Innovation and Perseverance: The Entrepreneurial Journey of the CEO of Keybotic, leader in Industrial Robotics
Irene is CEO and co-founder of Keybotic, a deep tech startup specialized in manufacturing autonomous robot dogs for industrial inspections. Established after winning the most prestigious million-dollar robotics prize (DARPA Robotics Challenge), they have managed to reach commercialization in less than three years. It has been recognized in the EmprendeXXI 2024 Awards as the startup with the greatest potential in Catalonia. Irene has recently been chosen as one of the 35 Women in Technology 2024 by Forbes.
Irene will talk to us about how to create a disruptive product through R&D, how to finance it, how to create a team and how to reach the market in a very short time.
Deporvillage: From Startup to ecommerce leader in the sports sector
In this talk, Javier will share the history of Deporvillage, from its beginnings to becoming a benchmark in electronic commerce of sporting goods in Spain and Europe. It will begin with the founding of the company, exploring the initial inspiration and challenges in launching the platform.
He will talk about growth, highlighting strategies to attract customers and expand your product catalog, and share experiences from the fundraising process and finding investors.
Finally, he will address the sale of Deporvillage, the motivations behind this decision and the subsequent transition. He will conclude by reflecting on his departure from the company and what he learned during this journey, hoping to inspire other entrepreneurs to follow their dreams and not give up.
Empowering Connections: How Sales & Customer Success is Revolutionizing SaaS
Laura is co-founder of The Hotels Network, a technology company that improves direct channel sales for hotels through personalization, improving web conversion rates for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide and working with brands such as One & Only, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Catalonia, Palladium, Jumeirah, Minor-NH, Straberry and Penta Hotels.
In addition, she is a mentor at Seedrocket, a startup accelerator for technological startups in Spain, founded in 2008 and focused on supporting emerging companies in their early stages, especially in sectors such as technology and the internet.
Laura will talk to us about the relationship between Sales and the Success team and how to take advantage of this connection from the beginning of the company to accelerate sales, ensure the success of the onboarding of the first clients, maximize retention, and be the catapult for the rest of the teams to follow the accelerated pace that these 2 teams usually follow.
The mistakes and successes of an entrepreneur
Marek Fodor is an entrepreneur and investor with an outstanding career in the world of technology and startups. He is co-founder of Atrapalo, a leading leisure and travel platform, and Kantox, a fintech specialized in currency exchange solutions for companies.
Additionally, he has invested in multiple successful startups, including Deporvillage, Flywire, Holded, ReviewPro, Flanks, Embate, ZenRows, Securitize, Scooinary and Anyformat, among others. His experience ranges from the creation and management of innovative companies to investment in various technological sectors, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
In his talk, Marek will give us a practical retrospective of the main mistakes made over 20+ years in the technology sector.