IESE’s weGrow 2021, a mentoring program that pairs startups with experienced executives, was launched Friday with the participation of eight companies seeking to expand in areas ranging from home care for the elderly to ecofriendly hand sanitizer to AI-based cognitive stimulation games. The startups taking part in weGrow 2021 are: Loyal Guru: A SaaS loyalty […]
IESE Selected by Hong Kong’s Cyberport to Support Fintech Entrepreneurs
IESE has been chosen by Cyberport, a Hong Kong digital technology hub, to provide training to university students who are on the path toward becoming fintech entrepreneurs. Under the agreement, IESE delivered a nine-day online boot camp to the university students from Jan. 7-15, 2021. Apart from fintech knowledge, IESE professors covered areas such as […]
IESE’s New Master in Management Students Impress with Entrepreneurship Projects
To get an idea of what final presentations of IESE´s Master in Management (MiM) were like, imagine 47 highly qualified students of 17 nationalities putting in months of hard work in the midst of difficult COVID-19 circumstances, and producing many innovative ideas with great market potential. Add to that the structure and methodology of IESE, […]
IESE’s Finaves Invests in Neurotech Startup InBrain
Finaves V, IESE’s venture capital fund, is part of a group of investors providing €900,000 in financing for InBrain Neuroelectronics, a startup that is developing graphene-based technologies to treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s with unprecedented precision. Finaves contributed €150,000 to the round, which was led by Sabadell-Asabys and Alta Life Sciences, two […]
IESE’s Business Angels Network in Financing Round for Dinbeat
IESE’s Business Angels Network and a group of other investors have participated in a €500,000 financing round for Dinbeat, a Barcelona-based startup specializing in monitoring devices for pets that hopes to expand into human patients. It is the second financing round, in convertible notes, for Dinbeat. In addition to IESE’s Business Angels Network, current shareholders, […]
