ABOUT US

The European Science Foundation (ESF) is a non-governmental, internationally-oriented, non-profit association established in France in 1974. ESF is committed to promoting the highest quality science in Europe to drive progress in research and innovation, through the provision of specialized services. They operate in the EU and wider European environment and collaborate with major scientific stakeholders.
They provide high-quality, independent science partnerships for Research Funding organisations, European agencies, Universities, philantropies.

Sploro was born as a company with the idea of becoming true explorers of innovation. Their mission is as simple as ambitious: they want to make innovation understandable and reachable for any organization through services and digital technologies. Convinced the digitization will be the cornerstone building our society in the coming decades, SPLORO is a company with a vocation for digital service with over 20 years of experience. They have participated in over 10 EU projects, raised 30M in public grants and supported over 500 clients.

Fundació Mobile World Capital Foundation (MWCapital) is a public-private foundation, and the umbrella organization for Barcelona Digital Talent (BDT), established in 2012 in Barcelona. They aim to drive the mobile and digital transformation of society while helping improve people’s lives globally. The Board of Trustees of MWCapital is composed of the Spanish Government, the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Hall, the GSMA (representing the interests of mobile networks operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with almost 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem).

AUSTRALO is a marketing agency that specializes in growth hacking for Research and Innovation. Their mission is tied up to 3-Cs: CAPTURE + CREATE + CAPITALIZE on the potential of Science and Deep Tech to thrive in the Lab-to-Market gap.
They are passionate about driving visibility, sustainability, and stakeholder take-in for cutting-edge scientific findings, emerging technology, digital transformation and entrepreneurship.
They are actively involved in European and non-profit initiatives, with a strong emphasis on projects funded by the European Commission under Horizon Programs. With 26 projects in 2023 alone, their portfolio is diverse and encompasses various sectors.

US Ignite is nonprofit, accelerating the smart city movement – and creating value for an entire ecosystem – by guiding communities into the connected future, creating a path for private sector growth, and advancing technology research that’s at the heart of smart city development.
As a trusted partner, they bring this ecosystem together, successfully pairing financial investment with technical and organizational expertise. Through the public-private partnership (P3) programs they run, US Ignite is a catalyst for communications network advancement, and for innovation in smart city services that are powered by a new generation of technologies.