In a world where health challenges are becoming increasingly complex and urgent, technological innovation alone is not enough. For an idea to become a real solution that improves lives, something else is needed: strategic collaboration. In this context, events that connect entrepreneurs, hospitals, corporations, and investment funds are taking on a leading role in shaping
One of the largest cloud industry conferences, Cloud Summit, announced Thursday that it will postpone the event due to concerns over the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. The summit was scheduled for May 12-14 at the Miami Beach Convention Center and will be postponed until early 2021, according to the organizers, Ingram Micro Cloud. In its 11th
This month developers and entrepreneurs in the city of Medellín have a new space to learn about Java. On May 30th JAVA Design Patterns, an event discussing the technology and its design, will be held in Ruta N. The 2 hour event is organized by Talos Digital. Java 8 is the most recent version of
Innovation competition Dream Big Challenge, founded by professional basketball player Pau Gasol, hosted its first event in Latin America this past week. The event was held in Medellin, Colombia in Selina. Dream Big Challenge was started last year by the NBA start with the aim of providing young people with an opportunity to develop their
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, has concluded its third edition of the annual Seedstars LATAM Summit in Lima, Peru this week. During the event, the Launch of Seedspace Lima was announced at the Summit in the aim of continuing Seedstars efforts in building a thriving
The Seedstars Latin America regional summit begins today, December 4, in Lima, Peru. Having been scouted out by the Seedstars Team, the 12 chosen startups from Latin America will now have the opportunity to participate in the Seedstars Growth Bootcamp, which starts today as part of the Summit. As part of the bootcamp, startups will receive
Colombia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs will meet next week in Miami for the fifth annual Business Matchmaking Forum, taking place from 30-31 October. The event, called ‘Colombia: Bring it On’, hopes to connect over 120 entrepreneurs with buyers and investors and is organised by government trade bureau ProColombia alongside Unbound Miami Innovation Festival, a celebration
Medellín is no stranger to reinvention – after all, the city has gone from being dubbed as “the most dangerous city on earth” to the “Silicon Valley of South America” in less than three decades. That evolution is showing no signs of slowing thanks to an ever-expanding startup scene. Entrepreneurship has grown to become an
Eight startups have been selected to pitch in front of a panel of investors and a live audience at the ATECH conference in Aruba this October. The startups are: Perksy (USA/New York) Perksy is a next-gen consumer insights platform for brands and a category-creating rewards app for consumers. Perksy redefines data capture and makes it
Colombia Startup 2018 is now underway having announced the final eighteen startups for their summit this November. The finalists were chosen from 300 startups that applied and will be offered the chance to present their innovative ideas before investors in the hope of scaling them to new heights. The startups run through the gamut of