South Summit 2023 | Spain Startup | 6 June 2023 | La Nave, C. Cifuentes, 5, 28021 Madrid, Spain

Welcome to the annual gathering of the key players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Madrid. Connect with top minds in innovation from all over the world.

Why Attend?

STARTUPS
• Pitch your project to international investors attending
• Learn from the best unicorn CEOs sharing their expertise
• Connect and meet with thousands of potential clients
• Discover the best calls for open innovation and take your project to the next step

CORPORATIONS
• Expand your Open Innovation initiatives with thousands of new projects
• Access top-tier talent with our networking opportunities
• Meet other corporates and investors. Share your expertise and learn from theirs
• Access a pool of business opportunities from the innovation ecosystem

INVESTORS
• Grow your portfolio with super disruptive startups attending
• Scout for new talent from high level profiles
• Share knowledge and experiences with other international investors
• Develop relationships with corporations and public organizations

INNOVATION HUBS
• Network with the key players, government figures and public authorities with high activity in the innovation ecosystem
• Find the best talent and projects to join your hub
• Gain exposure and brand positioning within the entrepreneurial community and promote your initiatives
• Expand your portfolio of contacts and get more startups into your business

2023 Speakers

KEY BUSINESS LEADERS:

Pablo Isla Alvarez de Tejera
Chairman of the International Advisory Board, IE University

Diego del Alcázar
CEO of IE University, IE University

María Benjumea
Founder & President, South Summit

Pau Gasol
Founder, Pau Gasol Enterprises

Andrew Winston
Manager, Winston Eco-Strategies, LLC

Sergio Furio
Founder & CEO, Creditas

Dr. Christian Nagel
Co-Founder, Earlybird Venture Capital

Jenny Fielding
Managing Partner, The Fund

Ruchika Sikri
Partner, Wisdom Ventures Fund

John Elkington
Founder, Volans

Mayra Castro
CEO, InvestAmazônia

Darin Olien
TV Host Emmy Nominated

SPEAKERS:

Julen Rodríguez Sola
CEO, Gravity Wave

Philippe de Chanville
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, ManoMano

Luis Martin
Co-Founder, ARRIB.ES

Pedro Ribeiro Santos
Partner, Armilar Venture Partners

Carles Morales
CEO, Orpheus

Faysal Oudmine
CEO, Fintecture

Aurore Falque-Pierrotin
Partner, Samaipata

Ben Marrel
CEO & Founder, Breega

Fabio Lancellotti
Partner, Aster Capital

Stephanie Hospital
CEO & Founder, OneRagtime

Pauline Roux
Partner, Elaia

Ion Padilla
CEO & Chairman, Wegaw SA

Lubomila Jordanova
CEO and Co-Founder, Plan A

Francisco Ingles
Co-Founder, OBUU

Luis Oliveira
Co-founder and Director, Aircision

Luca Bocchio
Partner, Accel

Jacky Abitbol
Managing Partner, Cathay Innovation - Table 39

Ernest Sánchez
Managing Partner at Nuclio

Cristina Fanjul
Director, CEEI Asturias

Emily González Cebrián-Lombán
CEO, FROGED

Jose Cordeiro
Vicepresident, Humanity Plus

Sean Seton-Rogers
Partner, PROfounders Capital

Stephen Nundy
Partner & CTO, Lakestar

Igor de la Sota
Founder, Cardumen Capital

Mariya Konstantinova
CFO Japan, AGRANA Group

Anamaria Meshkurti
Head, Marketing, Communications and Engagement / Global Shaper Curator / Ambassador, Geneva Foundation for Technology Innovation (FONGIT)/ World Economic Forum / KIN

Nityen Lal
Founding Partner, Icos Capital

Doriana Bagnoli
Inclusion Director, Fundación Prevent

Louis Fearn
Investor, InMotion Ventures

Greta Anderson
Principal, Balderton Capital

Roberto Valdés
Cofounder, Cuideo

Konstantin Dzhengozov
Co-founder & CFO, Payhawk

Fotis Fotiadis
CEO & Co-Founder, Better Origin

Julie Kainz
Partner, Lightspeed

Ted Yang
Founder, Sticky Ventures

Miguel Arias
General Partner, K FUND

Louise Meyer-Schönherr
Investment Manager, HV Capital

Joe Fitzsimons
Founder & CEO, Horizon Quantum Computing

Estefania Rodriguez Migliarini
Innovation Programme & Startups Relations Manager, Insurtech Hub Munich

