The second edition of the INDPULS Startup Support Program “ACCELERATE YOUR GO TO MARKET” begins.
On June 7, we celebrated the start of the second edition of the INDPULS Startup Support Program, “ACCELERATE YOUR GO TO MARKET.” Throughout the day, we had the opportunity to learn more about the 10 startups participating in the program. We also enjoyed a lecture by Xavier Marcet, president of Lead to Change, on people-centered business growth. There was also space for networking and one-to-one meetings between corporations and Startups to identify collaboration opportunities and schedule initial meetings.
Circularity, new materials, and traceability: the challenges of this second edition of the program.
The Startup Support Program is an initiative by INDPULS aimed at identifying collaboration opportunities between startups and industrial companies within our ecosystem, to accelerate their growth. This year’s challenges have focused on Circularity, New Materials, and Traceability. For this edition, startups have been selected that contribute to reducing environmental impact through the circularity of materials, improving energy efficiency, wastewater treatment, and the use of new biodegradable materials, as well as ensuring the traceability of raw materials, products, and assets throughout the supply chain.
A total of 58 startups from around the world, mainly from Europe and America, applied to be part of the program and were rigorously evaluated by the Evaluation Committee before making the final decision. Finally, the 10 selected startups are ATOM H2, Bioferric INK S.L., Blue Room Innovation, Intemic, Kheoos, Muutech Monitoring Solutions, Mylime, Pack2Earth, Sensefinity, and Siverus S.L.
Keys to People-Centered Growth, with Xavier Marcet
In a constantly evolving business world, focusing on people has become a key strategy for sustainable growth for established companies and startups. Xavier Marcet, an expert in leadership and business management, gave a lecture where he shared the main keys to fostering people-centered growth:
- Creating a startup means building a future company that will thrive on customers.
- The purpose of startups is to create value (or an expectation of value) that investors or future customers will want to buy.
- Grow with the right people.
- Focus on achieving unique profitability.
- Be clear that people are the strategy.
- Strive to have the ability to combine agility and patience.
- Have the capacity to think.
Xavier Marcet also spoke to us about different types of growth, including growth achieved through developing new business models or products, growth driven by contributions to society, inorganic growth through acquisitions, growth by increasing margins, innovation, expansion into new markets, or market intensification.
The ‘ACCELERATE YOUR GO TO MARKET’ program will conclude on September 20 with a new plenary session. During the event, the two winning startups that will participate in the Boston Seminary 2025 on Strategy, Growth, and Innovation, organized by Lead To Change, will be announced. Learn how the finalist startups from the first edition of the program experienced the Boston Seminary 2024 at the following link.
