Registration deadline

The deadline for receiving applications is October 12.

Requirements

To participate, interested companies must be incorporated or in the process of incorporation in Spain, be less than 60 months old, and be considered SMEs under European legislation, have fewer than 250 employees and a turnover of less than €50 million.

Documentation

Applications must be submitted online. Go to the Submit Application tab, fill in the required fields, attach a document with the main details of the company, and a video pitch with the project’s value proposition. Each company can apply to two different categories.

Categories

This year, health and biotechnology and mobility and smart cities are back, and green business, blue economy, tech-industry and smart services are new additions.

Jury meeting

This year’s jury includes Garbiñe Henry, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Deusto; Gemma Beltrán, Director of the Technology Companies-Investors Department, DayOne and CaixaBank’s EmprendeXXI Awards; Antonio Durán, Global Head of Innovation at Abertis; Marta Nogueras, general director of Lanzadera; Guillermo Arregui, founder and CEO of Radar Ventures; and Miguel Gómez, director of communications at Tech Barcelona.

The judges appointed by EXPANSIÓN will meet on 11 November to deliberate and select the three winning start-ups in each category.

Award ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place on 3 December in Barcelona.