Iñigo Aguirre
Commercial Director Spain, Payhawk

Cristina Fonseca
Partner, Indico Capital Partners

Carles Marcos
Country Manager Spain, Qonto

Jad Antoun
CEO, Huspy

Carlota Mateos
CEO, Ancla.life

Diana Paredes
CEO and Co- founder, Suade Labs

Stephan Morais
General Managing Partner, Indico Capital

Neil Serebryany
CEO, CalypsoAI

Jack Hidary
CEO, SandboxAQ

Tim Smith
Senior reporter, Sifted

Vladimir Lupenko
CEO, Impress

Krishna Visvanathan
Partner, Crane VC

Haydee Barroso
CEO & Co-Founder, Atani

Luis Felipe Adaime
CEO, moss

Benjamin Gleason
Founder, Kamino

George Dimopoulos
Founding Partner, VentureFriends

Maria Paula Espana
International Dealmaker, Global Entrepreneur Programme

Elizabeth Varley
Founder & strategic growth advisor, Dealmaker

Thomas van den Boezem
Principal, PeakBridge

Gabriel De La Rosa
Principal, Intelligent Relations

Eduardo Gomez
Partner, GPartners

Nahoko Hoshino
Investment Director, SoftBank Vision Fund

Tania Marinich
Founder, Imaguru

Taso Du Val
CEO, Toptal

Eyal Shats
Chief Strategy Officer, SimpliRoute

Antonio De la Rosa
Deportista extremo, Meridianoraid & embajador ocean52

Myriam Tejada Rojo
Country Manager, Hotmart

Oscar Pierre
CoFounder & CEO, Glovo

Estelle Godard
Space Investor, Promus Ventures

Chiara Quaia
SVP Business Development Travel, Mastercard

Sultan Murad Saidov
Co-Founder and President, Beamery

Antonio Torregrosa
Managing Director, Fundacion Valenciaport

Erik Stettler
Chief Economist, Toptal

Alejandro Vigaray
COO, BIPI

Maria Alonso
María is Head of Innovation and CX at ING Spain, ING Bank

Yasmine Fage
Cofounder & COO, Goggo Network

Manuel Muñiz
Provost of IE University & Dean of IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs, IE University

Jacobo Bermúdez de Castro
Director General, Malt

Martin Roscheisen
Founder & CEO, Diamond Foundry Inc.

Debora Saldanha
Head of Innovation, Clube Atlético Mineiro

Kike Sarasola
Presidente, Room Mate Group

Mafalda Almeida Carvalho
Partner, CCSL Advogados

Margaux Miller
Global Director of Community, Toptal

Hege Tollerud
Head of Community, Brighteye

Charles Gorintin
Cofounder & CTO, Alan

Júlia Turbany
VP of Sales - Spain, Swan

Carlos Fisch
Partner, Seaya

Maria Auersperg de Lera
Investor, Felix Capital

Maria Gross
Managing Director, GERMANTECH

Oskar Miel
Managing Partner, Rakuten Capital

Mike Butcher
Editor-at-large, TechCrunch

Silvia Loureda
Directora General Ingeniería & Filiales Especializadas Managing Director Engineering & Specialised Subsidiaries, SACYR CONSTRUCCION SA

Marcelo Lebre
Co-Founder and COO, Remote

Veronica Pascual Boe
President, Fundación ASTI Tecnología y Talento

Alexandre Bartolini
Venture Debt International Investment Director, Inveready

Jose Miguel Herrero
Managing Partner, Big Sur Ventures

Laurence Fontinoy
Global head of circularity, Decathlon

Paul-Louis Lepine
Investment Manager, Molten Ventures

Emilio Ayanz
Managing Partner, Creas

Julio Sánchez Mariñas
Head of Innovation, Cinfa

Jeff Luhnow
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Crow Sports Group

