature stage to a foreign market. With softlanding services, a startup will be able to touch base on the establishment conditions, business culture, investment and startups ecosystem.

The program is designed to familiarice the Korean startups with the western European business norms, regulation and fundraising processes and startup ecosystem. To ensure a balance between comprehensive coverage of information and the customized advisory services based on the different industry and business model of each startup, ISDI accelerator invited four high calibre and experienced speakers to cover essential topics in softlanding in Spain that will strengthen their knowledge of the European market. On top of it, an immersive, fully-tailored mentoring sessions are put in place to help the startups gain knowledge of the ecosystem’s establishment conditions, industry norm, targeted stakeholder mapping, potential local clients via hands-on support from matched local mentors.

The full courses program overview:

Mentor matching is one of ISDI Accelerator key assets. We contact startups to have first-hand information to understand startups business needs in grain detail. Then, we search in our mentor database, which currently has 140 + active mentors of C-suite, series successful entrepreneurs, etc. We make sure the selected mentor has the right industry background, matched professional expertise, high-level of passion and engagement to help the startup and the potential to introduce and open business opportunities for the mentee. We believe the carefully matched mentor will give startups the support they need to grow their network, gain traction, incorporate into Spanish business ecosystem and engage with investors.

Some interesting business culture takeaway from the Spanish and Korean business worlds:

  • Time: Don’t stress too much about timing, business meetings tend to be punctual. But if you happen to have to wait for your potential business partner to arrive. 
  • Last minute changes: if you are working with a Spanish investment firm, don’t get too surprised if your contract is changed several times at the last minute.
  • Lunch and breakfast and drinks: beautiful opportunities of talking about cooperation and partnership.

About the three Korean Startups:

12CM: The echoss platform is an O2O service platform and provides offline to mobile connection services. It is composed of: physical stamp to be exhibited on site, the certification center and the information center. The use cases can range from stamp card, promotion, voucher, gift card, point card, payment, paper stamp… 

Dtonic: Dtonic Inc. specializes in Spatio-temporal Big Data based on GIS + ICT Technology. Spatio-temporal big data is the data objects or elements that have geographical information present and can be expressed in dimensions such as GPS coordinates.

Doubleme: The HoloPortal™ Studio captures the magic and motion of real people or pets in real-time, from multiple camera angles. With propriety algorithm technology recreating a highly accurate 3D model of the live performance. Imagine holographic mixed reality experiences you can feel and be the content, it’s now a reality with DoubleMe.

About ISDI Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator is born in 2014 with the objective of channeling the entrepreneurial interest of the ISDI students and to boost and professionalize the startup market in Europe. Our first startup acceleration program, IMPACT, marked a milestone in the continent thanks to the collaboration between public entities, corporations, educational entities, investors and, of course, startups.

Since then we have developed dozens of incubation and acceleration programs, we have created, trained and accelerated hundreds of startups, and thousands of companies have already applied to our programs.

All this has led us to be listed in the top positions of the European and global rankings as one of the most important accelerators in Europe, and in 2019 one of our programs (IMPACT Connected Car) was chosen as the best startup acceleration project of 2019 by the European Commission.

But we don’t do it alone. We are accompanied by our parent company, ISDI, and also hundreds of mentors, teachers and experts, the best investors in Europe, our partners and colleagues in the different acceleration programs and the corporations and institutions we work with.

For more information

Xianshu Zeng,
Project Manager ISDI Accelerator
Phone: (+43) 900 814 144
Email: xzeng@isdi.education

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UNICEF e ISDI Accelerator crean una nueva aceleradora para proyectos sociales de España y Latinoamérica

UNICEF Lab busca los cinco proyectos más disruptivos de habla hispana centrados en la infancia

  • UNICEF Lab centra su búsqueda en proyectos para la infancia con foco en financiación, nuevo contenido, seguridad, data, optimización de procesos e innovación disruptiva
  • Los proyectos recibirán financiación, formación, asesoría de expertos, acceso a servicios de proveedores y podrían optar al desarrollo de un piloto

Madrid, 14 de noviembre de 2019.- La escuela de negocios ISDI, a través de su aceleradora ISDI Accelerator, y UNICEF Comité Español, presentan una nueva aceleradora de startups centrada en proyectos para la infancia en habla hispana. UNICEF Lab inicia hoy su andadura para encontrar y lanzar las cinco ideas más innovadoras con la infancia como protagonista.

