Its the first Acceleration Festival focused on Startups in Latin America.
The event is focused on supporting the companies and startups reach the support to bring innovation to their companies and help them grow their business.
An event that seeks to detonate spaces to generate business between companies and startups.
SWITCH private and public initiative generated with the support of Federal support from INADEM, State support from the government of Guanajuato and Startup México
“It made me discover the entrepreneur I have in Me”.
Jorge Limón, Profesional poker player
“The world moves faster and faster, things change at all time, there is much information to learn, it is difficult to know everything that happens in the world and these type of events manage to gather people, ideas are exchanged, but must of all networks are built with access to knowledge. That will give quiker answers to many of the questions”.
Steve CadiganV.P. Human Resources, LinkedIn
“It is an event that makes clear that startup ecosystems, are not something that is closed to only places like Silicon Valley or Europe, but spreads around the world to form a global ecosystem”
Nima Kaz, CEO The Founder Institute Brasil
“It is very ambitious, bringing several accelerators is very important, is the first time it happens in Latin America, which is very good for Mexico . In addition it was done in a small town that is not the Mexico City, which is very ambitious "
Miklos Grof, CEO de Fundacity
“An event that allowed us to concentrate in one place all the Latin American entrepreneurial ecosystem , which helps us to get to know us, focus and become a single region”.
Felix Halcartegaray, CEO de Incuba UC
“It helped us see more clearly that the vision of the Mexican entrepreneur is global and much more aggressive than before.!
Tadashi Takaoka, CEO Startup Chile
"I was impressed by the attendance, very young people and very talented . Anything that can be done to make the ecosystem more valuable for entrepreneur is welcome.”
Kevin Tapply,Business Developer in Techstars
San Miguel de Allende
49,726 interactions Virtual Fair
4 competitions, 500 participants, $1.2MM USD prices
7,500,000 Media impacts (press, TV, Online)
5,000 assistants
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
$7,280,000 Pesos economic impact
Impact generated
San Miguel de Allende1, 2 y 3 de Diciembre 2015
San Miguel de Allende
90% hotel occupancy
Internacional Exposure for SMA
Economic spill superior to $7,280,000 Mexico
Development of 37 ideas for turistic promotion of Guanajuato
4,400 hotel nights
Generatedimpactin San Miguel de Allende
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
VisitantesVisitors
+ 5,000 unic asitents
Participation of 15 counties
Participation of over 20 states
Generated impact
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
Companies 10 workshops in innovation
3 private dinners with
Keynotes
Brand placement
Product placement
Linking to relevant
technology for their industry
More than 3 million impacts
on printed and digital media
Programs & companies participating
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
Content
136 conferences
140 speakers
8 conference halls
50 High impact investors
150 High impact startups
100 founds & accelerators
3 venues
La casona
TeatroÁngela Peralta
Casa Europa
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
App & Virtual Space
823 App download
49,728 interactions in the Virtual fair
163 virtual stands
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
20 national media
Coverage
7,500,000Media impacts
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
1,400 followers
over
1,621,843Total Impacts
Social Media
16,600 likes
31,544 playbacks
181 followers
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
Network
FuckUp Nights @Switch
Music parade
Startup markets
Private dinners
Closing party
Event with investors
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
31 semifinalist
1.2 M USD in support for the winners
The Bridge
200 latinamerican companies
20 proyectos selected
First Softlanding contest in México
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
International Jurors
$100,000Pesos to the
winner Startup GAZEN
The Pitch
210 companies resgistered
13 finalists
Looking for the best pitch
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
30 hrs
Prize for
$50,000Pesos for Itinerario
Hackathon
37 teams registered
Looking for a projecto to increase turism in Guanajuato
1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015
DECEMBER 5 & 6, POLIFORUM, LEÓN, GUANAJUATO
ACCELERATION FESTIVAL
LATINOAMERICA
12 INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
5 FORUMS10 PANELS &WORKSHOPSNETWORKINGEXHIBITIONSCONTESTINVESTORSPARTIES2 DAYS OF CONTENT TO DETONATE YOUR BUSINESS
GATHER THE STARTUPS WITH THE
COMPANIES
FAST OR NEVER5 y 6 de diciembre de 2016
Poliforum, León Guanajuato
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