Olivier Pailhès
CEO, Aircall

Miguel Belló Mora
Director General, Agencia Espacial Española

Noelia Sanchez Ortiz
Co-founder, Arrib.es

Tali Salomon
Directora regional para España, Portugal y Latam en eToro, eToro

Carlos Moser
Investment Manager, Wille Finance

Joaquín Durán
Managing Partner, BlueBull

Inaki Berenguer
Managing Partner, LifeX Ventures

Miguel Luengo-Oroz
CEO, Spotlab

Javier Gonzalez
Open Innovation Manager, ACCIONA

Pepe Agell
Partner, Pear VC

Enrique Penichet García
Founding partner, Draper B1

Carlos Caldart
Founder. CEO. PhD in S&T and PostDoc doing applied AI, Splight

Jose Carlos García de Quevedo Ruiz
Chairman, Instituto de Crédito Oficial

Klaus Nielsen
Coach, Klaus M Nielsen

Ian Marsh
Partner, DN Capital

Johannes Blaschle
Principal, Calm/Storm

Karel Escobar
cofundador, BackFund

Elizaveta Vratskikh
Coach, Mind-OS

Gustavo Arellano
Head of Commercial Development, FIBA

Christopher Cederskog
Co-Founder & CEO, Sunhero

Zaya Kadyrova
Director, Teachers' Venture Growth (OTPP)

Patricia Sierra
Innovation Lead, Navantia

Wanjiru Chabeda
Principal, Join Capital

Iago Veiras Lens
AI Partner, Elewit

Tomás Bobillo Hernández
Venture Builder, Igeneris

Clémence Mauchamp
Founder, LeadHers

Blandine Weill
President / Managing Director, La FrenchTech Madrid / Palo IT

Keith Berlin
VP of Events, Toptal

Newton Campos
Professor of Entrepreneurship, IE University

Tomás Penaguião
Partner, Bynd Venture Capital

Ashish Puri
Partner, Lightrock

Jon Bartlett
Performance, Research & Innovation Lead, NBA

Olga Villacañas Beades
Co-founder & Impact Director, Ocean52

Ignacio garcia gonzalez
Chief Operations Officer Sacyr Concesiones Spain, Sacyr Concesiones

Carmen Alfonso Rico
Director, Cocoa VC

Alessandro De Sario
CEO, TherapyChat

Javier Andres
CoFounder, LuzIA

Sam Nasrolahi
Principal, InMotion Ventures

Alvaro Martinez Higes
CEO, SoyLuzia.es

Ritesh Jain
Founder, INFYNIT

Jair Antonio Tenorio Castaño
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), ADNTRO GENETICS

Alun Evans
CEO, Freeverse

Joalin Loukamaa
Artist

René de Jong
Owner, Runway Investments S.L.

Marta Huidobro
Vicepresident, AEBAN

Ricardo Angel
CEO & Managing Partner, Piva Capital

Naiara Azpiri
COO, Information Equity Initiative

Jacqueline Davidson
Programme Director at Aerospace Xelerated and Principal, Global Accelerators & Innovation Programs, at Boeing, Aerospace Xelerated

Gonzalo Solana
Founder & CEO, Addtimme

Jonas Janssen
Investment Partner, Magnetic

Susana Garcia-Robles
Senior Partner, Capria Ventures

Arvin Singh
Co-founder, hoolah

Jessica Childress
Managing Attorney, The Childress Firm PLLC

Iza Dezon
CEO, DEZON

Guillaume d'Audiffret
Managing Director - Growth, Eurazeo

Rori Alvarez Cadavieco
General Manager EMEA, Jeeves

Roberto Quintero
Past President, Unión Social de Empresarios de México

Avinash Sukhwani
Cofounder, Payflow

Javier Sánchez
Investment Association, Mundi Ventures

Mathias Wikström
CEO, Doconomy

Yuval Avni
Co founder, Swanlaab

Beatriz Jacoste
Director, KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub

Yoko Kojima
Head of ESG, Mundi Ventures

Sergey Jakimov
Managing Partner, LongeVC

Maarten van Huijstee
Founder | CEO, Spinoza.co

Javier Goyeneche
Founder & President, Ecoalf

Lucile Cornet
Partner, Eight Roads

Nicole Flamarique
Cofounder, The Good Goal

Luis Maldonado
Professor and Fintech expert, IE University

Deborah Li
Principal, Mundi Ventures

Frances Simowitz
CEO, WEVE Acceleration

Itxaso Del Palacio
Partner, Notion Capital

Robyn O'Brien
Co-founder, Managing Director, rePlant Capital

Jon Balzategui
Cofounder and Ceo, Vilma

Michael Sidgmore
Co-Founder & Partner, Broadhaven Ventures

Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros
CEO, LIUX

Mario Ubiali
Founder, Thimus

Jonas Nyvang
CEO, STILRIDE

Cai Felip
CEO, Union Avatars

Marie Geneste
Investor, Educapital

Claude Ritter
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Cavalry Ventures

