Webinar: Looking for South European Startups to Solve Deep Tech Corporate Challenges
Are you a startup or an SME from Southern Europe seeking for new business opportunities?
We invite you to participate in our upcoming webinar ''Looking for South European Startups to Solve Deep Tech Corporate Challenges'', which is taking place next Wednesday, 9th of October, 2024, at 13:00 CET.
South3E organises this online session in the frame of the Open Call for scale-ups and SMEs from Southern Europe to join S3E Reverse — our brokerage program that connects corporate challenges with deep tech solutions developed by startups, designed upon a successful open innovation methodology.
The webinar is a perfect opportunity for you to get a deeper knowledge of the available corporate challenges and check if your startup can bring a potential solution.
| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome & Program Presentation by Odysseas Spyroglou, from International Development Ireland |
| 13:10-13:55 | Presentation of challenges by the corporates’ representatives |
| 13:55-14:05 | EIT opportunities and how Tech Brokers could help Solvers by EIT Digital Greece |
| 14:05-14:20 | How to apply? Guidelines for Solvers by Odysseas Spyroglou, from International Development Ireland |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Q&A |
Don’t miss this opportunity to address specific problems of businesses and expand your commercial network!
S3E Start showcases the innovative deep tech projects from Southern Europe in a magnificent Open Day in Lisbon
On June 18th, the S3E team celebrated a hybrid Open Day in Lisbon to showcase the , the program that provides expert support to research teams and technology transfer officers in Southern Europe.
Watch the summary video!
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The S3E Start Open Day took place at the iconic BBVA Tivoli Theatre with approximately 60 people attending in person. The full 3-hour event was also livestreamed, reaching over 230 participants from across the European deep tech ecosystem who registered to join remotely. The audience included member companies from HiSeedTech (the S3E team who facilitated the event), international investors, business angels, innovation hubs, higher education representatives, corporates, researchers and deep tech enthusiasts.
The event kicked-off with a warm welcome from Mario Freire, President of the Board of HiSeedTech, which is the coordinator of the S3E – Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine project. Freire's introduction was followed by Daniel Gassman, Head of Sector Ecosystems and Prizes at the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), who joined online to introduce the context where S3E stands, highlighting the main objectives of the New European Agenda and how the S3E project is working towards creating long-lasting impact by supporting deep tech research, innovation and entrepreneurship in Southern Europe.
Pedro Vilarinho, technical coordinator of the S3E initiative, took the stage to provide an overview of the S3E Start program, reflecting on its goals, milestones, and the remarkable progress made during the second cohort of research teams who joined the program in January. In the 2024 edition, S3E Start has supported 14 research teams in total, involving more than 60 researchers and 10 technology transfer officers from 12 different countries. The program also counted on the support of 30 mentors pooled from our community of S3E Experts.
The whole session, hosted by Roger Debo, consisted on 14 pitches from the finalist research teams, alternating onsite and online presentations, where the researchers explained the purpose and progress of their inspiring and significant work. Debo also delivered an inspirational talk on deep tech entrepreneurship.
The S3E Start Open Day showcased the remarkable potential of innovation in deep tech in Southern Europe, marking the culmination of 20 weeks of diligent effort by the 14 research teams participating in the S3E Start program. A huge congratulations to everyone involved for making this such a successful event!
The full recording of the S3E Start Open Day is now available to watch here.
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S3E hosts Start Open Day to unveil the selected deep tech projects from Southern Europe
The South3E consortium is to introduce the 14 deep tech projects participating in the 2024 edition of S3E Start, our program of support for research teams and technology transfer officers in Southern Europe. For this year's edition, we're really excited to announce that the full event will be broadcasted live from the iconic Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon!
After completing the 20-week programme of training and mentoring coordinated by HiSeedTech, focused on building a lab-to-market business strategy for their science-based products, the pioneering research teams are now ready to introduce their deep tech solutions to the European innovation ecosystem.
During the celebration of the Start Open Day, a total of 14 teams — encompassing nearly 60 researchers from academic institutions in Spain, Portugal, Romania, Italy, Greece and Türkiye — will take centre stage at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon .
When & where
This will be a hybrid event, taking place in-person at the Tivoli BBVA Theatre in Lisbon and broadcasted live on Tuesday 18th June 2024, 15:30 - 19:00 CET
How to participate?
Register to access the live stream on the day following . We strongly encourage Investors, Business Angels, Business Support Organisations, Innovation Agencies, Accelerators, Innovation Hubs and other researchers to attend!
