South Summit

Italy builds products that last. Scaling them globally is a different game. Next week in Rome: Docebo, CDP Venture Capital, Generative Bionics, Z_One Fund, Indra and Caracol on how to scale beyond borders. Free to attend.  👉 southsummit.io/e/scaleup-ser…

What makes an investor believe in a company before everyone else does? 👀 And how do you turn international expansion into real growth? On Nov 16, #ScaleupSeries lands in Munich, powered by @IEUniversity, bringing together investors and founders who’ve scaled across Europe. 💰 Investment 🌍 International growth More → southsummit.io/en/articles/1… #SouthSummit26 #Scaleups #VentureCapital

In Bilbao: “The State of Deep Tech in Spain”, a masterclass with @abarrera, deep tech analyst and co-founder of @tech_eu. 1,000+ spin-offs and a Basque edge few are reading correctly. Alex will map where Spanish deep tech really stands, and why Bizkaia matters in that picture. Thu Nov 26, 11:35 · @bat_tower, Bilbao. With @BIZKAIA 👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

Pitch decks used to open with the founding team. For 1 in 4 Spanish startups, that slide now has one name on it. That is one of the findings of the Entrepreneurship Map 2026, the annual report South Summit builds with @IEuniversity from the applications to its Startup Competition. 15 years of data on founders, funding, AI and diversity. Free to download: southsummit.io/en/articles/7…

100+ startups applied to IE Venture Day Buenos Aires. These three won: 🚀 Navian: augmented reality to guide surgeons, plus a fast track to South Summit 📈 Selenios: AI agents that recruit talent 🎯 Protiva: biological dyes to replace petrochemicals in textiles #ScaleupSeries

Real industry challenges. One table. 90 minutes to solve them. Startups, corporates, investors and institutions co-create solutions in South Summit Bilbao's Hands-On sessions: ⚡ Energy Transition  🏭 Industry 4.0  🚗 Mobility Nov 25 at BAT, with @BIZKAIA 👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

Europe builds great products. Scaling them across borders is the hard part. Read our article about Europe and the next stop: the Scaleup Series in Rome, Nov 12 👇 southsummit.io/en/articles/9…

Next Stop: Munich, 16 November. The Scaleup Series lands where deep engineering meets serious capital: scale-up funding and new markets. ⌚ 17:00 to 21:00 Free registration:  southsummit.io/e/scaleup-ser…  #SouthSummit26

BUILD: real challenges, solved together. DISCOVER: innovation seen from the inside. CONNECT: the right people in the same room.  South Summit Industry & Energy, Nov 25-26 in Bilbao with @Bizkaia  Register for free👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

The Entrepreneurship Map turns 15, and today we presented its 2026 edition. Our founder and president, María Benjumea and Diego del Alcázar Benjumea, CEO of IE University, opened the event, and Salvador Aragón, Chief Innovation Officer at @IEuniversity, our partner on the report, presented the findings from 2,753 startups worldwide. Three takeaways: 👥 Gender diversity in Spain has stalled: women made up 23% of founders in 2013 and 22.6% in 2026. What has changed is who they found with, as mixed-gender teams hit a record high of 37.6%. 🌱 The ecosystem has become its own talent pipeline: founders who previously worked at a startup rose from 5% to 12.7%. Working at a startup is now both a career and a launchpad. 💻 Startups are converging on a single formula: software as a product has grown from 42.2% in 2016 to 59.1% in 2026, and subscription models are present in 70.6% of startups. The event closed with Fernando Escobar Ruiz (@SEDIAgob), @AngelNinoQ (@MADRID) and @blondieconomics (@ComunidadMadrid). 📥 Full report: southsummit.io/en/articles/7…

Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros is building sustainable cars with @liux_eco Hear how at South Summit Industry & Energy, Bilbao, Nov 25–26. With @BIZKAIA Register now👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

Some journeys take years to show how far they go. Vicente Pascual, from @cabify, has lived South Summit from the very start. Remember: Bilbao, 25-26 November, with @BIZKAIA. 👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk…

Save the date: South Summit's Scaleup Series lands in Rome on November 12. Powered by @IEuniversity  Scaling Italian companies globally, Europe's new security economy and the capital behind the next champions. One evening, free registration. 🌎 🔗 Free registration: southsummit.io/e/scaleup-ser…

Bizkaia collects and manages its own taxes, with the fiscal autonomy of any state, and designs measures for startups, R&D units, fund managers and talent. Meet the ecosystem at South Summit Industry & Energy, Nov 25–26, with @Bizkaia. 👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

Startup Competition 2027 is open. 100 finalists competing for the title, plus up to 50 semifinalists pitching on stage: up to 150 startups at South Summit Madrid 2027. Apply by January 31, 2027 👇 southsummit.io/content/start… #SouthSummit27

🏠 Before Airbnb took off, investors were saying no and the startup was running out of money. So its founders sold $40 cereal boxes. Obama O’s generated around $20K. Not the business model. Just enough time to reach the next milestone. ↓ The story southsummit.io/en/articles/4…

Mobility, industry or energy? Bilbao is the right place to be. The difference is in the quality of the connections you build, says Álvaro Miguel Cabrera. 25 & 26 Nov · BAT, with @BIZKAIA and @IEuniversity southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

PLD Space reaches €288M in its Series C. Factorial closes a $150M Series D. Waga Energy signs a €128M green loan. Capital is pointing at space, AI and energy, and South Summit ecosystem startups are leading it. More information: cincodias.elpais.com/compani… #SouthSummit27

Last year in Bilbao: +80 corporations, +140 startups, 40 countries and +30% international attendees. This November we do it again. South Summit Industry & Energy, Nov 25–26, with @Bizkaia  👉 southsummit.io/e/bilbao-bizk… #SSBilbao26

In 1999, Mercado Libre had 80 rivals with the same model. One cash decision set it apart. What Argentina teaches founders about growing through crisis: southsummit.io/en/articles/e…