January-February 2020
Corporate workshops
Online/ face-2-face
January-February 2020
BLOCKCHAIN & FINTECH ACCELERATOR @ ALICANTE, SPAIN
EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TOP FINTECH STARTUPS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BEYOND COFFEE AND PITCHES
The Blockchain and Fintech Accelerator is a global program specially tailored for startups that want to work with financial institutions.
The first bootcamp is taking place in Alicante, Spain 23.-25. March 2020 and is powered by Comunitat Valenciana Digital District and managed by Nestholma.
After that, the journey continues around the world – join us in UK, Finland, Dubai, Singapore and more!
Why join?
Global
TOP FINTECH OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE
We select the top startups from +50 countries, make them the best at collaborating with financial institutions and help both sides turn business opportunities into reality.
Effective
COLLABORATION BASED ON PROVEN MODEL OF 28 PROGRAMS
Our core expertise is to help the financial institutions do deals with more startups with better business cases and in less time.
Focused
WE BRING STARTUPS BASED ON PARTNERS’ NEEDS
Everything starts with defining the banks’ and insurance companies’ exact needs. That way we are able to focus into the right solutions and bring in the top innovations of those areas.
Active
LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
Our programs bring valuable learnings for corporations from startups and vice versa. And that’s one of the keys for the successful collaboration.
Timeline
Alicante Bootcamp Program
23 – 25 March 2020
Day 1
Opening
Open event to connect different ecosystem players, and for participants to get to know each other.
Business model day
Understanding the startups’ collaboration and business models and making them better.
Day 2
Focus day
Interactive workshops to define the collaborations, joint value propositions, pilots.
Focus on collaboration modelling, partnership negotiation, relationship building, alternative funding (preparing for STOs), effective piloting and analytics and innovation project management.
Day 3
Deal day
Partnership building.
Closing
Networking and connections in an open event in which you get to engage with the rest of the ecosystem of Alicante.
Startups – apply now!
What we’re looking for
- Good team: you need to apply as a company and show us your whole team (2+ founders)
- Scalable concept: we need to understand how you think big
- Collaboration-ready technology: you need to be ready to work with real customers
What you get
- Potential market access through partnerships in each one of the bootcamps
- Up to 250k€ of investment from Nestholma, and up to 10M€ investment from our network
- Modern fundraising support
- Coaching and mentoring from experts at our corporate partners, experienced entrepreneurs and top executives: meet Nestholma’s mentors!
Financial Institutions –
What you get free of charge
- Personalized workshop to define your needs
- 3-day bootcamp to define the business case with startups
Want to have a stronger role in the program?
Ask us about the most suitable collaboration package!
SILVER
Basic participation, plus
- Visibility to subset of startups (10-20)
- Selecting 2 startups (for the bootcamp)
- Follow up support with the startups (4 sessions in 2 months)
GOLD
Everything on silver plus
- Interviews to gather needs
- Visibility to all the startups (hundreds)
- Selection of 5 startups
- Marketing activities
- Spot on stage
DIAMOND
We can support you in other ways as well!
- Full support in the integration
- Own bootcamp
- Problem-solving clinic (to be co-created)
- Exclusivity to be negotiated
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Managed by
Come and meet
(more coming!)
Where?
Distrito Digital, Edificio 1, Avinguda de Jean Claude Combaldieu, s/n, 03008 Alicante, Spain
Meet with the whole fintech ecosystem in March – join us now!
Contact us for more information at:
+34 623 109 022 (Daniel)
FAQ
How many startups are going to be selected?
We will be carefully selecting the best and most suitable 20-30 startups.
What is expected from financial institutions
- 1-2h during January 2020 to participate into the workshop with Nestholma online or face-2-face. The goal of this workshop is to understand and define your needs and expectations related to new technologies and startups.
- Presence in the Bootcamp during 23.-25. that takes place in Alicante, Spain.
Why Alicante?
The regional government of Generalitat Valenciana is invested in attracting the best talent and supporting the development of technology businesses. Distrito Digital is the program at the heart of this transformation, attracting international startups, big corporations and academia alike.
At the moment Distrito Digital is the largest innovation ecosystem of the Mediterranean, with already many startups and international businesses running businesses active in it.