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Its the first Acceleration Festival focused on Startups in Latin America.

The event is focused on supporting the companies and startups reach the support to bring innovation to their companies and help them grow their business.

An event that seeks to detonate spaces to generate business between companies and startups.

SWITCH private and public initiative generated with the support of Federal support from INADEM, State support from the government of Guanajuato and Startup México

“It made me discover the entrepreneur I have in Me”.

Jorge Limón, Profesional poker player

“The world moves faster and faster, things change at all time, there is much information to learn, it is difficult to know everything that happens in the world and these type of events manage to gather people, ideas are exchanged, but must of all networks are built with access to knowledge. That will give quiker answers to many of the questions”.

Steve CadiganV.P. Human Resources, LinkedIn

“It is an event that makes clear that startup ecosystems, are not something that is closed to only places like Silicon Valley or Europe, but spreads around the world to form a global ecosystem”

Nima Kaz, CEO The Founder Institute Brasil

“It is very ambitious, bringing several accelerators is very important, is the first time it happens in Latin America, which is very good for Mexico . In addition it was done in a small town that is not the Mexico City, which is very ambitious "

Miklos Grof, CEO de Fundacity

“An event that allowed us to concentrate in one place all the Latin American entrepreneurial ecosystem , which helps us to get to know us, focus and become a single region”.

Felix Halcartegaray, CEO de Incuba UC

“It helped us see more clearly that the vision of the Mexican entrepreneur is global and much more aggressive than before.!

Tadashi Takaoka, CEO Startup Chile

"I was impressed by the attendance, very young people and very talented . Anything that can be done to make the ecosystem more valuable for entrepreneur is welcome.”

Kevin Tapply,Business Developer in Techstars

San Miguel de Allende

49,726 interactions Virtual Fair

4 competitions, 500 participants, $1.2MM USD prices

7,500,000 Media impacts (press, TV, Online)

5,000 assistants

1 al 3 de Diciembre 2015

$7,280,000 Pesos economic impact

Impact generated

San Miguel de Allende1, 2 y 3 de Diciembre 2015

San Miguel de Allende

90% hotel occupancy

Internacional Exposure for SMA

Economic spill superior to $7,280,000 Mexico

Development of 37 ideas for turistic promotion of Guanajuato

4,400 hotel nights

Generatedimpactin San Miguel de Allende


VisitantesVisitors

+ 5,000 unic asitents

Participation of 15 counties

Participation of over 20 states

Generated impact


Companies 10 workshops in innovation

3 private dinners with

Keynotes

Brand placement

Product placement

Linking to relevant

technology for their industry

More than 3 million impacts

on printed and digital media

Programs & companies participating


Content

136 conferences

140 speakers

8 conference halls

50 High impact investors

150 High impact startups

100 founds & accelerators

3 venues

La casona

TeatroÁngela Peralta

Casa Europa


App & Virtual Space

823 App download

49,728 interactions in the Virtual fair

163 virtual stands


20 national media

Coverage

7,500,000Media impacts


1,400 followers

over

1,621,843Total Impacts

Social Media

16,600 likes

31,544 playbacks

181 followers


Network

FuckUp Nights @Switch

Music parade

Startup markets

Private dinners

Closing party

Event with investors


31 semifinalist

1.2 M USD in support for the winners

The Bridge

200 latinamerican companies

20 proyectos selected

First Softlanding contest in México


International Jurors

$100,000Pesos to the

winner Startup GAZEN

The Pitch

210 companies resgistered

13 finalists

Looking for the best pitch


30 hrs

Prize for

$50,000Pesos for Itinerario

Hackathon

37 teams registered

Looking for a projecto to increase turism in Guanajuato


DECEMBER 5 & 6, POLIFORUM, LEÓN, GUANAJUATO

ACCELERATION FESTIVAL

LATINOAMERICA

12 INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

5 FORUMS10 PANELS &WORKSHOPSNETWORKINGEXHIBITIONSCONTESTINVESTORSPARTIES2 DAYS OF CONTENT TO DETONATE YOUR BUSINESS

GATHER THE STARTUPS WITH THE

COMPANIES

FAST OR NEVER5 y 6 de diciembre de 2016

Poliforum, León Guanajuato

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