Post by samsparrow74 on Feb 15, 2024 4:45:53 GMT
Crowdfunding has been the topic chosen to start the second day of #SouthSummit19 , organized by South Summit-Spain Startup powered by IE University and co-organized by the Madrid City Council, in collaboration with BBVA, Endesa, Wayra, Sabadell and Google. At the first table of the morning, all participants agreed on the importance of being “very transparent” when carrying out crowdfunding campaigns. Specifically, C harlie Hammond, Strategic Partnerships of the fintech Curve , has highlighted the importance of how to communicate a crowdfunding investment proposal well, since “it is very different from offering a product and you have to be very careful in how you communicate with the client". At that same table, the co-founder of Bnext Guillermo Vicandi announced that they are going to “do crowdfunding soon. "We want to break all records, although it will be difficult to surpass our last financing round last Monday, the largest in Series A in Spain and in which we have obtained more than 22 million euros.
Jorge Spinel, Director of Business Development, at Lemonade, had an interesting talk with Javier Villamizar , from Softbank . In addition to explaining how he has managed to break into a sector as regulated Jordan Phone Number List as insurance in the United States, he has announced that they are going to expand in Europe. “We have been in Germany for six weeks and we also have a license for Holland. “Once we obtain more licenses we will enter other EU countries.” During this Thursday, there was also talk about a topic that is of great concern to society, such as ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Clara Durodié, founder of Cognitive Finance, has warned that “we have to make sure we develop Artificial Intelligence in an ethical way. If we don't do it now, the price we will pay will be very high." Another of the star topics of this day was mobility. Manel Villalante, general director of Strategy and Development at Renfe, took advantage of the meeting to announce that the company is going to launch a comprehensive mobility platform in 2020, for which “500 people” will be selected through its website before the end of the month.
To test it, in order to verify its operation and social acceptance.” The railway company has also taken the opportunity to launch the third call for its accelerator developed by Wayra Spain, TrenLab , which was presented for the first time at #SouthSummit18. Its objective? Capture and promote the most promising startups in the mobility sector. For this edition, TrenLab seeks to provide solutions to three great challenges: digitalization, communication and customer experience. This second day of the meeting has also been marked by the presence of international companies such as Uber or Shazam , who have led some of the most anticipated panels of the meeting. Óscar Salazar , co-founder of Uber, and who is now an investor, in his talk with Alonso Aznar , head of Iberia & México at Afiniti, highlighted that his colleague's B2B company is one of the few in which “they use “AI with meaning”. For his part, Aznar highlighted that “we know how we can measure every dollar you are going to earn. If you are an investor you must be sure that you can measure the value of your investment.”
Jorge Spinel, Director of Business Development, at Lemonade, had an interesting talk with Javier Villamizar , from Softbank . In addition to explaining how he has managed to break into a sector as regulated Jordan Phone Number List as insurance in the United States, he has announced that they are going to expand in Europe. “We have been in Germany for six weeks and we also have a license for Holland. “Once we obtain more licenses we will enter other EU countries.” During this Thursday, there was also talk about a topic that is of great concern to society, such as ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Clara Durodié, founder of Cognitive Finance, has warned that “we have to make sure we develop Artificial Intelligence in an ethical way. If we don't do it now, the price we will pay will be very high." Another of the star topics of this day was mobility. Manel Villalante, general director of Strategy and Development at Renfe, took advantage of the meeting to announce that the company is going to launch a comprehensive mobility platform in 2020, for which “500 people” will be selected through its website before the end of the month.
To test it, in order to verify its operation and social acceptance.” The railway company has also taken the opportunity to launch the third call for its accelerator developed by Wayra Spain, TrenLab , which was presented for the first time at #SouthSummit18. Its objective? Capture and promote the most promising startups in the mobility sector. For this edition, TrenLab seeks to provide solutions to three great challenges: digitalization, communication and customer experience. This second day of the meeting has also been marked by the presence of international companies such as Uber or Shazam , who have led some of the most anticipated panels of the meeting. Óscar Salazar , co-founder of Uber, and who is now an investor, in his talk with Alonso Aznar , head of Iberia & México at Afiniti, highlighted that his colleague's B2B company is one of the few in which “they use “AI with meaning”. For his part, Aznar highlighted that “we know how we can measure every dollar you are going to earn. If you are an investor you must be sure that you can measure the value of your investment.”