Startup OLÉ celebrates its most summery edition in Marbella
The first edition of the Startup OLÉ fair in the city of Malaga will take place from 26th to 28th June 2024 at the Andalucía Lab headquarters, with the support of relevant public administrations such as the Department of University, Research and Innovation of the Andalusian Regional Government and the Marbella Town Hall. This fair is supported by CIBER-SHUBE, a project co-funded by the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), an entity dependent on the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, through the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Salamanca.
This project is part of the Strategic Projects in Spain, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, with funding from the Next Generation-EU Funds.
From 26 to 28 June 2024, the Andalucía Lab headquarters will host the first edition of Startup OLÉ Marbella '24, the new entrepreneurship and technological innovation event that Startup OLÉ will develop in the Malaga town. This initiative aims to connect entrepreneurs and startups/scaleups with investors, corporations, public administrations, media and other agents of the international ecosystem, in an environment conducive to doing business and generating synergies, with a climate, culture and quality of life that continues to attract international entrepreneurs and investors.
To this end, Startup OLÉ Marbella will include, among others, an investor and corporate forum, a cybersecurity forum (CIBER-SHUBE), an accelerator forum, a public administration forum, a media forum, a university forum and a hackathon, among others. It will also feature exclusive content with great speakers at round tables and plenary talks, a startup fair, pitch competition, business rounds and networking activities including cocktail parties, making Marbella the epicentre of entrepreneurship and investment at the highest level. In total, the event will feature around 50 round tables and talks, more than 240 speakers, 51 investors/corporations, around 1,000 attendees and more than 100 startups belonging to verticals such as AgriFood & Rural, BioTech & eHealth, Cybersecurity/AI/Fintech, Water/Energy/Sustainability/Renewable Gases or Infrastructure/Logistic/Travel.
The first edition of this fair has the backing of corporations and investors such as Iberdrola, Enagás, Oracle, the Stock Exchange (BME), the ONCE Foundation, Talgo, RTVE, Global Super Angels Club, K-fund, Encomenda Smart Capital, GED Conexo Ventures, Unirisco, Core Angels, Pinama Inversiones, Punch Capital, Runway Investments, Bewater & Indexa, Keiretsu Forum, Eoniq. fund, Startup Investor Accelerator, Salamanca Tech, Martram Ventures, Blast Spain, Across Legal, Mana Tech, Black Horizon, Banc, Stalobut, Anywr or Bcombinator, among others.
As for public institutions, Startup OLÉ Marbella is receiving the resounding support of the main entities that support the ecosystem, including the Junta de Andalucía, Marbella City Council, the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), the University of Salamanca, Salamanca City Council, Andalucía Lab, the Community of Madrid, CDTI, Enisa, ICO AXIS and the University of Jaén.
In addition, there will be the participation of incredible international speakers such as, for example, Andreas Mihalovits, co-founder of Global Super Angels Club; Francisco Marín, Partner of GED Conexo Ventures; Borja Cabezón, CEO of Enisa; Ángeles Muñoz, Mayoress of Marbella; Javier González Navarro, Director General for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Continuing Education of the Department of University, Research and Innovation of the Andalusian Regional Government; Pilar Carrato, CFO of CDTI; Javier Artiach, Founder and Partner of GED Conexo Ventures; Pedro José Martínez, Councillor for Economic Promotion, Commerce, Markets and Youth of the Salamanca City Council; Carlos Blanco, co-founder and Managing Partner of Encomenda Smart Capital; Ronny Eriksson, investor of New Nordic Way; Kira Negron, CEO of Saudi Business Council; Juanjo Mostazo, Business Angel & Venture Partner at K Fund; Christian Rasmusson, CEO of The Pool Marbella; Mercedes Storch, investment manager at ICO AXIS; René de Jong, owner of Runway Investments SL, and Ali Parandeh, startup mentor, among others.
CIBER-SHUBE
CIBERSECURITY SPAIN HUB SPAIN (CIBER-SHUBE) is a nationwide project developed by INCIBE and the University of Salamanca that includes a battery of activities focused on Cybersecurity, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship to accelerate the economic and social recovery of Spain, with the support of the funds of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and Next Generation funds. To this end, it has five cross-cutting axes, such as job creation, ecological transition, social and territorial cohesion, digitalisation and gender equality. Based on this, one of CIBER-SHUBE's objectives is to promote the development of the cybersecurity culture, as well as to support the creation of new companies, the internationalisation of consolidated high-potential start-ups, the promotion of innovation and the attraction of investment, all in the field of cybersecurity.
CIBER-SHUBE has so far held two events in Spain, in Madrid and Ibiza. Internationally, it has also held events in Chile and Miami. In total, all of them have brought together more than 860 attendees, more than 200 speakers, 116 startups and 45 investors and corporations.
Another activity of the CIBER-SHUBE project is the development of an observatory of the Spanish cybersecurity ecosystem, which also serves as a networking platform. To date, a total of 132 start-ups have registered, receiving services such as access to investors and customers, the creation of contacts and access to cybersecurity training content. All this information is being compiled in a report on the state and future trends in the field of cybersecurity.
INCIBE's strategic projects
INCIBE's particular mission is to boost the cybersecurity capabilities of society and the economy in general through a programme that seeks to promote and generate knowledge and its transfer to the productive sector, especially by establishing synergies between the social and economic spheres of cybersecurity. To this end, the programme of grants for the excellence of advanced research teams in cybersecurity was launched in 2018. In 2022, specifically on 5 December, in order to give continuity to this strategy, the public invitation for collaboration in the promotion of Strategic Cybersecurity Projects in Spain was published.
These initiatives are included in the Global Security Innovation Programme, included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) through Component 15. Investment 7 Cybersecurity: Strengthening the capacities of citizens, SMEs and professionals and boosting the sector.
Strategic projects are a way of providing concrete solutions to some of the biggest scientific and technological challenges facing our society and economy. They are aimed at promoting the application of the results of research and innovation, combining new forms of governance and collaboration, as well as involving citizens and the productive and social fabric.
In addition, Startup OLÉ Marbella '24 invites the general public to attend the event, being able to register for free as an attendee at the following link: https://acortar.link/kgik2B
More information at: https://startupolemarbella.eu/