Similar values to the ones of the European Union. Private sector being essential in development. Aniceto Rodriguez, Head of Cooperation in Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas, answers the question:. “Why is it so crucial for the EU to foster

“Si quieres ir rápido, ve solo, si quieres llegar lejos, ve acompañado” 👣. Este es el mensaje que queremos transmitir durante nuestro próximo webinar para fomentar colaboraciones entre startups y corporaciones de Ecuador con empresas del Caribe y de Europa. Descubrirás EU-LAC

What is the link between…?. 🔒…a biometric verification on an HSBC app.🖼️…a virtual exhibition on the Prado Museum’s website.⚽…a survey on a Bayern Munich fan app. These are all #eServices. They enable users to access, request, and interact with services remotely, often in

“68.9% of corporate venturing initiatives fail to deliver the expected results”. (@mitsmr, The Three Barriers to Deep-Tech Corporate Venturing). The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator services are meant to bring you into the 31.1% tier. 🔘 #ProofOfConcept: Make sure your idea has wings

Open call #4 for transatlantic partnerships is out 🌎🚀. 3 reasons to apply before the deadline on 31 October 2025:. 1️⃣ We are NOT the traditional startup accelerator. We accelerate corporate-startup partnerships. → What does this mean for YOU? You get a digital product or

When Infotrack, a Colombian firm, posted their corporate challenge on the matching platform, the EU-LAC team began the scouting process. 🎯Mission: Find a startup that could support Infotrack in improving real-time inventory logistics with AI. Several months later, through the

New pathways for collaboration between the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe 🌎. Maika Gorostidi and Leo Naut from the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator met:. 1️⃣ Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz and Marlene Lamonth from the Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica. 2️⃣And later, Shelly Ann

Earlier this week, on 24-25 June, the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator welcomed several Jamaican startups to Kingston for a dynamic round of interviews. Through these conversations, we gained a deeper understanding of each startup’s business and potential by discovering their:

50+ startups and corporates joined the event “Unlocking Startup–Corporate Venture Opportunities” in Kingston, Jamaica. Why did this event matter? What did the audience learn?. ⏺️A cooperation standing in the Caribbean and beyond: .Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz, Head of Cooperation of

It took us 40 to 50 years to be able to light a bulb at home after electricity was invented 💡. It’s taking us 1 to 2 years to adopt ChatGPT in our daily lives. In other words, the technology train is stopping for a far shorter time at the station. You have 1 minute to jump

The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator was present at #EBN2025, co-organised by EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network & #EUBIC at BIC BIZKAIA EZKERRALDEA. We had the pleasure of explaining how STARTUP-CORPORATE collaboration can drive the EU twin transition innovation.

Musicians have a shared vision to create great music and perform well. They also have complementary strengths, as each of them plays a different instrument. And there’s also a clear value exchange: everyone’s part is essential for the final sound. To sum up → Different roles.

Fitting a car engine into a cargo ship 🚢. That’s the challenge that both startups and corporates face when implementing the startup’s solution into the corporate’s existing systems. Drop the engine without properly assessing the implementation cost and its operational

4 corporates out of 5 see collaboration with startups as critical for their innovation processes (82%). That is higher than the proportion of smartphone owners in developed countries (75%). But what makes startups so attractive to corporates?. 1 —. 💥 Impact-driven culture:

Do you tick off one of these questions?. ⏺️ Startup or an SME with a digital solution in Jamaica?.⏺️ Corporate actor in Jamaica?. If so, there is a concept called #OpenInnovation that we would like to introduce to you and experiment first-hand. Join us in person on 23 June 2025

Your deal with a corporate went down in flames 🔥. Not because your collaboration was irrelevant. But because you couldn’t afford to cross the Atlantic with your equipment to run a proof of concept at your partner’s premises. At the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator, we know that

If you think carrying your bulky shopping bags from the car to your kitchen makes you a superhero, consider the workers who place heavy items on pallets all day long. Such a process is straining and inefficient. A robot could do it 10 times faster and wouldn’t end up with back

After two days of productive discussions between the EU and Caribbean partners, the 1st High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Caribbean concluded with a joint roadmap to boost collaboration on:.→ Cybersecurity, .→ e-Governance, .→ Meaningful connectivity, .→ Data governance,

“Great idea, but show us it works first.”. You haven’t reached a #ProofOfConcept stage, and this means the door to corporate partnerships and investor funding remains closed🚪. …But you NEED their support for your idea not to remain grounded forever. Nothing sadder than a plane

The worst-case scenario in the case of a cyberattack: your business shuts down. Cybersecurity is no light topic. In 2023, more than 4 out of 10 cyberattacks targeted small businesses. SMEs and startups are easy prey, as they generally lack dedicated IT teams or cybersecurity