Cuatrecasas Acelera Selects Seven Startups from 121 Candidates for its 11th Edition

Cuatrecasas Acelera is the firm's open innovation program, helping entrepreneurial projects that seek to validate their legal and business strategies. Seven startups have been selected to participate in the 11th edition. The program starts today in Barcelona with the first of two bootcamps.

Out of 121 candidates, the evaluation committee—made up of over 75 Cuatrecasas professionals and 18 representatives from other corporations—has selected the seven startups (six Spanish and one Portuguese) that will receive advice from the firm’s lawyers who specialize in the respective areas related to each project. In this new edition, the selected initiatives belong to the deeptech, energy, fintech and healthtech sectors.

The evaluation committee assessed the participating startups against criteria such as the degree of innovation and distinctness, scalability and growth potential, business model viability, the capacity of each project to create value, and the composition of the promoter team and how it fits into the accelerator program.

Over the next five months, the selected startups will participate in a personalized advisory program that will combine individualized legal guidance and two in-person bootcamps.

The projects will have the chance to connect with leading players in the ecosystem (e.g., corporations and investment funds) to broaden their network of institutional and strategic relationships. Key external professionals from the field of innovation and complementary strategic sectors will also be part of the program. They will provide a practical perspective on the main legal challenges associated with the business models.