Programme
- 15:30 Opening session by a representative of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
- 15:50 Welcome to S3E Deep Tech Revolution: Introduction to the S3E Start program by HiSeedTech
- 16:00 Deep Tech projects presentation - Part
- 17:10 Break
- 17:40 Inspirational talk: 'Deep Tech Entrepreneurship'
- 18:10 Deep Tech projects presentation - Part II
- 19:20 Closing remarks with HiSeedTech
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S3E Charge showcases the most innovative deep tech startups from Southern Europe in celebratory open day
On 24 April, the South3E consortium celebrated the end of this year's edition of the S3E Charge program, in a virtual open day that gathered the startups of the 2024 cohort to pitch in front of venture capitalists, business angels and other key stakeholders from across the European innovation ecosystem.
The event, which attracted 80+ people to register, marked the completion of the 18-week acceleration program that started earlier in January, coordinated and led by Christina Deligianni and Spyros Kouvelis from the Institute of Sustainable Development at EPLO.
Throughout their time with S3E Charge, the 17 selected startups and their teams received dedicated mentoring and support, as well as training through a series of webinars delivered by experts in innovation and entrepreneurship — a fully packed program centred around a key mission: to gear them up with all the necessary tools to successfully grow their businesses by expanding their reach and tapping into new markets and opportunities.
After 3 intense months, their journey culminated with the celebration of the S3E Charge Open Day, where they put all the skills and knowledge gained during the program to pitch their deep tech products and services, with the goal of introducing their solutions to European audiences and accessing funding opportunities.
"I'm very proud of all the participating teams. We've had the honour of working with very mature startups in this edition of S3E Charge, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they all progress and go from strength to strength now that they've officially graduated from the program. A big congratulations to all of them!" — Christina Deligianni
Besides the pitches delivered by 14 of the Charge startups (3 of them unfortunately couldn't attend due to unforeseen circumstances), the open day also counted with the support of Gerald Cultot from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), and two of the top leading voices in the European innovation ecosystem: Sonia Marzo Arnaez from Microsoft, and international Venture Capitalist & Entrepreneur Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou.
The South3E team would like to express their gratitude to everyone involved in this year's edition of S3E Charge, including our community of mentors for the invaluable support and, of course, the participating startups for their commitment to the program and their drive to make a positive change in the world through their innovations.
"For the second year in a row, it's been a privilege to host an open day to celebrate a group of startups that are doing impressive work on promoting sustainability through their solutions. The goal of EPLO is to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals around the world in every way, and that's also our mission when working with the startups in this program, to empower them to 'do well by doing good'; to help them champion economic, environmental and societal growth." — Spyros Kouvelis
Full list of startups of S3E Charge 2024: Baukunst, Arquitectura y Patrimonio Virtual, BEDEV, Bomensoft, CRIAM, Archimed IoT, Ecobubble, ELNAV.AI, EntoProtein, eXRciser, Innervoices, Intellectra Technologies, ivoluntry, MOVEN, Nanomik Biotechnology, Orbiba Robotics, QX and Rosey's Mark.
Did you miss the open day? You can now recap on the full event via our YouTube channel! If you don't fancy watching the whole recording in one go, make sure to check the time stamps to navigate directly to the startup pitches.
https://youtu.be/bjvjgJ4dX_g?feature=shared
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S3E Reverse for Solvers: join our Info Webinar!
As part of our second Open Call for Solvers, we have organised an Info Webinar for scale-ups and SMEs interested in joining S3E Reverse — the brokerage program that connects corporate challenges with deep tech solutions developed by startups.
Thanks to this webinar, hosted on Friday 26 April at 12:00 CET, SMEs and scaleups will learn more about this exciting opportunity to become Solvers and work hand-in-hand with a larger corporation while growing their business. The session will be delivered by Odysseas Spyroglou, R&I Projects Lead at International Development Ireland and Coordinator of S3E Reverse.
Register to attend the Info Webinar for Solvers
Time and date: Friday 26th April, 12:00 - 13:30 (CET)
Objectives of the session:
- Introduce the S3E Reverse Track and its significance.
- Explain the application process and criteria for participation.
- Highlight the support and resources available to participants.
- Showcase successful case studies or testimonials from past participants.
- Answer potential questions from attendees to clarify any doubts regarding the open call.
Target Audience: Entrepreneurs and start-ups in Southern Europe specialising in deep tech.
Benefits of Participating in Reverse:
- Access to a broad network of industry leaders and expert mentors.
- Opportunities for finding new clients and business partnerships.
- Increased visibility within the Southern European innovation ecosystem.
Want to become a Solver for S3E Reverse? ➡️ Check the corporate challenges and apply to solve one!
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S3E consortium impresses the Turkish innovation ecosystem during the Open Call #2 Roadshow
South3E colleagues from HiSeedTech, AUSTRALO and International Development Ireland (IDI) recently gathered in Turkey for what could potentially be the project's most successful roadshow to date. The consortium travelled to Ankara and Istanbul with one goal in mind: to make new connections while promoting our mission and the second Open Call for the S3E Program - which will be closing very soon!
