IESE joins international initiative to support the most innovative SMEs and startups

Anna Plana Palet

IESE has joined the project GO-SME, funded by the EU program Horizon 2020, aimed at sharing the experience with the support of startups and small and medium enterprises and level differences in the form and quality of support across individual EU members. The GO-SME project brings together national and regional agencies supporting research and innovation […]

Nine innovative European startups pitch to IESE’s Business Angel Investor Network

Anna Plana Palet

Nine innovative startups from four European countries presented their agritech projects to investors in IESE’s Business Angels Network as part of a continent-wide drive by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) to promote new technologies in food production and processing. The Investment Forum was held October 27 at IESE’s Madrid campus. The startups […]

IESE’s Finaves Invests in Livestock Management Startup Ixoriguè

Ulrich Kruse

Finaves V, the seed capital fund promoted by IESE, has invested in Ixoriguè, a Spain-based agritech startup that has developed an IoT livestock management tool which allows cattle farmers to more closely track the location and health of their livestock. Ixoriguè‘s technology is based around a collar with built-in battery-powered sensors that is attached to […]

IESE’s Finaves and Business Angels Invest in Facility Management Platform Taclia

Silvia Gomáriz

Finaves V, the seed capital fund promoted by IESE, and investors from IESE’s Business Angels Network have together invested in Taclia, a one-stop platform and software company for facility services such as repairs, heating and cooling systems, plumbing and grounds maintenance. In addition to Finaves and reinsurance company NacionalRe, member of the IESE Business Angels […]