Chilean innovation hub opens call for science and technology startups with an investment of USD 140,000.
Mexico will be able to take part for the first time thanks to an agreement between the Chilean organization Know Hub and Tec de Monterrey
The acceleration program for science- and technology-based ventures, Know Hub Ignition 04, returns for its fourth edition in collaboration with Tec de Monterrey, with an investment of USD 140,000.
This project, a Know Hub Chile initiative, aims to increase the number and the national and international reach of technology businesses based on research and development (R&D) results generated by universities and research centers.
The call will be open to all of Latin America, including Mexico, which will take part for the first time, after Know Hub and Tec de Monterrey signed an agreement to seek resources for the development of this type of project.
Applications open today and close on July 16, and teams can apply in two categories, general and dual innovation, competing for USD 140,000.
This project, developed in Chile by the Know Hub organization, has in this edition the collaboration of Tec de Monterrey, the support of Chile’s National Research and Development Agency (ANID), and Lockheed Martin as a partner company.
The program runs in a hybrid format for teams from Chile and fully online for teams from the rest of Latin America.
“With this training, through our mentors, we will be able to identify and guide Latin American entrepreneurial talent so they can create their EBCTs and connect with the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Mexico and our EBCTec-Bridge softlanding program,” the executive explained.
More than 140 teams have taken part in this program, which faces the challenge of consolidating a knowledge-based economy, a major task supported by Know Hub Chile, created in 2018 by the Chilean Economic Development Agency, Corfo.
Call across Latin America
The program offers USD 140,000 to be shared among the winning teams, and has two categories. The first covers all areas of science and technology, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, software, synthetic biology, sensors and space technologies, among others.
The second focuses on dual innovation, understood as the process through which science and technology act as a means of interaction between the Defense world and the Civilian world, generating value in both contexts.
The call is open to multidisciplinary teams of entrepreneurs, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs and other professionals linked to research and development institutions in countries of the region.
Each team must have at least two members, and the ability to combine technical and business skills, as well as others relevant to the entrepreneurial challenge, will be valued.
Applications are open until July 16, 2024 at: www.knowhub.cl/ignition04
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