Today the first event of the Blue Economy incubator ecosystem was held in the Heracles building in the tax area, in which the startups that have accessed the program in this first phase and the three projects that were already incubating participated.
The delegate of the Free Trade Zone, Fran González, welcomed the attendees and thanked the incubators, mentors and organizers for their participation.
Also participating in the event were Inés Oliveira, Global Head of Telefónica Open Innovatio; Natalia Vázquez, director of Feder Projects at the Incyde Foundation; and Pilo Martín, Public Speaking mentor at Telefónica Open Future
The meeting served to publicly present the initiatives that have been selected and present the experience of the startups that are already hosted in Incubazul.
Incubazul is co-financed by the European FEDER Funds within the 2014-2020 Operational Program, A way of making Europe, through the INCYDE Foundation
The acceleration program of Incubazul, the Blue Economy incubator developed by the Cádiz Free Trade Zone co-financed by Feder Funds, began today with the welcome day held in the assembly hall of the Heracles building in the tax area, in which the six startups that have accessed the incubation in this first recruitment period and the three that were already housed in the incubator, in addition to all the mentors, organizers and technical team, among others, met. that make up the Incubazul ecosystem.
The State delegate in the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz, Fran González, has welcomed the initiatives that become part of Incubazul and has thanked them for their participation in this project with which "we intend to bring to light all the potential and innovative talent that exists in the province of Cádiz in a field such as the blue economy, with great future prospects, even more so in this land bathed by two seas."
Fran González encouraged anyone who thinks their idea fits into these parameters, very broad due to their transversality, to present themselves in the following phases because “we still have a lot of talent to discover.” The person in charge of the Free Zone added that the industrial model of the Free Zone is turning towards a sustainable industry, respectful of the environment and future generations and what better than to take advantage of the resources that our sea offers us.
Also participating in the opening ceremony of the acceleration program were the Global Head of Telefónica Open Innovation, Inés Oliveira; the director of Feder Projects of the Incyde Foundation, Natalia Vázquez; the Public Speaking mentor of Telefónica Open Future, Pilo Martín; and the coordinator of Incubazul and chief of staff of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone, Taite Cortés.
After the Executive Committee of the Consortium held last Thursday that validated the decision of the evaluation team, the six new innovative projects that have become part of the acceleration process in this first period (Bacht) were announced. The selected projects are: Futuralga, Home+, M&Hayka, Welogsea, your sustainable destiny and smart shipping. All of them represent concepts and technological bases that may application in the multiple subsectors that cover the blue economy: from the manufacture of biodegradable and compostable disposable containers made from seaweed; the treatment of urban and industrial waste without emissions; Blue tourism; the savings of fuel in navigation; engineering and architectural design; or the application of social networks to nautical services, among other subsectors.
These six new projects are added to the ecosystem of the technological incubator of the Base Cádiz project and in which projects such as Trahspeak, startup that manufacture surf tables from recycled plastics collected on the coast are already working; Products La Salá, which treats and markets salicornia in fresh, also known as sea asparagus, and various products through productive processes of this plant; and Zero Risk, which provides technological solutions connected to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Blue Tourism.
The team of mentors and advisors that make up the ecosystem of the Zona Franca de Cádiz incubator, which has the support of Telefónica Open Innovation, will help the incubated projects with a training plan and personalized work to promote the business, offering legal, marketing, branding, presentation of the idea, internationalization, search for financing avenues to guarantee the viability of the startup, access to own or third-party research infrastructures or provision of services that facilitate the day-to-day life of the startup, together with networking sessions, and conferences aimed at establishing contacts between the different interest groups associated with them.
The Incubazul High Technology Incubator is a project that was born thanks to the support of the European Union, which co-finances it, through the INCYDE Foundation, 80% by the ERDF within the Pluriregional Operational Program 2014-2020 within axis 3: Improve the Competitiveness of SMEs, Thematic Objective 3 Improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, and investment priority 3 Promotion of entrepreneurship, in particular, facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas, and promoting the creation of new companies, as well through nurseries.
The call to become part of Incubazul remains permanently open and all interested and interested can register and obtain all the information through the web www.incubazul.es.