An insight into the innovation ecosystem of the Start-up Nation

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Israel is located in the Middle East and was founded as a state in 1948 It shares borders with Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza strip. It also has coast in the Mediterranean Sea and access to the Red Sea Israel’s political system is a parliamentary democracy which establishes the separation of state powers and the universal suffrage

1 The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html. March 2013

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Israel Spain

Area1 20,770 Km2 505,370 Km2

Population1 7,590,758 47,042,984

GDP per capita1 $31,282 $31,943

R&D expediture2 (% GDP) 4,39% 1,38%

Venture capital per capita 3 $144 < $1

Engineers in every 10,000 inhabitants 4 135 25

3 http://blogs.cincodias.com/escuelasdenegocio/2012/09/santiso_startup_spain_emprende.html

2 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS/countries

4 http://elpais.com/diario/2009/06/07/negocio/1244379142_850215.html

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour • What? Israel Entrepreneurship Tour is a project of Start_Comillas with the idea of visiting the main institutions, R&D centers, business incubators, venture capital funds and start-ups in Israel • Why Israel? According to a study carried out by Telefónica Digital and Start-up Genome 5, Israel is the second most important innovation and entrepreneurship hub in the world, only after Silicon Valley. Not in vain it is known as the Start-up Nation • Who? It is targeting students, alumni, professors and researchers of Universidad Pontificia de Comillas who want to find business, job or research opportunities in Israel or simply learn more about this exciting environment. • When? Leaving Madrid on June 7th (Saturday) and coming back on June 15th (Sunday) • Funding In principle, participants’ own resources. The total cost including all expenses is estimated to be 1500€/person. This includes flights Madrid-Tel Aviv-Madrid, accommodation, food and transport within Israel.

5 http://blog.digital.telefonica.com/?press-release=startup-ecosystem-report-2012

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour What do we expect from the companies? We would like them to present themselves to us, show us their facilities and explain us the following things:

• What they do/make/commercialize

• The history of the company/institution. How they started the company and get financed round after round

• How the company is organized and the profile of the workers.

• What markets they target and why

• Why they think Israel is a success in R&D and entrepreneurship

• What is their opinion of Spain from their business perspective

• What opportunity they may see to collaborate with Start_Comillas and Comillas-ICAI-IIT more broadly (internships, jobs and joint-research)

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

The proposed program includes all kind of institutions and companies which take part in the innovation and entrepreneurship chain Universities and research centers: • Technion. Haifa • Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot Technology transfer companies: • Startau. Tel Aviv. • Yeda. Rehovot.

R&D Centers of companies: • Intel. Haifa.

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour Venture capital funds: • Israel Cleantech Ventures. Kfar Hayarok • Jerusalem Venture Partners. Jerusalem

Start-ups: • Cellera. Pardes Hanna Karkur • Eternix. Tel Aviv • Innowattech. Haifa Israel Entrepreneurship Tour Map : http://goo.gl/maps/juxw9 NOTE: The organizers reserves the right to change the program if needed

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Day 1, Saturday, June 7th

All day Flight to Tel Aviv

Day 2, Sunday, June 8th

11:30 Drive to Eternix

12:00 Visit Eternix

14:00 Free time for Lunch

16:00 Visit StarTAU offices

19:30 Free time for dinner in Tel Aviv

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Day 3, Monday, June 9th

8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 Drive to Israel Cleantech Ventures

9:00 Visit Israel Cleantech Ventures

14:00 Free time for Lunch

16:00 Visit Weizmann Institute of Science

19:00 Visit Yeda

21:00 Free time for dinner in Tel Aviv

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Day 4, Tuesday, June 10th

8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 Drive to Haifa

9:30 Visit Intel R&D center

14:00 Free time for Lunch

16:00 Free Afternoon in Haifa

20:30 Free time for dinner in Haifa

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Day 5, Wednesday, June 11th

8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 Drive to Technion

9:00 Visit Technion

14:00 Free time for Lunch

16:00 Visit Innowatech

19:00 Free time for dinner in Haifa

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

Day 6, Thursday, June 12th

8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 Drive to Pardes Hanna Karkur

9:00 Visit Cellera

12:00 Drive to Jerusalem

14:00 Free time for Lunch

16:00 Visit Jerusalem Venture Partners

20:30 Free time for dinner in Jerusalem

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour Day 7, Friday, June 13th

8:00 Breakfast at the hotel

9:00 Free day in Jerusalem

Day 8, Saturday, June 14th

10:00 Drive to the Dead Sea

10:30 Free time in the Dead Sea

14:00 Free time for Lunch

18:00 Drive to Jerusalem

19:00 Free time for dinner in Jerusalem

Day 9, Sunday, June 15th

All day Return to Madrid

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

1. Cellera. Pardes Hanna Karkur. http://www.cellera.biz/ 2. Eternix. Tel Aviv. http://eternix.co.il/ 3. Innowattech. Haifa. http://www.innowattech.co.il/ 4. Intel. Haifa. http://www.intel.com/jobs/israel/sites/haifa.htm 5. Israel Cleantech Ventures. Kfar Hayarok. http://www.israelcleantech.com/ 6. Jerusalem Venture Partners. Jerusalem. http://www.jvpvc.com/ 7. Startau. Tel Aviv. http://www.meetup.com/StarTau/ 8. Technion. Haifa. http://www1.technion.ac.il/en 9. Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot. http://www.weizmann.ac.il/ 10. Yeda. Rehovot. http://www.yedarnd.com/Hp.aspx

Israel Entrepreneurship Tour

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST!!!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at: israel@startcomillas.com