La primera convocatoria del programa estará activa hasta el 2 de enero de 2020 para startups de España y Latinoamérica y pondrá el foco en proyectos que desarrollen:

  • Nuevas formas de financiación: para proyectos que trabajen en el desarrollo de nuevas fuentes de financiación y sostenibilidad de las causas sociales como microdonaciones, campañas de crowdfunding, redondeo solidario, ventas solidarias, criptomonedas, donaciones por RRSS, etc.
  • Nuevo contenido: en este ámbito entran startups que fomenten la creación de contenidos y formatos adaptados a los diferentes públicos objetivos con tecnologías como realidad virtual o aumentada, tecnología por voz, contenido móvil, sensores, o contenido específico y personalizado.
  • Confianza, datos y seguridad: para actividades que mejoran la trazabilidad y gestión de la información para ofrecer confianza, transparencia, obtener información ágil para la toma de decisiones y ofrecer una experiencia personalizada y segura; algunos ejemplos de esta área serían proyectos de Blockchain, Inteligencia artificial, Big data, Marketing automation, CRM, herramientas predictivas y de perfilado que mejoren el compromiso social, interactividad y efectividad de la comunicación a los distintos colaboradores.
  • Optimización de procesos clave: creados para mejorar la eficiencia en las organizaciones no lucrativas.
  • Innovación disruptiva: un espectro en el que entran el desarrollo de nuevos productos, servicios, herramientas, tecnologías y/o modelos de negocios de carácter disruptivo que puedan contribuir a la puesta en marcha, al apoyo y mejora de causas sociales.
Web UNICEF Lab

Un jurado compuesto por expertos de UNICEF Comité Español e ISDI Accelerator elegirá entre todos los proyectos presentados a un máximo de 25 finalistas entre los que saldrán las cinco startups elegidas para seguir el programa de aceleración. Diseñado y gestionado por ISDI Accelerator, tendrá una duración de tres meses e incluirá entre otros beneficios:

    • Financiación: directa en metálico de un máximo de 50.000€ en total, que se repartirán entre las startups con el siguiente desglose:
      • 5000€ para cada una de las cinco startups seleccionadas;
      • un premio de 10.000€, dos de 5.000€ y otros dos de 2.500€, que se repartirán entre las 5 startups aceleradas en función de su desempeño en el programa.
    • Asesoramiento en la búsqueda de financiación adicional con inversores privados.
    • Formación tipo “bootcamp”: orientada a ayudar a las startups a ampliar sus conocimientos en las distintas áreas de negocio, con un formato práctico y ponentes de organizaciones líderes, incluyendo ISDI y UNICEF Comité Español.
    • Mentores de negocio: sesiones individuales con mentores de alto nivel asignados a cada startup durante tres meses. Siguiendo una metodología personalizada y trabajando en necesidades reales para ayudar a sus proyectos a desarrollarse.
    • Mentores especialistas: acceso a todos los mentores de ISDI Accelerator.
    • Programa de “Perks”: acceso a servicios gratis o con un alto descuento como tecnología, marketing, legal y talento, entre otros, proveídos por reconocidas empresas como Amazon, Braintree, Marketo, Sendgrid, etc., gracias a los acuerdos desarrollados por ISDI Accelerator para todas las startups de su ecosistema.
    • Demo Day: al final del programa de aceleración, las startups presentarán su proyecto en un evento de cierre en el que participarán diversos expertos tanto de UNICEF Comité Español e ISDI como inversores privados y ejecutivos de grandes corporaciones.

Fuera del programa previsto y en función del momento de desarrollo en el que se encuentren los proyectos, se valorará el apoyo para la creación de pilotos o pruebas.

Una colaboración fructífera

La creación de UNICEF Lab es fruto de una colaboración que ya tiene una larga trayectoria detrás y que se ha desarrollado entre UNICEF Comité Español e ISDI a través tanto de la escuela como de la fundación ISDIdigital Foundation. UNICEF es la agencia de las Naciones Unidas que trabaja para defender los derechos de la infancia y conseguir cambios reales y duraderos en la vida de millones de niños. UNICEF Lab es una iniciativa de la agencia para aprovechar las nuevas tecnologías para cumplir su misión y cuyo principal objetivo es encontrar soluciones innovadoras a los desafíos que enfrenta la infancia.

ISDI ha sido uno de los colaboradores estratégicos en esta etapa en la que ha diseñado y puesto en marcha iniciativas para fomentar la innovación interna en UNICEF Comité Español, incluyendo planes formativos, talleres y un programa de incubación de proyectos para generar intra-emprendimiento desarrollado por ISDI Accelerator. La creación de esta nueva aceleradora de impacto social es un paso más en esta colaboración en la que UNICEF ha seguido confiando en ISDI y en su aceleradora, una de las más premiadas y mejor posicionadas no solo en España sino también en Europa. Su último reconocimiento ha sido para el programa IMPACT Connected Car, elegido como mejor programa de aceleración del (Innosup-1-cluster-project-year) en la sexta edición de la European Cluster Conference, organizada por la Comisión Europea.

Acerca de UNICEF

UNICEF trabaja en algunos de los lugares más difíciles para llegar a los niños y niñas más desfavorecidos del mundo. En 190 países y territorios, trabajamos para cada niño, en todas partes, cada día, para construir un mundo mejor para todos.