Rokas Peciulaitis
Founder & Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures

Brian Walsh
Founder + Head, WIND Ventures

Nabil Malouli
SVP eCommerce & returns, DHL

Esther Blázquez Blanco
Founder, ESTHERBLAZQUEZ.COM

Omer Davidi
CEO, BeeHero

Dilek Dayinlarli
Managing Partner, ScaleX Ventures

Pierre Devillard
Managing Director - Venture Smart City, Eurazeo

Melinda Nicci
CEO, Body Collective

Anna Heim
TechCrunch+ Reporter, TechCrunch

Chris Yeh
General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures

Andreea Constantinescu Constantinescu
Managing Partner, Planet First Partners

Miguel Angel Fito Jordán
CEO & Cofounder, Uttopion

Juan Melgarejo
CEO, Partners Connect

Anya Doherty
CEO and Founder, Foodsteps

Fernando Casado
Co-Founder & General Partner, Inclimo Climate Tech Venture Fund

Ariel Camus
Founder & CEO, Microverse

Sergio Daniel Ramirez de la Vega
Food Sustainability Specialist, Thimus

Jose Marin
Partner and Co-Founder, FJLabs

Dan Wagner
CEO, Rezolve Limited

Laura Martín Torruella
Communication Officer, Ayúdame3D

Stefano De Marzo
Editor, Novobrief

Esther Molina
Journalist, Forbes

Daniel Olmedo
CoFounder & CEO, Nware

Edward Keelan
Investment Principal, Octopus Ventures

Sophia Tran
Founder & CEO, Spotlight! Ventures

Moody Soliman
CEO & Co-Founder, Ryp Labs, Inc.

Olivier Huez
Partner, Red River West

Mariela Glandt
CEO, OwnaHealth

Lyall Davenport
Principal, Claret Capital Partners

Mario Fernandez Iglesias
CEO, Hobeen

Gonzalo Parejo
Cofounder & CEO, Kamino

Pablo Rodrigo
CEO, Trazable

Paula Blazquez Solano
Partner, 4Founders Capital

Daniel Calderon
CFO, Hopper

Harrison Rose
Co-Founder, Paddle / GoodFit

Niklas Gustafson
Founder, Natruly

Megumi Ikeda
MD, Europe, Hearst Ventures

Ricardo Marvao
Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer, Beta-i

Abraham Lopez Lee
CEO & Co-Founder, Correcto

Pascual Cortes-Monroy
Investor, Northzone

Lina Maria Uribe Restrepo
Jefe Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

José del Barrio
Managing Partner, Samaipata

Pablo Valencia
Partner, Q-Impact

Nick de la Forge
co-founder, Planet A Ventures

Eve Burton
EVP & Chariwoman, HearstLab

Jordi Romero
CEO, Factorial

Francisco Hein
Co-Founder & CMO at Fever, Fever

Ludovico Rossi
CRO, Brickken

Sahra-Josephine Hjorth
Co-founder & CEO, CanopyLAB

Dr. Tina Allton
President and CEO, Nations of Women

Edwin Mata
CEO & CoFounder, Brickken

Cristina Carrascosa
CEO, ATH21

Ariadna Maso
Founder & CEO, SANNO

Jorge Bestard
Head of EMEA, Canva

Douglas Squirrel
Insane Profit Expert, Squirrel Squared Limited

Markus Linder
CEO and co-founder, inoqo

Christopher Thomas
Co-founder & Partner, Assembly Ventures

Jared Yarnall
Director of Innovation, Biomimicry Institute

Henrique Vicentini
VP de aceptaciones y prevencio a fraudes, Kushki

Alejandro Diez Barroso
Managing Partner, DILA Capital

Martin Tantow
Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures

Andrés de León
Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Nathan Evans
Cofounder, Fulfin - financing ecommerce

Ana Durán Moreno
CEO, INNOBOOSTER

Emilio Froján
CEO, Velca

Rodrigo García de la Cruz
CEO, Finnovating

Vinny Pujji
Managing Partner, Left Lane Capital

Elizabeth Parrish
Founder, BioViva

Manuel Barreiro Castañeda
Founder and Chairman, Aston Group

Jerome Glenn
CEO, The Millennium Project

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui
Senior Lecturer / Cofounder & Managing Partner, HBS / IGNIA

