Bizkaia joins next week the American Techstars and Biscay Bay Startup Campus to create the largest entrepreneurship meeting in the world

Bilbao becomes the capital of the “startups” between 22 and 26 November by the hand

of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, which unites in the same space to the American

company Techstars, one of the largest accelerators in the world, and Biscay Bay Startup

Campus, the university event that has been established in recent years in the essential

appointment of young entrepreneurs.

The meeting, which will take place in Azkuna Zentroa, will bring together personalities

such as Gianluca Benincasa, Uber’s marketing director for Southern Europe, Ash

Ravikumar, from CERN’s entrepreneurship department, Carry Sommers, the founder of

Fashion Revolution or the young NASA scientist, Eneko Axpe, who will share their experience and advice with more than 1000 entrepreneurs, investors, students, companies and public and private entities.

During the week, it will be possible to attend conferences, round tables and “a lot of

networking” around different topics and also strategic sectors for the territory, such as

trends in energy and mobility, keys to innovation in large corporations, experiences

around talent management and training or the future of ‘foodtech’.

The celebration of these events means, in the words of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia,

both events reinforce the strategy of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and its

commitment to strengthening the entire value chain of entrepreneurship. For Techstars,

the objective is to give continuity to the edition we held in 2019, with more than 1,300

participants, and to continue supporting and connecting entrepreneurs in the region. The

organization of BBSC clarifies that it is more important than ever to promote

entrepreneurship among the youngest, and plant in Bizkaia the seed of an innovative

hub for future generations.

The meeting aims to bring together the entire entrepreneurial community. While the

“Startup Week Biscay” focuses on entrepreneurs with companies in advanced stages,

the BBSC campus puts the young touch by bringing together students and millennials.

Those wishing to attend both meetings can register through their respective websites.

Techstars Startup Week is one of the most relevant and inspiring events in the

international entrepreneurial ecosystem. It is held annually in cities such as Los Angeles,

New York, Sydney, Taipei, Bangkok, Mexico City, and Dublin. In 2019, Bilbao joined this

list of leading innovation ecosystems, however, in 2020, because of the global

pandemic, it could not celebrate its second edition.

Based in Boulder, Colorado (USA), Techstars is a global network that seeks out, invests

in and supports the best entrepreneurs around the world. They do this through its 50

accelerators around the world, with which, this year alone, they will invest in more than

500 technology startups.

BBSC has become, in less than 4 years, an unmissable event for all young

entrepreneurs in Southern Europe. The Campus has grown from a #BBSC18 with 300

people in Bilbao, a community with thousands of young people in Southern Europe.

Always with the same mission: to support and create a new generation of innovators.

Each year, BBSC focuses on a cause to raise awareness about issues of global impact.

In #BBSC18 it was Women’s Leadership, in #BBSC19 Social Impact, in #BBSC20 Open Innovation and in this 4th edition, the campus supports entrepreneurs leading the

ecological transition and young people driving global climate action. will be the climate-

focused edition.

BBSC is supported by the University of the Basque Country and its incubator Zitek,

Iberdrola, Obra Social BBK, Bilbao Port, La Salve Bilbao and Arteche, among others.