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Today, we celebrate the 5 category winners of the South Summit 2026 Startup Competition:

🚀 Global Winner - @MitigaSolutions 
🚀 Most Scalable - Wise CX
🚀 Most Disruptive - Floatech
🚀 Most Sustainable - Macadam
🚀 Best Team - Xplora Group

Selected from a pool of more than 100 startups, these companies represent the talent, ambition and disruptive thinking that define the global entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The future is being built today. And these startups are leading the way.
#SouthSummit26 #StartupCompetition

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That’s a wrap on #SouthSummit26 ❤️

For three days, Madrid became the place where founders, investors, corporations, institutions and innovators from around the world came together to explore one idea: what happens when technology, talent and ambition converge.

Here’s what we achieved together: 18,000 attendees from 141 countries, with +7,000 startups, +5,000 corporations, +2,100 investors and 32 unicorns.

Thank you to everyone who made #SouthSummit26 possible.

See you in 2027 🚀

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🔥 The AI Venture Buildathon by IE University comes to an end

After hours of building, the five most promising ideas took the stage to pitch what they’ve created today.

Impressive @IEuniversity & @joehas

📍The Next Big Thing

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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The future of innovation is already here 🚀👧👦

Today at the #Catalyststage 📍, young entrepreneurs take the spotlight in the Kids Competition, showcasing creativity, problem-solving, and the bold ideas that could shape tomorrow.

From @GenyusSchool , Colegio Alcaste – Las Fuentes, Colegio Internacional Peñacorada, Colegio Greenfield, and more, these students prove that age is no barrier to innovation.

#AIConvergence #SouthSummit26

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Who said ecosystems need borders?

From Porto Alegre to Madrid, @jrhopf, president of @southsummitbr and @SebastiaoMelo, mayor of Porto Alegre, explore how innovation grows when cities decide to build together, not alone.

Moderated by @jorge_audy

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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🚀 Technology can do more than scale businesses—it can scale opportunity.

Jaime Castillo (@shakersworks), Rafael Gozalo (thePower), Jorge Gómez (YOURS) and Sandra Sabaté (Bravo) on education, financial wellbeing and access at scale. 🌍 #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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Your company has AI.
But does your company know where its AI is?

Maurício Chamati (@MercadoBitcoin) takes the stage to discuss AI governance, data sovereignty and why becoming a "queryable company" may be the next competitive advantage.

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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🚀 Will AI transform SaaS—or replace it altogether?

Martin Karschkes (Lightrock), Luis Nieto (Salesblue) and Iván Rodríguez (Modelia) discuss the future of software in the age of AI. 🤖 #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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For years, we've been told innovation lives in a few select places.

What if that's no longer true?

Silvia Cavalcanti (@Endeavor) explores how entrepreneurs from across the globe are building the next generation of high-growth companies.

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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🚀 How can technology make cities more efficient?

Marta Parro Pérez (@MADRID) presents MADRIDdbp, a new platform using BIM and automation to streamline building permits and accelerate urban innovation. 🏙️ #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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Can Europe build a truly pan-European deep tech scaleup ecosystem? 🌍🚀

Scaling science-based innovation requires talent, capital, partnerships, and connected ecosystems.

Featuring:
• Liam Cronin (Nova UCD)
• @GeoffroyGerard (IE School of Science & Technology)
• Jana Golfmann (UnternehmerTUM)
• Dora Handrea (University of Oxford)
• Natalia Ruiz (SC Net Zero Ventures Fund)
• Carlos Sanz (Matteco)

#AIConvergence #SouthSummit26

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🚀 What happens when finance is built around people, not systems?

Phil Teixeira Da Mota (Shapers), Joe Wilson (bunq) and @AGegamova discuss the next generation of fintech, powered by AI and designed for real life. 💳🤖 #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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🏛️ Family offices are quietly reshaping the startup ecosystem. How?

Now at #ClubHouse as part of the LP Forum:

→ @coletteballou , Ballou Capital - Founder/Chairwoman
→ @betopallares , Joseph Advisory / Audaz Capital - General Partner
→ @natalieotwoma , Sibell Family Office - Investor
→ Charlotte Palmer, Integra Global Advisors - Vice President
→ Veronica Serra, Innova Capital - Founding Partner

🔒 By invitation or special pass only.

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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Can AI help leaders make better decisions in complex environments? 🧠🤖

Valerie Won Lee, Global #1 New Release author and founder of WomenTech Network, explores how AI and collective intelligence can enhance judgment, accelerate research, and navigate uncertainty.

#AIConvergence #SouthSummit26

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🧠 Builders are now deep into defining their ideas

“The more you define your idea, the better you will build your MVP”

⏱️ In just 10 minutes, they’ll be sharing their concepts

AI Venture Buildathon by IE University
@joehas & @IEuniversity

📍The Next Big Thing

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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🚀 When AI meets physical performance, sport becomes a new frontier for innovation.

Mauro Frota (BHOUT) explores how intelligent systems are transforming the way we train, move and understand the human body. 🤖🏃 #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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For years, investing felt like a club with an unspoken dress code.
@hartvigsen_anna, co-founder of @FemaleInvest is here to challenge that.

Her keynote explores why investing should be part of everyday life, not just a privilege for a few.

#SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

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How do we accelerate the journey from research to market? 🔬➡️🚀

A conversation on scaling deep tech innovation in Europe with:

• Asier Rufino (Tecnalia Ventures)
• @JGarciaRomeu (Alcyon Photonics)
• Juan Manuel Muñoz Guijosa (UPM)
• Maximilian Rowoldt (@mrowoldt8 Cusp Capital Partners)
• Carrie Frais (Moderator)

#AIConvergence #SouthSummit26

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🚀 Is Europe’s startup diversity its greatest strength—or its biggest challenge?

Dmitry Firskin (Altair Capital), Tomás Güida (Shilling), @PatriciaPastorG (Next Tier Ventures) and Carlos Herranz (@SEDIAgob) discuss the future of Europe’s early-stage ecosystem. 🌍 #SouthSummit26 #AIConvergence

Now at 📍Playground Stage