Cuatrecasas Acelera Selects Seven Startups to Take Part in 10th Edition

Cuatrecasas Acelera, an innovation program where the firm promotes entrepreneurial projects seeking to validate their legal and business strategies, has selected seven startups from the healthtech, insurtech, fintech, deeptech and energy sectors, that will participate in its 10th edition. Out of over 100 candidates, the evaluation committee, made up of external and internal lawyers from the firm, has chosen six Spanish projects and one Portuguese. They will all receive advice from the firm’s lawyers who are experts in the fields mentioned above.

Cuatrecasas has chosen startups from various sectors that are in different stages of maturity. The startups have legal challenges related to their activity or technology, but with the launch of Cuatrecasas Innova, they will have access to an ecosystem of partners and resources that can support them according to their level of maturity.

The 10th edition begins in Barcelona on October 15, where the startups will take part in their first bootcamp. The second bootcamp will take place in Madrid on December 2. In addition to having the opportunity to get involved in investment and negotiation simulations, the entrepreneurs will establish legal strategies to encourage their development, addressing the regulatory requirements of the various technologies implemented in their respective initiatives. Likewise, through conferences held by the firm's specialized lawyers, they will receive training and academic sessions focused on labor and tax aspects linked to each project.

Over the course of four months, Cuatrecasas Acelera will support the seven chosen startups in all areas of law they need to encourage growth in their respective business models. Legal mentors will provide the startups with tailored advice adapted to their project’s characteristics and needs at a corporate and technological level.