The APTENISA Start programme bids farewell with the celebration of a Demo Day in Malaga TechPark

• During the event, the details of the twelve projects selected to participate in the initiative were announced.

• The session took place in the DayOne La Caixa space at Malaga TechPark.

• This programme, coordinated in Malaga by Malaga TechPark, has the collaboration of BIC Euronova, CADE, Promalaga, the Digital Content Hub, DayOne La Caixa and Rayo Verde – Link by UMA.

The APTENISA Start programme, promoted by the Red Nacional de Parques Tecnologicos (APTE) (in English, National Network of Technology Parks) and the Empresa Nacional de Innovacion (ENISA) (National Innovation Company), concluded today in Malaga with the holding of Demo Day. The event, held in the DayOne space of la Caixa in Malaga TechPark, was attended by Felipe Romera, director of Malaga TechPark; Angel Garcia, director of Operations of CaixaBank for Eastern Andalusia; Soledad Diaz, managing director of APTE and Ines Skotnika, who explained the APTENISA Start project.

Demo Day consisted of the final presentation of the projects by the heads of the twelve initiatives selected to participate in APTENISA Start. They presented the results of all the work of validation and redefinition of their business model, on which they have been working during the month of May. The following projects participated in this edition: 

1.       My Closet: Outfits mobile app
2.       Testea Vida: Digital platform to prevent or detect Prostate Cancer
3.       Roleux: Leisure and gamification platform.
4.       You Health: System for synchronising medical records in hospitals.
5.       ClicOrder: Marketplace for the Horeca channel: B2B sales/purchase management.
6.       Southern Biorefinery: Production of materials from waste.
7.       AlgaQua: Sustainable production of aquatic organisms for consumption and extraction of compounds.
8.      MateBuy: Platform for collaborative purchasing management.
9.      Watch Maps: Offering information to get to know the city better through the use of AI and Big Data.
10.     Vividoor: Soft Landing Agency Platform to attract and integrate talent in Málaga.
11.     Tengo Hambre (I’m Hungry): Food and recipe database oriented to food organisation.
12.     Olympic Health: Non-invasive device to measure glucose levels in saliva..

The project portfolio covers different themes such as electronics, medicine and health, industrial, agri-food, biotechnology, human resources, information and telecommunications.

To get to this day, the candidates have had to conduct several interviews with customers and their potential market, incorporating and maturing their business with the impressions received. Throughout the process, some of them have redefined their project, bringing it closer to the needs of their target audience, in order to make it more attractive to the market and investors. Along the way, they have strengthened some transversal skills that will accompany them throughout their lives: communication, creative and social skills, among others.

The day has allowed the candidates to obtain a positive reinforcement in the business strategy and in the dissemination of their project, by being in direct contact with potential investors.

APTENISA Start is part of a project to support companies with high innovative potential promoted by the Asociacion de Parques Tecnologicos (APTE) (in English, Association of Technology Parks of Spain), with the support of the Empresa Nacional de Innovacion (ENISA) (National Innovation Company), and which in Málaga is implemented through Malaga TechPark, with the collaboration of BIC Euronova, CADE, Promalaga, the Digital Content Pole, DayOne La Caixa and Rayo Verde – Link by UMA.

This activity is complemented by the creation of a national network of investors in startups linked to APTE, through APTENISA Investor Network, and the launch of a technology project accelerator: APTENISA Launch.