GET CONNECTED ACROSS EUROPE

Matchmaking startups/mentors

The eMentoring service is a matchmaking between growth stage startups and relevant mentors at a European level.

Sinergy web-entrepreneurs/researchers

The eTalent service is a matchmaking between business and scientific results.

Opportunities to contact early stage investors and business angels

The eCapital service is fostering new business opportunities and exposition to Venture Capital and Business Angels.

Matchmaking startups/stakeholders

Creating bridging opportunities between startups and investors/business angels/accelerators/large and medium enterprises through intensive matchmaking sessions based on qualified introductions.

Talent Forum

If you are looking for a job, we are connecting talent with startups through the Talent Forum

Connecting student networks, startups and key players

MY-WAY is helping student networks to define long term collaboration possibilities and joint actions with successfull startups and key players of the entrepreneurhip ecosystem such as mentors, accelerators, investors etc.

Connecting European Disruptors

MY-WAY is bringing together European Disruptors – young, innovative, forward-looking entrepreneurs – to catalyse the next generation of Disruptors! 

Matching events

The SEP Matching Events are a series of same-format international events where the best European startups have the chance to meet decision makers of corporates with a specific and concrete interest in procurement, investment and acquisition.

Network for women

Access to organisations either offering dedicated services to women or adopt a gender perspective in their service portfolio. Also, networking and internationalization support

6 month IoT Accelerator Programme

Startup-Scaleup´s tailored 6-month programme will make sure that our IoT startups will have all they need to suceeed internationally.

Preaccelerator programs

Open Application for various pre-accelerator programs – phase Idea Validation. It enables startups to apply to all of them in one-go. Participating pre-accelerators: Beta-Start in Portugal, Tetuan Valley in Spain, Startup Pirates in Spain and Super Founders in Macedonia.

BootCamp/Exchange program

TWIST Bootcamp offers to European startups a privileged access to high level knowledge in their specific vertical. In the three/five days bootcamp, startups will work in close cooperation with experts and mentors and with startups operating in the same sector. Furthermore they will have access to relevant international conference.

Open Innovation Challenge

TWIST, intends to respond to the innovation needs of medium and large companies, both public and private, through the instrument the challenge.
Startups and talents are invited to define and to present the most innovative and technologically advanced ideas and to develop their solutions in cooperation with mentors from the Large corporates.
The challenge will be closed with a pitching event where startups will present the final solution to investors and business angels.

Cross Border Mentorship Week

The Cross Border Mentorship is giving to startups the chance to boost their business, gather advice from top mentors, and grow their network during one intensive week. One-on-one sessions with experts of different fields, workshops with renown speakers, keynotes on general topics, and pitching sessions. Participation  free of charge, all costs are covered plus each startup will be reimbursed up to €600 for travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses.

IoT Meetups and Hackatons

Periodic meetups and hackatons with people interested on IoT technologies

Ask Me Anything sessions

The Ask me Anything (AMA) sessions are monthly events with very important people on IoT businesses and technologies.

Events cost coverage

Periodic open calls for covering participation costs on eligible events, workshops, and local services in Baden-Württemberg, Lisbon and Nice.

Europass (expenses covered for winning starups)

The Europass is bringing startups to the most prestigious entrepreneurial events in Europe, increasing visibility and connecting to a high number of top funding sources, successful tech entrepreneurs, large and medium corporates and media.

Roadshows / Connecting EU startups with Silicon Valley

Roadshows are taking startups across WELCOME’s ecosystems (Berlin, Madrid, Salamanca, Dublin, Milan) and Silicon Valley, establishing local connections and a global network.

Hackathons

Hackatons are engaging and encouraging young Europeans (“geeks” and students) to combine diverse skill sets and become entrepreneurs. 

Startup Europe Summit

The pop-up conference for European startups in Berlin. Captains of the industry, Europe’s leading startup founders and policy makers gather to discuss what’s next for Europe.

Failing Forward conference

Failing Forward is an inspirational keynote conference, where seasoned entrepreneurs give an honest testimonial about the hardships they encountered on their way to success, breaking through the stigma associated with failure in Belgium and Europe.

Student Entreprise Conferences

MY-WAY project’s conferences are engaging student networks and support centres to play a more active and important role in supporting young prospective entrepreneurs and students who are interested in becoming entrepreneur.

Webinars

TWIST organizes regularly webinars and events with experts and mentors both on horizontal topics and on vertical sectors.

eServices

The ePlus e-services is a search engine that provides you an overview of the services available for web-entrepreneurs across Europe. Just browse through the search-categories and find the service of your choice! Many of them are free.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

The project DIGISTART is providing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to train young entrepreneurs to develop their digital startups more effectively. The structure of the MOOC is based on answering the most challenging questions to build a successful digital startup

Valuable research and insights for startups and corporates

SEP will develop and share research and insights that will inform its activities and advance the relationships between corporates and high growth potential web entrepreneurs in Europe.

Best Practices Repository

A repository of novel and important public policies impacting on web entrepreneurship.

Online community of female entrepreneurs

The online community help women to create links with peers and business support organisations.

5 Days business coaching by top experts

The aim of the premium consultancy vouchers is to enable 50 most promising startups of the acceleration to receive a dedicated 5-day business coaching by top experts in business development covering strategy and internationalization issues, technological consulting, and accessing public grants and seizing H2020 opportunities.

Business Ideation Platform

The innovvoice platform facilitates business idea development, helps evolve and enrich business concepts, supports innovation processes in SMEs, fosters cooperation with service providers, mentors and the crowd, opens up the way for networking, partnerships, synergies and collaborations across sectors and community users