The roadshow started off in Ankara on 20th November, where Pedro Vilarinho and Odysseas Spyroglou met with ODTÜ Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi and TOBB ETÜ Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi to introduce S3E's support for TTOs and promote the Open Call #2 opportunities. The rest of the South3E representatives arrived the following day, on the 21st, to attend the Consortium Meeting at the Limak Ambassadore Hotel; the EPLO team, led by Christina Deligianni, joined virtually.
The highlight of the trip was, undoubtedly, having the opportunity to formally introduce the S3E Program in Istanbul in front of a lively community of Turkish researchers, startups and TTOs, and promote the opportunities entailed by the Open Call #2. Elifnaz Unay, International Projects Specialist at YTÜ Yıldız Teknopark, played a pivotal role in helping the South3E consortium organising a successful event at Yildiz Technical University on 22nd November, with more than 60 in person participants.
"It was a privilege to facilitate an environment where ground-breaking initiatives like the S3E Program could be introduced to our vibrant Innovation Ecosystem. I'd like to express a heartfelt thank you to the S3E team for sharing your mission with us. Witnessing the dedication of everyone involved was truly inspiring," said Elifnaz.
Pedro Vilarinho opened the session with an inspiring speech, highlighting the key role that researchers and entrepreneurs play towards advancing Deep Tech innovation in Southern Europe and neighbour countries. Our Project Coordinator, Claudia Barbosa, took the stage to introduce South3E as the EU-funded initiative helping to reduce the market risk for Deep Tech in Southern European countries, while fostering sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cristina Simoes, from HiSeedTech, introduced the S3E Start Program, highlighting how it's been designed to help researchers and technology transfer offices explore the commercial viability of their deep tech projects. She was followed by Claudia, who presented the S3E Charge Accelerator, the mentoring and networking program for growth startups looking to access funding opportunities and to expand their business operations into new markets. Odysseas closed the session with S3E Reverse, our brokerage program for large corporations and scaleups to tackle Deep Tech challenges together through disruptive innovation.
The event concluded with a vivid Q&A and networking session where we met and connected with the participants and discussed about their potential involvement in the S3E Program opportunities. We received many interest and we look forward to welcoming many Turkish researchers, TTOs, and startups into the S3E Open Call #2!
The Roadshow continued the following day, 23rd November with a meeting with İTÜ ARI Teknokent. Our colleagues Pedro, Cristina, and Claudia found so many synergies with the role that İTÜ ARI is developing providing the proper environment and opportunities to enable technology companies and entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technologies, contributing to technological development in Turkey and the success of generating entrepreneurial ideas, and using ITU’s academic power to accomplish innovations rather than follow.
Let's continue fostering a culture of collaboration and growth, and keep fuelling innovation together 🚀✨
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S3E at Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon
Considered the largest tech conference in Europe, Web Summit in Lisbon attracts over 70,000 tech professionals and enthusiasts from across the globe every year, bringing together the top companies shaping the future of technology — including brands like Microsoft, Wikipedia, Nokia, SoundCloud and many more. And this year, South3E was also present!
Cláudia Barbosa, S3E Project Coordinator, was cordially invited by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology to join them in Lisbon as a representative of HiSeedTech, which is one of the official pledgers for this year’s EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative.
As well as networking and enjoying the inspiring sessions with world-renowned keynote speakers, Claudia took this fantastic opportunity to promote the S3E Program among the many entrepreneurs and innovators who attended the event. According to the official stats released by the organisers, a total of 2,608 startups were exhibiting at Web Summit 2023 — and we truly hope some of them will take the leap and join us on our second Open Call for the S3E Program!
We look forward to creating long-lasting collaborations!
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S3E partners meet in Lisbon to celebrate the project’s first anniversary and plan for the year ahead
The South3E consortium hosted a hybrid project meeting on 21st July 2023 at Labs Lisboa incubator space, after wrapping up the first editions of the S3E Charge and S3E Start programmes.
The HiSeedTech team welcomed representatives from International Development Ireland and Australo in the beautiful city of Lisbon, while the Institute for Sustainable Development at EPLO team joined online from Greece.
After hosting two very successful Open Days this summer, where the selected startups and research teams from Southern Europe presented their deep tech solutions, the consortium took this meeting as an opportunity to celebrate the successes of the first S3E cohorts, and to reflect on the lessons learned since the launch of the project in September 2022.
Our achievements so far… (in a nutshell)
Since announcing our first Open Call for the three South3E tracks — Charge, Start and Reverse* — in November 2023, we have provided online training, webinars, mentoring and one-to-one support to and (working in collaboration with various TTOs) from 7 countries, including: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Romania and Turkey.
