Cuatrecasas Acelera Closes Selection Process for Startups Participating in Ninth Edition

The Cuatrecasas Acelera open innovation program, which has helped over 50 startups to validate their legal strategy and improve their compliance, has selected six projects from the energy, fintech, foodtech, healthtech, legaltech and proptech sectors. This year, 100 applications were received with projects offering disruptive solutions in a wide range of industries.

The startups selected in the new edition will meet tomorrow, October 15, at the first bootcamp in Barcelona. On November 28, they will meet again in Madrid to participate in the second bootcamp scheduled for this year. During the four months of the program, the entrepreneurs can boost and improve their respective projects in terms of business and technology with the help of their legal mentors. They will also have the opportunity to meet some of the participants from previous editions and expand their network of contacts in the ecosystem.

During the event, in addition to participating in investment and negotiation simulation sessions, the participating startups will assess and define the legal strategies that will boost their growth, identifying the regulatory aspects required for the disruptive technologies applied in their projects. They will also learn to give them traction through presentations by the firm’s expert lawyers in the main areas of business law and legal training sessions in tax and employment law.

Cuatrecasas Acelera also includes the collaboration of leading representatives in the international venture capital sector, CEOs of reputed international companies, and experts in the startup segment, who will enable the participants to deepen their understanding of relevant matters such as cybersecurity, compliance, growth hacking, UX/UI design, fundraising and finance, communication and sales, and corporate culture.