STARTUP OLÉ CHILE LANDS IN SANTIAGO TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN IBEROAMERICA

The sixth edition of the doyen European event on entrepreneurship and technological innovation in Latin America will take place in Santiago de Chile on 9 April. It will be attended by startups, investors, corporations and other representatives of the country's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The CIBER-SHUBE project, implemented under the public invitation for collaboration in the promotion of Strategic Cybersecurity Projects in Spain, is co-funded by INCIBE and the University of Salamanca under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union (Next Generation EU).

The Providencia headquarters in Santiago de Chile will host the sixth edition of Startup OLÉ Chile '24 on 9 April, an event within the LATAM Roadshow of Startup OLÉ, the leading European event for entrepreneurship and technological innovation in Latin America. This event seeks to strengthen the Ibero-American entrepreneurial ecosystem, connecting corporations, investors, accelerators and Spanish and European media with the best Ibero-American startups and scaleups. There will also be a presentation of the new features and benefits that Startup OLÉ and CIBER-SHUBE bring to the ecosystem, as well as exclusive content with great speakers at round tables, pitch competitions, matchmaking activities and networking cocktails. It will also have the support of the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), the University of Salamanca, Prochile, Venture Capital and the Municipality of Providencia.

A total of 12 startups will present their projects to a jury of investors and corporate representatives during the pitch competition. In addition, there will be the participation of great speakers such as Matías Mandiola, Head of Innovation at ProChile; Javiera Araneda, Deputy Manager of Start-Up Chile at Corfo; Mauricio Brito, Director of HUB Providencia; Alba Alserawan, Institutional Relations and Events at INCIBE (digitally); Diego Larraín, Director of Hub Vitacura; Rafael Gotelli, Strategy & Growth Manager at ISBAST; Konrad Fernández, Scouting and DueDiligence Manager at ISBAST; and Rafael Gotelli, Strategy & Growth Manager at ISBAST; and Konrad Fernández, Scouting and DueDiligence Manager at ISBAST; Rafael Gotelli, Strategy & Growth Manager of ISBAST; Konrad Fernández, Scouting and DueDiligence of Chile Ventures; Cristian Guardia, Managing Partner of Add Ventures; Karina Zuñiga, Portfolio Manager of Digevo Ventures; Mario Nuñez, zone representative of IncubatecUFRO; Thomas Veszpremy, Senior Legal Associate of Alster; or Robinson Soto, Director of Operations of VC Group, among others.

Proyecto CIBER-SHUBE

Startup OLÉ LATAM Roadshow will also be the first CIBER-SHUBE Startup OLÉ Latam/USA Roadshow event. This project is framed within the activities of CID 245 of the PRTR, an indicator set by the European Commission ("Implementation of the National Cybersecurity Industry Support Programme, the Global Security Innovation Programme and related actions"). Specifically, through the development of high added value solutions and services in the field of cybersecurity; and training and development of specialised talent in the field of cybersecurity.

To this end, CIBERSECURITY SPAIN HUB ESPAÑA (CIBER-SHUBE) defines, through a transnational project, a set of activities in the fields of Cybersecurity, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship to promote reforms that help and accelerate the economic and social recovery of Spain, with support from the funds of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the Digital Spain 2026 agenda, focusing on five transversal axes, such as job creation, ecological transition, social and territorial cohesion, digitalisation and gender equality. Based on this, one of the objectives of CIBER-SHUBE is to promote the development of the cybersecurity culture, as well as to support the creation of new companies, the internationalisation of consolidated startups with high potential, the promotion of innovation and the attraction of investment, all in the field of cybersecurity.