Sign up for the actúaupm business creation competition before March 22, 2024.

Within the actúaupm Entrepreneurship program, we find the actúaUPM business creation competition, aimed at students, professors, and researchers from UPM, with the aim to:

  • Detect innovative and/or distinctive business ideas and contribute to the formation of entrepreneurial teams.
  • Attract distinctive talent and contribute to its development.
  • Develop innovative business models with social and economic impact.
  • Promote the transfer of knowledge and technology from the University to society.
  • Promote the acquisition of transversal competencies.
  • Contribute to the validation of business models.
  • Reward the best projects in each of the phases that make up the Competition.

The competition is open to the entire UPM Community and, being international in nature, it is also open to Erasmus students, and will have collaboration with EELISA, EIT, and other partner universities of UPM.

Reasons to participate:

  • Be part of the leading university entrepreneurship initiative in Spain.
  • 45.000 euros in prizes.
  • Comprehensive training program with sessions on marketing, sales, fundraising, etc., to evolve the project.
  • Networking and access to the actúaupm Alumni Network.
  • 325 start-ups created.
  • +200 million euros in investment raised by actúaupm start-ups.
  • +60% of startups are still active after five years.

You have until March 22, 2024, to submit your idea or ideas in the 21st actúaupm call!

Access the registration and consult the competition rules for more information.

You can also visit the actúaupm blog or www.upm.es/actuaupm and contact their team through the email creacion.empresas@upm.es