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We want to be your partner
Banco Sabadell invests in startups with a philosophy focused on supporting entrepreneurs.
Our investment focus is on Spanish companies with a technological and digital basis, with strong growth potential and scalable and innovative business models. Additionally, BStartup has launched BStartup Health, a program to support Health projects.
Our vocation is to be the leading financial partner in the field of entrepreneurship.
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1st BStartup Green Call
After the digital revolution, the biggest challenge ahead since the Industrial Revolution will be energy transition and, in general, the struggle to decarbonise the planet.
At BStartup we are launching our first BStartup Green Call to invest specifically in startups that are able to ease the transition towards a more sustainable world through technology or digitalisation, from the following perspectives:
- Energy transition: energy flexibility, self-generation, smart grids and storage, smart homes, etc.
- Industry 4.0: reducing emissions and waste, logistics, process efficiency, materials, packaging, etc.
- Smart cities: sustainable mobility, route planning, water management, pollution control, seas and rivers, waste management, etc.
- The circular economy: waste optimisation, reusing assets, recycling, economy of functionality, etc.
Our aim is to invest in 3 pre-seed, seed or early-stage projects with value propositions based in these areas, ones able to use the investment primarily to validate the technology/science and the business.
What does BStartup Green offer?
- An investment of €100,000 in exchange for an equity stake in the project.
- Strategic support, especially in investment and financing processes, and professional financial consultancy services (business plan and financial monitoring of the business) and consultancy in the sales strategy.
- Communication and awareness campaigns.
- Access to the Banco Sabadell network.
Investment criteria:
- Sector: projects capable of facilitating global decarbonisation processes from one of the following perspectives: energy transition, Industry 4.0, smart cities and the circular economy, etc.
- Phase: pre-seed, seed and early-stage projects may be submitted. Projects with an MVP in the market will be considered an advantage.
- Aim of the investment: the programme consists of giving impetus to those projects selected, in order for them to reach a state of maturity and optimal-desirable guarantees to access subsequent investment with sectoral venture capital (initial VC rounds).
- Teams: we look for projects led by entrepreneurs who are 100% committed to their project, with global ambition, experience in the sector and multidisciplinary teams.
- Internationally-minded, registered Spanish companies.
- Differential and innovative value proposition in terms of the product or business model, one that meets a market need.
- Targeting a large, global and growing market.
- Companies with high growth potential and scalability.
Calendar:
- Announcement of the call: 12 April 2021
- Deadline for registration: 9 May 2021
- Analysis of proposals: 10 May-15 June 2021
- Investment Committee: 16 June 2021
Registration form
If you have any questions, please write to us
Expert Commission
The programme is supported by referent experts in the sector, who help publicise it and select the best proposals (BStartup will not share any information without the express consent of the startup, which would be requested in any case in the final selection phase).
Elena de Benavides
Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lead en Elewit (Red Eléctrica)
Miguel Ángel de la Fuente
Mentor at BIND 4.0 Acceleration Program & former Managing Director at ABB
Xavier Gàsquez
Renewable Energy Investment Director en Banco Sabadell
Oriol Pascual
Director en IQS Tech Factory
Patricia Pastor
Managing Director en GoHub (GlobalOmnium)
Telmo Pérez
Chief Innovation & New Business en Acciona
Miriam Roure
Principal en URBAN-X
Josep -Miquel Torregrosa
Investment Director en InnoEnergy
Sebastian Waldburg
Managing Partner & Co-founder en SI Capital Private Equity
BStartup Health offers:
- Investment of €100,000 in exchange for an equity stake.
- A support programme: BStartup Health will offer the selected startups mentoring by one of the prestigious members of the BStartup Health scientific and technical committee. The mentoring will consist of business advice at a strategic level, definition of the roadmap, advice in fundraising strategy, and more. The selected startups will also have access to some of the most relevant investors for their particular stage of development and activity, and will receive support from the BStartup team on getting ready for an investment round and preparation of the documents needed (business plan, investor’s deck, one page summary, etc).
Investment Criteria:
- Sector: Projects in the Health sphere: Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Therapeutics & Drugs, e-Health.
- Phase: Projects in the pre-seed, seed or early-stage can be presented, along with teams with innovative projects.
- Investment goal: The program consists of jump-starting project evaluation initiatives (patentability studies, concept testing, prototypes, business plans…) for the purpose of reaching a stage of maturity, along with optimum desirable guarantees for subsequent investment rounds with sectorial risk capital (first VC rounds). In the EHealth sector the existence of a product/service that is already on the market, having logged initial sales, will be positively viewed.
- Teams: Projects led by entrepreneurs, highly committed to the project, with overall ambition, experience in the sector and the vocation to set up teams.
- Spanish companies, already founded, or in the process of being founded, with an international outlook.
- A proposal with a differential and innovative value in terms of the product or business model, that meets a market need
- Addressed to an overall, broad-based and growing market.
Calendario:
- Launch of call for applications: 15 April 2020.
- Registration period: 20 May 2020.
- Analysis of Applications: June 2020.
- Scientific/Technical Committee: June 2020.
- Investment Committee: 15 July 2020.