Acerca de ISDI Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator nace en 2014 con el objetivo de canalizar el interés emprendedor de los alumnos de ISDI y de dinamizar y profesionalizar el mercado de las startups en Europa. Su primer programa de aceleración, IMPACT, marcó un hito en el continente gracias a la colaboración entre entidades públicas, corporaciones, entidades educativas, inversores y, por supuesto, startups. Desde entonces ha desarrollado docenas de programas de incubación y aceleración, creado, formado y acelerado a cientos de startups y son miles las compañías que han aplicado a sus programas. ISDI Accelerator aparece en las primeras posiciones de los rankings europeos y globales como una de las aceleradoras más importantes de Europa y en 2019 su programa IMPACT Connected Car ha sido elegido como el mejor proyecto de aceleración de startups de 2019 por la Comisión Europea.

La colaboración con UNICEF ha sido compartida por la aceleradora tanto como por su matriz, ISDI, la escuela de negocio digital líder de nuestro país, presente en Europa, Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica, y la Fundación ISDIgital.

Web UNICEF Lab

Información de prensa

Belén de Vicente
UNICEF Comité Español, Tel: 609 160 051 / 91 378 85 91
E-mail: comunicacion@unicef.es

Cristina del Gallo / Rafael Delgado
Formedia, Tel: 91 562 81 00
prensa@grupoformedia.com

Más de ISDI/IMPACT

Estamos en mitad de nuestro rebranding, pronto tendremos nueva web a través de la cual os informaremos de todo lo que está pasando en ISDI Accelerator, antes conocido como IMPACT 🙂
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ISDI Accelerator ranked World Top 5 Public Business Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator ranked World Top 5 Public Business Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator is ranked World Top 5 Public Business Accelerators by UBI Global, which has compared 364 programs from 82 countries. The ranking states that ISDI Accelerator is above the global average, outperforming their global peers with regard to the value they provide, to their innovation ecosystems and client startups, as well as the attractiveness of the programs themselves.

Madrid, 7 November 2019.- Last evening UBI Global presented The UBI Global World Rankings of Business Incubators and Accelerators 2019 – 2020 during the World Incubation Summit in Doha. In the category World Top Public Business Accelerator 19/20 ISDI Accelerator was ranked amongst the top 5. Compared to previous rankings there is only three categories presented this year; world #1, World Top 5 and World top 10.

“At ISDI Accelerator we feel very proud to be ranked among the world’s top 5 accelerators, as measured by UBI Global. There are many other business accelerators doing an incredible job, so it’s amazing to be here. This is only possible thanks to our team, partners, investors, mentors and of course to our startups; this is an award for all of them, too. And they have our commitment to continue working hard to be able to help them to achieve their goals,” says Miguel Ángel Díez Ferreira, Director at ISDI Accelerator.

During previous year’s rankings, 259 incubators and accelerators participated in the process, which can be compared with this year’s 364 participating organizations in UBI Global World Rankings 19/20. The ranking shows that ISDI Accelerator is well placed internationally in terms of the number of companies that are accepted to the acceleration programs, access to funds, the availability of a great network and outstanding performance in nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation.

Since the birth of ISDI Accelerator in 2014, we have developed 14 Open Calls, distributed 45 million Euros, accelerated 154 startups from 64 countries, startups have obtained 183 million Euros in funding after being part of our programs and our Net Promoter Score is 92 (scored by startups). Also, recently, our acceleration program IMPACT Connected Car was awarded Project of the year 2019 by the European Commission.

The UBI Global world rankings of business incubators and accelerators 19/20

About ISDI Accelerator

ISDI Accelerator is born in 2014 with the objective of channeling the entrepreneurial interest of the ISDI students and to boost and professionalize the startup market in Europe. Our first startup acceleration program, IMPACT, marked a milestone in the continent thanks to the collaboration between public entities, corporations, educational entities, investors and, of course, startups.

Since then we have developed dozens of incubation and acceleration programs, we have created, trained and accelerated hundreds of startups, and thousands of companies have already applied to our programs.

All this has led us to be listed in the top positions of the European and global rankings as one of the most important accelerators in Europe, and in 2019 one of our programs (IMPACT Connected Car) was chosen as the best startup acceleration project of 2019 by the European Commission.

But we don’t do it alone. We are accompanied by our parent company, ISDI, and also hundreds of mentors, teachers and experts, the best investors in Europe, our partners and colleagues in the different acceleration programs and the corporations and institutions we work with.

About UBI Global 

UBI Global is a Swedish-based intelligence company and community specializing in mapping, highlighting, and connecting the world of business incubation. Through a network of more than 700 member organizations from over 90 countries worldwide, UBI Global provides matchmaking, benchmarking, and research services to corporations and business incubation programs.

Previous results from UBI Global’s studies have been featured on BBC Radio, The Chicago Tribune, Le Figaro, Der Standard, The Huffington Post, The Irish Times, France 3, and many other media outlets around the world.

For more information:

Alexandra Carrasco Szulc, Communications Manager
ISDI Accelerator
Phone: (+43) 900 814 144
Email: acarrasco@isdi.education

More ISDI/IMPACT

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