Summary of the most important milestones and achievements since the beginning of the project:
WP2
Hackathons (Leader: CODE)
14 HACKATHONS, +1800 ATTENDEES, 126 LOCAL TEAMS
Workshops (Leader: ETVENTURE)
61WORKSHOPS, +7800 ATTENDEES
Visual Map (Leader: TETUAN)
5 CITIES REPRESENTED, +670STARTUPS MAPPED, +1000 KEY PLAYERS MAPPED
Startup Europe University Network (Leader: BISA)
35 UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED, 18 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
WP3
Cross-border mentorship (Leader: DPIXEL)
2 BATCHES OF 8 STARTUPS EACH
1 WEEK AT DCU RYANACADEMY, 35 ATTENDEES
Roadshows (exposure to investors) (Leader: DPIXEL)
2 BATCHES
16 STARTUPS SELCTED
4 WELCOME ECOSYSTEMS VISITED PER BATCH
Workshops for Early Stage Startups (Leader: DPIXEL)
18 WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
2719 ATTENDEES, 660 STARTUPS
Europass Program (Leader: RYAN)
72 COMPANIES SELECTED FOR EUROPASS
10 EVENTS ATTENDEED 2015/16
To connect EU with the Silicon Valley (for Early Stage Startups (Leader: MTB)
17 STARTUPS SELECTED
53 STRATEGIC CONTACTS PER STARTUP
Crowd-funding access portal (Leader: S&I)
LAUNCHED
150 PLATFORMS ONLINE
Accelerator Assembly (Leader: BISA)
ACCELERATOR ASSEMBLY
182 ACCELERATORS ATTENDEES
2 CONFERENCES + 4 MEETUPS
WP4
Matchmaking events with investors, corporates and startups (Leader: MTB)
90+ startups joined 8 matchmaking events over the 2-year program
50 investors, 30+ corporates, 300+ meetings, 11M capital raised
Connect EU with the Silicon Valley (for Late Stage Startups) (Leader: MTB)
11 startups attending EID + free attendance to Startup School program in San Francisco + GRANT
SE Unicorn forum formed by “Billion-Euro” startups (Leader: DPIXEL)
3 meetings, public launch of Single Startup Market Manifesto
Startup Europe Nation High Level Group (Leader: BISITE)
Closed door meetings with 6 Member state representatives
WP5
Activities for WELCOME self-‐sustainability (Leader: BISITE)
Database of potential sponsors including 1000+ individuals
11 activities will be continued after the project ends
Foster collaboration with Startup Europe Initiative (Leader: MTB)
Collaboration with SE in 25+ ACTIVITIES
WP6
Dissemination:
User friendly website with 100k visits, WELCOME storytelling video, 2000+ Twitter, 1000+ Facebook, monthly newsletter, 13 Success Stories, 15 Exhibitions, 325+ press releases/publications
WPSES
2 SES conferences, 5 Mini SES, 1 Large Scale Hackathon, 8 workshops, 3 early stage roadshows, 2 early stage award celebrations, 7 late stage roadshow stops, 10 meetups, 2 Oscars celebrations, 68 hours of video content online
This translates into +142 events already organised with +1978 startups taking part, counting +15354 total participants.