- Mentoring y asesoramiento: During a period of one year.
Scientific/Technical Committee: Formed by the following investors and entrepreneurs, experts in the Health sector:
Clara Campàs
Founding Partner at Asabys Partners
Previouly Strategy & Development Director at Kern Pharma
CEO at Advancell and VP at CataloniaBIO & Healthtech
PhD from Universidad de Barcelona
Carlos Gallardo
Founder of CG Health Partners
Board Member en Almirall
Ex Managing Director Uk at Almirall
Ex Venture Partner at Ysios Capital
Damià Tormo
CEO and founder of Columbus Venture Parnter
Professor at the IE Business School
PhD from The University of Bonn
Montse Vendrell
Partner at Alta Life Sciences
Previously CEO at The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Parc Científic de Barcelona and Biocat
PhD from Universidad de Barcelona, GMP IESE
These are the selected startups in the previous calls of BStartup Health
We have two investment vehicles:
BStartup10
For startups in the seed – early stage phase, which receive an investment up to €100,000 and, on top of that, highly personalized mentoring.
100.000 €Sabadell Venture Capital
For startups looking for pre series A onwards in equity, or for startups looking for venture debt in post series A rounds: initial investment of between € 200,000 and € 1,000,000, with possibility to carry out follow-on with a maximum investment of € 2,000,000 per investee.
€200K – €1m
€2m
Investment criteria
BStartup10 and Sabadell Venture Capital seek to invest in companies that meet the following criteria:
- In initial situation, development and growth
(seed, early stage and startup) - Companies in the technology and digital sectors
(SaaS, mobile applications, marketplaces, e-commerce, big data, internet of things, e-health…) - B2, B2C and B2B2C business models
- Led by entrepreneurs, strongly committed to the project, with experience in the sector and the vocation of creating teams
- Spanish companies with an international viewpoint or originating in Spain.
- Differential and innovative value proposition with regard to a product or business model that satisfies a market need
- Aimed at a broad, global and growing market
Investment vehicles
BStartup10
We invest € 1,000,000 each year in a minimum of 10 startups in seed or early stagephases, up to 100,000 euros per project, in exchange for a share in social capital. The companies receive capital and personalized support that will help them mainly to develop its market and to access subsequent rounds.
Companies during the seed phase eligible for BStartup10 investment must, in addition to the general investment criteria, satisfy the following points:
- The company must be incorporated and have at least one product or service developed and have the initial metrics of market validation.
- A team of entrepreneurs who possess the majority shareholding in the company and are 100% committed to the project.
Want BStartup10 to analyse your startup?
If you are looking for investment and believe your startupmeets our investment criteria, complete the form and we’ll be happy to analyse your proposal and contact you.
Companies during the seed phase eligible for BStartup10 investment must, in addition to the general investment criteria, satisfy the following points:
- The company must be incorporated and have at least one product or service developed and have the initial metrics of market validation.
- A team of entrepreneurs who possess the majority shareholding in the company and are 100% committed to the project.
Want BStartup10 to analyse your startup?
If you are looking for investment and believe your startupmeets our investment criteria, complete the form and we’ll be happy to analyse your proposal and contact you.
Investment vehicle aimed at companies that want to boost their growth via pre series A onwards investment rounds.
We invest from € 200,000 to € 1,000,000 initially per company, and may reach investments of up to € 2,000,000 accompanying in successive rounds of investment.
Companies during the startup phase eligible for investment must, in addition to the general investment criteria, satisfy the following points:
- Product successfully marketed. Roadmap of development of new products / features defined.
- Tried and trusted business model.
- Team with key positions covered.
- Significant number of customers.
- Scalable business model that seeks a global impact.
Our philosophy is to co-lead or accompany rounds of investment with other investors to cover the total financing needs of the company.
We seek to accompany those companies as a partner who can add value to their investees and finance the growth of the company towards its consolidation.
Want Sabadell Venture Capital to analyse your startup?
Complete the form with the information on your company and we’ll be happy to analyse your proposal and contact you.
Companies during the startup phase eligible for investment must, in addition to the general investment criteria, satisfy the following points:
- Product successfully marketed. Roadmap of development of new products / features defined
- Tried and trusted business model
- Team with key positions covered
- Significant number of customers
- Scalable business model that seeks a global impact
Want Sabadell Venture Capital to analyse your startup?
Complete the form with the information on your company and we’ll be happy to analyse your proposal and contact you.
SYNERGIES with the Bank
Banco Sabadell will study the potential synergies between the products submitted by the startups and the innovation processes of the bank to include them in our Open Innovation strategy, if it is in the interests of both parties.
The Bank may also become a client, as it is for many other startups.
Co-investment and collaboration
The Banco Sabadell philosophy is collaboration. This philosophy is present in the BStartup initiative and for this reason, co-investment is encouraged with the different players in the national and international investment eco-system.
We also collaborate with the entire eco-system that encourages the creation and growth of these companies: incubators, accelerators, business angels networks, development agencies, universities and technology parks.
Portfolio
Learn about the companies that we are supporting through BStartup10 and Sabadell Venture Capital programs.
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