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Building Global Innovators Accelerator

• BGI is a deep innovation global accelerator, based in ISCTE-IUL/Lisbon & MIT/Boston.

For whom? Teams with a dream:

• Aspiring Entrepreneurs, Startups and Spin-outs under 5y, < €2.5M

• Working on 4 market-application verticals

1. Medical Devices & Health IT

2. Smart cities & Industrial Technologies

3. Enterprise IT & Smart Data

4. Ocean Economy

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How does BGI work?

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Where does BGI stand internationally?

Source: Adapted from the Economist, Special Report “Tech Startups: A Cambrian moment”, Jan. 18th 2014.

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Here’s BGI commitment to 20 ventures/ed.:

• Participation in e-teams bootcamps at ISCTE-IUL/Lisbon & MIT/Boston.

• Participation in invitation-only demo & investment sessions.

• In-kind support valued at €1 million, including over 1000h of mentoring per Team & business development.

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What do BGI alumni have to say? “BGI linked with all their international contacts and potential investors. They really are catalyzers for growth and new business opportunities; it is totally different. They helped us to develop a global mindset." Roberto Ugo, Movvo co-Founder (Portugal, USA).

“D-Orbit went through many selections and competitions, but BGI is the top in mentorship and acceleration-help.” Luca Rossettini, D-Orbit co-founder (Italy).

“BGI endeavours to help a new generation of entrepreneurs to achieve success. GlucoWise pursued this challenge because it creates the right environment to develop our business. Frederico Bastos, GlucoWise co-founder (UK).

“BGI way surpassed my expectations. It provides very high level mentoring and I believe it has the potential to lead to a lot of innovations and changes that will improved the world.” Torbjörn Nordling, Lokkupp co-founder (Sweden).

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BGI aims to help its startupers to:

• Identify from local to global value propositions and accelerate business ventures leveraging on differentiated technologies.

• Facilitate scaling up via series A Venture financing & connecting global Innovators to global Investors.

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BGI’s Key Numbers

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BGI Alumni (sample):

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What are we looking for in our candidates?

Strong & clear Value Propositions: some hints

1. Team: members and fit?

2. How big is the problem you are trying to solve?

3. What is the underlying technology and uniqueness?

4. What makes your product / or service innovative (€)?

5. Market: Is there an opportunity for global impact?

6. Strong business models and customer acquisition strategies/traction

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6th Ed. Key Dates

March 2nd Submissions open online @ www.mitportugal-bgi.org

May 24th Deadline for submissions

July 16th Batch of 20 ventures announcement

July 27-31st e-teams I bootcamp

November 19th Demo Day I

November 20-21st e-teams II bootcamp

February, 2016 Demo Day II

Spring 2016 e-teams III bootcamp (@MIT)

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Thank you to our Supporters!

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