Open Call for Deep Tech Start-ups

More benefits for participating startups

• Enrolled Start-ups: All the enrolled start-ups will benefit from an exhibition area access pass.
• Selected Start-ups:
  • Networking agenda: a tool that allows us to solicit more than 30 meetings B2B with the rest of the visitors, potential partners, and investors in the event’s framework
  • 5-minute pitch in front of deep tech investors & experts (3min pitch + 2min Q&A)
  • Specialized audience looking for deep tech solutions and investment opportunities

Deadline and important dates

• Registration: before 9th January 2023 (inclusive)
• Pre-selection and communication to pre-selected startups: from 20th January 2023 onwards
• Pre-selection: the 10 pre-selected startups will be announced from 27th January 2023 onwards
• Presentation of the shortlisted startups: 16th February 2023
• Announcement of the winning startup and award ceremony: 17th February 2023

Selection criteria

The evaluation committee will consider the following criteria for the pre-selection of candidates:

• Scalability
• Market’s viability
• Impact in society
• Filling of the fields in the form
• Suitability of the team
• Demonstrable transfer of knowledge or collaboration with research centres or universities
• Being on a TRL 5 level or superior

What is Deep Tech?

Deep Tech relates to technologies with high entry barriers that require high level of scientific knowledge to be developed and a high investment to be transformed into products or services that can reach global markets, having a large impact in society. The big challenges of Deep Tech start-ups are to cross the bridge from science to innovation and to decrease uncertainty about future returns of the investments. The term Deep Tech encompasses both Deep Science and Digital Techs as main subgroups.

What is Start-up?

Independent organisation of new or young age, with high growth potential and with the objective of creating, improving and expanding a scalable, innovative, technology-based product, with high and fast growth.

What is the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)?

The Enterprise Europe Network is the world’s largest support network for SMEs and start-ups. The Network, supported by the EC, is active in more than 60 countries worldwide and brings together more than 600 member organisations. In Andalucia, the Network is coordinated by the Agency of Innovation and Development of Andalucia IDEA in cooperation with the Andalusian Knowledge Agency, the Confederation of Businesses of Andalucia y the Andalusian Council of Chambers.

What is the EBAN?

EBAN is the pan-European representative for the early-stage investor community gathering over 150 member organizations in more than 50 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 11.4 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe’s future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe’s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.