València Activa invites 5 startups to participate in DreamHack València

CALL DREAMHACK 2022

The València Activa Foundation, through VIT Emprende, opens call to select 5 startups and/or innovative companies to showcase their products and services at the DreamHack event, from July 1 to 3, to show, through its stand, the entrepreneurial, innovative and technological talent of the city of Valencia.

DreamHack Valencia, the largest video game and digital entertainment festival in Spain and one of the largest in Europe, joins València Activa to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the gamer sector in Valencia. Thus, the festival will be attended by five Valencian startups dedicated to video games. This action aims to give visibility to these new business initiatives so that other companies or investors can get to know them and bet on them. These projects will be present at the stand of València Activa at DreamHack.

DreamHack Valencia, which will take place at Feria València between July 1 and 3, is the perfect nexus between technology companies, gamers, young people and investors. Betting on innovation, technology and the future is part of the essence of DreamHack, which is why València Activa has been collaborating with the festival for several years. The main objective of the València Activa space will be to facilitate the opportunity for technology and digital companies of València, to exhibit at the event so they can give visibility to their projects, establish business relationships and test the state of competition. 

This call is an initiative that responds to the institutional will to actively promote emerging initiatives and new creators.

Endowment

The València Activa stand will have 5 spaces in which the startups or innovative companies will have at their disposal:

• Exhibition space with a 120x80 table to showcase their products.
• Electricity and internet access.
• 5 tickets for the team of the startup or innovative company.
• 15 invitations to the event

Requirements to apply for the call:

1. Be part of the VIT Emprende network. Applicants must be registered and / or register, free of charge.
2. Have fiscal and/or social domicile and/or residence in the municipality of Valencia or prove to have participated in a program of innovative entrepreneurship, design, public or private, in the city of Valencia.
3. Have their own active products on the market or at a very advanced stage to be able to exhibit them at the stand.
4. Not having, so far, representation at the event.
5. Companies and/or professionals must be incorporated prior to submitting the application.

How, where and when to send the application:

All requested information should be sent to: vitemprende@valenciactiva.es 

Until Wednesday, June 13, 2022 at 12:00 noon, specifying the following data:

• Name and CNAE of the entity.
• E-mail, telephone and complete address of the entity.
• Contact person (name, telephone and e-mail).
• Names and surnames of the possible people who will participate in the stand, and the position they hold in the organization.
• Logo of the startup or company in vector format.
• Descriptive information of the company and images of the products to be exhibited in the stand. Max. 60 words, in Spanish, Valencian and English.
• Submit the requested supporting documents. In the case of the address and the date of registration of the activity (certificate of census status, resolution of registration of self-employed, etc.).
• Letter of commitment, signed by a representative of the entity, where it accepts the participation in the event in the following terms:
  • Availability to remain at the fair on the days of the event during the opening of the fairgrounds to the public.
  • To facilitate the necessary resources for the displacement, lodging and maintenance of the people of the entity that will travel to the event.
  • Subsequently deliver an evaluation report on attendance at the event.

Selection criteria:

The selection of the startups, companies and professionals that will be part of the València Activa stand will be carried out by the technical staff of the València Activa Foundation. The following criteria will be taken into account:

• That they are framed within the following sectors: 
  • 10 points: e-sports or video game development.
  • 8 points: animation, virtual or augmented reality
  • 5 points: other areas related to the sector
• Date of incorporation:
  • 10 points: After January 1, 2020
  • 5 points: Prior to January 1, 2020

In the event of a tie in the evaluation, priority will be given to the order in which the applications were received.

Communication of the selection

The resolution of the selection of the participants will be published on our website and we will contact the beneficiary companies/professionals.

Those selected will be sent additional information on the characteristics of the space (m2, access to electricity, etc.), once they have been notified that they have been selected.