Tamara Guerrero
General Manager, Protio Power

Fabio de Paula
Founder and GP, Indicator Capital

Jorge Lana
Co-Founder & CEO, Modulor Ventures

Frédéric Kauffmann
Ceo & Founder, The NeverRest Project

Ton van 't Noordende
Managing Director, QDNL Participations

Lisa Bevill
Academic Director, Center for Health, Well-being and Happiness, IE University

Thomas Schindler
Chief Pirate, delodi \| MOTHERLAND \| GITA \| IRM

Gustavo Vinacua
CEO & co-founder, Net Positive Labs

Daniel Sobek
CEO, 1s1 Energy, Inc.

Sérgio Massano
Partner, Antler

Alfonso de los Rios
Chief Executive Officer, nowports

Arden Tomison
Founder & CEO, Thalamos

Matthias Stottmeier
General Manager of Southern Europe, Shares.io

Pierre Paslier
CoCEO, Notpla

Scott Hartley
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The Fund

Michiel Kotting
Partner, Northzone

Stefano Guidotti
Partner, P101

Lupina Iturriaga
Founder and Co-CEO, Fintonic

Oriol Tintore
CEO, Belvo

Bruno Balen
Chief Genius, Ani Biome

Jaume Sanpera
CEO, SATELIOT

Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir
Co-founder of Manuia and TriCiclos, Manuia

Sergio Bandinelli
Director Desarrollo de Negocios, TECNALIA Ventures

Anna Skarborg
Head of Sustainability & Impact, Northzone

Asier Rufino
CEO, TECNALIA Ventures

Itziar Estevez
Partner, IRIS

Juan de Antonio
CEO and Founder, Cabify

Chris Ebeling
Co Founder, Virtually Human Studio Pty Ltd

Sami Hmaidan
Co-Founder | Managing Director, Blue Hat

Judy Maamari
Co-Founder | Innovation Director, Blue Hat

Alejandro Carbonell
CEO, Green Urban Data

Shachaf Snir
Director of Internal Innovation, Clalit Healthcare Services

Christophe Primault
Venture Partner, Elaia

Nate Jaret
General Partner, Maniv Mobility

Gastón Irigoyen
Co-Fundador y CEO de Pomelo, Pomelo

Melina Sánchez Montañés
Principal & VP Impact, AENU

André Schwämmlein
Founder & CEO, Flix

Isaac De La Peña
General Partner, Conexo Ventures

Fabio Fontana
CEO ZeroPoint DC - Tonomous, Chief Growth Officer Executive Director, Compute - NEOM, TONOMOUS

David Puron
CEO and co-founder, Barbara IoT

Carlos Rivera
CoFounder, Clicars

Alexis Caporale
Founding Associate, World Fund

Anne-Charlotte Philbert
VP, Eurazeo

Adrian Galea
Finance Manager, BITKRAFT Ventures

Eva Calle Garrido

2023 Partners

• IE University
• Sedia
• Comunidad de Madrid
• Madrid

GLOBAL PARTNERS:
• Wayra
• BBVA
• Google
• MutuaMadrilena
• Endesa
• Sabadell
• Toptal

PIONEER PARTNERS:
• AstraZeneca
• Foundacion Once
• Mastercard
• Ferrovial
• Dell Technologies
• Dubai
• PwC

INNOVATION PARTNERS:
• Iberia
• Sacyr
• Openvia
• Payhawk
• Cepsa
• Cinfa
• JP Morgan
• Edp
• MSD
• Grow for Scaleups
• Veolia
• TrenLab
• Caixa Bank
• Acciona
• Correos
• Aena Ventures
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Elewit
• Opentop
• Correcto
• Decathlon
• Amadeus
• ING
• Mondragon

FOSTERING PARTNERS:
• Generalitat Valenciana
• Axis
• Up Euskadi
• Brasil
• Eit Food
• Monodon
• Inspirilia Group
• Republic of Estonia E-Residency
• Camara
• GoHub
• Plug and Play
• OVH cloud
• Merz Aesthetics
• Startup Portugal
• Invest HK
• Compluemprende
• CSIC
• Barclays
• Clarke Modet
• Ceaje

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• Devoteam
• Malt
• Therapy Chat
• Ejaso
• Swan
• Eurazo
• Oesia
• Igeneris
• Ladorian
• GPartners
• Merkle
• Treezor
• Supra Legit
• Anisore