Andorra Business is Andorra’s economic promotion and development agency. Promoting key sectors for the diversification of the economy, attracting and accompanying foreign and local investment, supporting Andorran companies to become more competitive, and facilitating the landing of new companies in the country, are some of its priorities.
More information: Andorra Business – Invest in Andorra
Andorra Recerca + Innovació is the agency in charge of developing and promoting R&D&I in Andorra in strategic sectors such as Mountain and Sports, among others.
More information: Andorra Recerca + Innovació (ari.ad)
The Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) is a business cluster powered by Microsoft Sport Team that gathers all kind of sports entities (clubs, federation, associations), institutions, tech-companies from start-ups to enterprises, research organizations, investors and key figures of sport industry to improve its value chain. With headquarters based in Madrid, GSIC supported more than 340 companies such as sport entities, tech companies, startups, institutions, etc., in 40 countries around the world.
Read more at: http://sport-gsic.com
Andorra Business and Andorra Recerca + Innovació (ANDORRA) in partnership with Global Sport Innovation Centre (GSIC) and with the support of SPSG Consulting (SPSG) are launching the second edition of the Andorra Sports Startup Challenge to locate the best sport-tech projects across the world that can position Andorra as a leading country in technological innovation in winter & mountain sports and cycling.
The call aims to identify the most offering innovative solutions in the following areas:
To apply, complete this online FORM
Applying for this call is completely free.
Startups and companies with solutions in other markets are welcome if they can be applied to solve the challenge above.
Yes.
The following criteria, rated from 1 to 5 (being 1 the lowest and 5 the highest) will be evaluated for the selection of participating projects in each of the stages of the process (Verification Eligibility, Initial Evaluation, & Final Pitch):
For the Final Pitch, the jury will evaluate the finalists based on:
Yes, all the pitches must be in English.
The winner of the Startup Challenge will receive the following prizes:
Additionally, the winner and the two startups with special mentions will receive:
*If the winner is already a GSIC member, the prize will be a 50% discount in the membership for the following year
Experts in the areas of technology, sport, business, innovation, investment, entrepreneurship, and financing will form the panel.
For any questions regarding the bases, please contact: [email protected]
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(China) – Winner
They are “the driving range of skiing”, a professional, safe and full-year-round training/fitness center for urban ski-lovers who want to learn, practice, improve and enjoy skiing in their neighborhood with families and friends. Their carpet-ski-teaching-system enables progress 4x faster than on snow. The carpet-ski education – supported by video recording, data analyses, social media exposure and laser technology – allows an easy and trouble-free learning experience, being the perfect catalyst for hospitality, sports tourism, and mountain lovers.
(Spain) – Special mention
Xeerpa is a Social Media Profiling solution that can help identifiy the lifestyle and preferences of users by analysing their profiles in social media and offer them products and services personalised to their preferences and affinities. The detailed profile Xeerpa creates includes favourite Brands, Interests, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Locations, Comments, Personality and more.
(France) – Special mention
A company that is revolutionizing snow mobility. MoonBikes re-conceptualized the snowmobile experience and created an electric, ultralight & silent snowmobile, foldable to ease its transport, simple to use and affordable.