And, overall, we have engaged with 500+ representatives and stakeholders from across the entire European entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems, through online and in-person informative sessions, events, conferences and project roadshows.
What’s next for South3E?
The joint hybrid meeting proved to be a perfect occasion for exchanging different perspectives on what has made S3E successful during its first year, but it also provided a safe space to discuss some of the challenges we have encountered along the way so far.
In the next months, all four partners will be working together to prepare the launch of the second Open Call to welcome a new cohort of SMEs, startups, researchers and TTOs into the S3E programme in 2024. We will be doing things a bit differently this time, taking into account the valuable feedback we have received from those who participated in the programme this year, but the energy and the enthusiasm levels remain the same (or even higher!) as when we were preparing to launch South3E and our first open call back in 2022.
We can’t give away too many details yet, as the engines are running in the background while we finalise all the details for our next open call, but for those who may be interested in applying to join one of the S3E tracks, we can tell you one thing… keep an eye out for the announcement coming out in September! Remember to follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter, and subscribe to our .
We look forward to continuing unlocking the innovation potential of Southern European deep tech 🚀
* The S3E Reverse programme is still active and we will soon share more details about the corporates and the SMEs selected, and the challenges they're tackling through their deep tech innovations.
Research teams participating in S3E START test their business skills during the Value Proposition Pitch
On May 30, from 15:00 CET to 18:30 CET, the research teams participating in the S3E START programme had to present their deep tech projects value proposition in front of a panel composed of the HiSeedTech team - Cláudia Barbosa, Cristina Simões, Nuno Falcão e Cunha and Pedro Vilarinho. The event took place online with an audience of 50 people and was open to participating teams and the technology transfer officers, mentors, and S3E partners (AUSTRALO, EPLO, and IDI).
The session was held midway through the programme implementation and was intended to: (i) serve as a proxy for the Open Day that will take place on July 20; (ii) provide feedback to the teams and test the robustness of the work done to date; (iii) improve their business skills and familiarise them with the types of questions that might arise during real presentations to investors or other stakeholders.
Each research team had 5 minutes to present their value proposition, which included: defining the problem they are solving and the need behind it, defining the technology, the solution they have and identifying the market, the competition and the team behind it.
The pitches were made in the following order:
- BioMEMs: Júlio Rocha, Aveiro University (PT), , Portugal
- BUCKS: Kun V Tian, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- Cancer Therapeutics: Kanwal Asif, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
- CAVI: Jurij Gostisa, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- CE4Land: Ivana Pajčin, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- DVS: Rossela Zaffino, ICREA/ICMAB-CSIC, Spain
- EditUp: Davide Ederle, Fondazione Hub Innovazione Trentino (HIT), Italy
- HTS-INKS: Mar Tristany, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain
- MARCIA: Clotilde Costa, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- MET LAB: Diogo Silva, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
- Nano-ink: Elif Begum Elcioglu, Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey
- Sumatrix Biotech: Semra Unal Yildirim, Sumatrix Biotech, Turkey
- Breast 4.0: Tiago Marques, Champalimaud Clinical, Portugal
The teams are doing great progress and they still have the following seven weeks to focus on improving their value proposition and presentation to have the business model ready for the S3E START Open Day!
Looking forward to exploring synergies and creating a long-lasting collaboration.
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S3E at WARM, the Worldwide Accelerators Rally at Matosinhos
WARM, the Worldwide Accelerators Rally at Matosinhos is an event that brings together innovation acceleration programs, incubators and TTOs with investors, companies, and startups.
This year edition was organized by RESOLVE-Health. RESOLVE-Health is a technology-based acceleration program designed to provide support and management tools to early-stage projects and start-ups in the health sector, focused on transforming innovative research into profitable ventures. The aim is to foster knowledge transfer, ultimately leading to licensing patents or launching start-ups. This is done by teams of researchers and entrepreneurs involved in this area. RESOLVE-Health is an initiative from I3S - Institute for Innovation and Research in Health in Porto.
WARM goal was to foster a collaborative movement in the health innovation ecosystem and took place on May 25, at Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, in Matosinhos.
Our team member HiSeedTech had the opportunity to participate and present the S3E program with the focus on S3E Start and share some testimonials of researchers that have already been impacted by our methodology during the panel "Testimonials from Teams Supported by Acceleration Programs!". Claudia Barbosa, S3E Project Coordinator received valuable feedback from the audience and especially from researchers who have seen a change in their lives and the way they look at science, which was truly inspiring. Claudia invited the more than 100 participants to join the S3E community and to be alert for the upcoming Open Call after summer, which will bring new opportunities for researchers and startups from Southern Europe to bring their deep tech ideas into the market.
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