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Building Global Innovators Accelerator
• BGI is a deep innovation global accelerator, based in
ISCTE-IUL/Lisbon & MIT/Boston.
For whom? Teams with a dream:
• Aspiring Entrepreneurs, Startups and Spin-outs under 5y, < €2.5M
• Working on 4 market-application verticals
1. Medical Devices & Health IT
2. Smart cities & Industrial Technologies
3. Enterprise IT & Smart Data
4. Ocean Economy
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How does BGI work?

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Where does BGI stand internationally?
Source: Adapted from the Economist, Special Report “Tech Startups: A Cambrian moment”, Jan. 18th
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Here’s BGI commitment to 20 ventures/ed.:
• Participation in e-teams bootcamps at ISCTE-IUL/Lisbon &
MIT/Boston.
• Participation in invitation-only demo & investment sessions.
• In-kind support valued at €1 million, including over 1000h of
mentoring per Team & business development.
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What do BGI alumni have to say?
“BGI linked with all their international contacts and potential investors. They really are catalyzers
for growth and new business opportunities; it is totally different. They helped us to develop a
global mindset." Roberto Ugo, Movvo co-Founder (Portugal, USA).
“D-Orbit went through many selections and competitions, but BGI is the top in mentorship and
acceleration-help.” Luca Rossettini, D-Orbit co-founder (Italy).
“BGI endeavours to help a new generation of entrepreneurs to achieve success. GlucoWise
pursued this challenge because it creates the right environment to develop our business.
Frederico Bastos, GlucoWise co-founder (UK).
“BGI way surpassed my expectations. It provides very high level mentoring and I believe it has
the potential to lead to a lot of innovations and changes that will improved the world.” Torbjörn
Nordling, Lokkupp co-founder (Sweden).
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BGI aims to help its startupers to:
• Identify from local to global value propositions and accelerate
business ventures leveraging on differentiated technologies.
• Facilitate scaling up via series A Venture financing &
connecting global Innovators to global Investors.
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BGI’s Key Numbers

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BGI Alumni (sample):
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What are we looking for in our candidates?
Strong & clear Value Propositions: some hints
1. Team: members and fit?
2. How big is the problem you are trying to solve?
3. What is the underlying technology and uniqueness?
4. What makes your product / or service innovative (€)?
5. Market: Is there an opportunity for global impact?
6. Strong business models and customer acquisition
strategies/traction
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6th Ed. Key Dates
March 2nd Submissions open online @ www.mitportugal-bgi.org
May 24th Deadline for submissions
July 16th Batch of 20 ventures announcement
July 27-31st e-teams I bootcamp
November 19th Demo Day I
November 20-21st e-teams II bootcamp
February, 2016 Demo Day II
Spring 2016 e-teams III bootcamp (@MIT)
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Need more information?
Please see Rules & Regulations available @ BGI website:
www.mitportugal-bgi.org for detailed information.
You can contact us as well by email: mitportugal-iei@iscte.pt
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