IE Venture Network

A team shows a prototype of their bamboo bike to investors at Area 31 during the IE Ventures Network!

Last week I mentioned about the IE Ventures Network in a previous post. I attended another session again this week~ grabbed 2 bottles of Heineken and listed to both students and alumni pitch their business ideas. Attending these IE Ventures Network sessions really feels like being part of a live audition in a TV show (one of the professors makes a great TV personality, I feel). Anyway, I was quite entertaining with the groups that presented.

A few of them were the following:
- A unique reservation service targeted to an upscale clientele
- An app-game for travelers
- An outdoor analytics company
- Bamboo bicycles

My personal favorite was the outdoor analytics company. Coming from the Media & Advertising space, I could see the value of such a product / service. I spoke with the team after their pitch and discovered that they were in talks with two media agencies to pitch their idea... one of which was my ex-company, Havas! I was quite elated to hear that piece of news. Anyway, I exchanged emails with the group members coz I'd be very interested to keep in touch.