This second season, produced in collaboration with Cloud District, premieres today on all available audio platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcast, iVoox, Amazon Music) and will feature ten episodes along with two final compilations with the best moments.

The first of these will feature Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Booking and Priceline.com, director of the Global Entrepreneurship Network and one of the main speakers at South Summit Madrid 2024. The rest of the international speakers confirmed for the second season of 'Deep Dive', all of them world leaders and disruptors in their field of expertise who participated in #SouthSummit24, co-organised by IE University, will advance the keys and opportunities facing the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Second season:

• Episode 1: 'Entrepreneurship and Ecosystems with' Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Booking, Priceline.com and director of the Global Entrepreneurship Network. July 17.
• Episode 2: 'Femtech and Investment' with Ida Tin, president of Clue. July 23.
• Episode 3: 'Investment and Startup Ecosystem' with Paul Murphy, General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. July 30.
• Episode 4: 'Impact and Entrepreneurship' with Michael Baum, founder of The Yope Foundation. September 3.
• Episode 5: 'Investment and Startup Ecosystem' with Megumi Ikeda, Managing Director of Hearst Ventures. September 10.
• Episode 6: 'Investment and the Startup Ecosystem' with Jared Carmel, Managing Partner of Manhattan Venture Partners. September 17.
• Episode 7: 'Investment and Startup Ecosystem' with Michele Romanow, co-founder and CEO of Clearco. September 24.
• Episode 8: 'Sustainability and Business' with John Elkington, founder of Volans Ventures. October 1.
• Episode 9: 'ClimateTech and Impact' with Greg Jackson, founder and CEO of Octopus Energy. October 8.
• Episode 10: 'Entrepreneurship and Business' with Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze. October 15.

The second season of 'Deep Dive' will feature Liz Fleming, Chief Ecosystem Officer of South Summit, and Joe Haslam Executive Director, Owners Scaleup Program at IE Business School, as presenters of the episodes.

About South Summit

South Summit is the global platform that brings together all the actors in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to promote the development of business opportunities among all of them. Its main event is South Summit Madrid, co-organised by IE University, which has seen more than 36,000 startups pass through its twelve previous editions, while its Startup Competition, from which 7 unicorns have been born, has resulted in more than 1,000 finalist startups, with a survival rate of 90% and more than $16 billions in investment raised.

The 13th edition of South Summit Madrid brought together more than 18,000 attendees from 133 different countries between June 5th and 7th at La Nave, including more than 6,500 entrepreneurs, more than 2,000 investors with an investment portfolio of more than 500,000 million dollars -174,000 million more than last year-.  and more than 6,000 representatives from companies and corporations around the world. During the three days, more than 700 speakers and 26 unicorns of great international renown also participated, and more than 300 media from all over the world were accredited.

After passing through Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina, South Summit held its third edition in Brazil, also co-organised by IE University, between March 20 and 22 of this year. This latest edition brought together more than 23,500 attendees from 55 different countries, including more than 800 speakers, 3,000 startups and 900 investment funds, ready to support the best innovative ideas from around the world thanks to a portfolio of $213 billion, and more than 750 accredited media.