What is Fairway Invest?
The Fairway Invest, promoted by Fairway and Keiretsu Forum, aims to be the main link between the exchange of ideas and reflections from the most relevant players in the industry related to the Camino de Santiago. In turn, Keiretsu Forum is the largest private investment network in the world, and is an associate partner of the initiative. Both entities have reached a collaboration agreement to hold an Investment Forum within the framework of the III Fairway Forum on the Camino de Santiago. Between 8 and 10 business projects related to the Camino de Santiago sectors with capital financing needs will be presented.
Proposals may be submitted until January 23, 2019.
When is celebrated?
The activities scheduled for the Fairway Invest will take place on February 12, 2019, coinciding with the celebration of the third edition of Fairway on days 10, 11 and 12.
Who can participate?
Fairway Invest is open to all types of entrepreneurs with projects related to the Camino de Santiago, as well as financial institutions, investment funds, private companies, investors in general, venture capital companies or Bussines Angels.
If the Camino de Santiago is your passion and you are looking for financing or new projects to invest in ... Fairway Invest is your place!
If you are an investor ...
The boom of the Jacobean route has become an obvious opportunity for business, which is the differential attraction of this investment forum. The objective is to channel this potential and facilitate the exposure and evaluation of interesting projects for investment, concentrating in a single day the face-to-face process.
Each participant investor may receive, if desired, a dossier with the projects already classified by topic and interest, which will allow a prior evaluation in an agile and practical way, deciding if he / she is interested in attending the presentation of the projects or having face-to-face meetings with The promoters. The organization will schedule the requested interviews.
Participation is free: Register now in our investor form! - www.fairwaysantiago.com/fairway-invest/inscripcion
As a complement to the day of the 12th, a "Course for Business Angels" taught by the experts of Keiretsu Forum, which will take place in Santiago on January 24 and 25, is also proposed. For more information download the complementary dossier "School of Investors" or contact us at isabel@fairwaysantiago.com
If you are an entrepreneur ...
- General requirements
- Companies billing or in the marketing phase
- Company value of less than 2 million
- Looking for a round of financing in private capital between € 50K and € 500K
- Team formed by more than one person.
- Thematic requirements
This call is aimed at entrepreneurs whose activity is linked to the Camino de Santiago, either because of its geographical location or the sector (tourist, hotel, hotel, etc.):
- Tourism
- Tourism App
- Application technology for tourism, hotels, residences, ...
- IOT and geolocation
- Textile and footwear
- Augmented Reality (AR) applied to sectorturismo, hotelería, viajes, etc.
- Sustainable vehicles
- Renewable energy
- Food
- Fitness
- Fintech
- Insurtech
- Drones
- Digital marketing
- Services and complementary offer
- Smart cities
The Camino de Santiago is a business that exceeds 280 million euros per year. A study calculates the cost of each pilgrim in 1,000 euros (includes the purchase of material for the route and the cost of the return).
The seven traditional routes are: Camino Francés, Camino Portugués, Camino del Norte, Camino Primitivo, Vía de la Plata, Camino Inglés and Camino Finisterre.
- Procedures and deadlines
Companies interested in participating must follow the following steps:
- Cover the short registration form: www.fairwaysantiago.com/fairway-invest/inscripcion
- Make the payment (information in the section "Cost").
- In case of submitting a project, fill out the form with the information about it: www.fairwaysantiago.com/files/FormularioEmprendedores.pdf
To make inquiries or request additional information can contact via email at isabel@fairwaysantiago.com
The deadline to register projects is January 23, 2019.
The information provided will be contrasted and analyzed by the professional staff of Keiretsu Forum and Fairway. As a result of this first evaluation, the companies are selected to be presented to the Selection Committee (Deal Screening) and, subsequently, the 8-10 selected companies will enjoy training workshops and the presentation of their proposal in the Forum and before private investors, to be held on February 12, 2019 at the Congress and Exhibition Center of Galicia.
- Cost
The proposal has various activities, for which a single registration of € 100 is made.
This registration will entitle them to participate in the selection process of the Fairway Invest Forum for which they will opt for the € 5,000 non-refundable prize for the best project.
The information provided will be contrasted and analyzed by the professional staff of Keiretsu Forum and Fairway. As a result of this first evaluation, companies are selected to be presented to the Selection Committee (Deal Screening) and, subsequently, the 8-10 companies that will enjoy training workshops and workshops and the presentation of their proposal in the Forum and before private investors, to be held on February 12, 2019 at the Congress and Exhibition Center of Galicia.
Those projects that are finally selected and, therefore, will be presented to investors must complete their registration with a supplement of € 200.
Payment will be made by depositing into the Fairway bank account:
- Number: ES50 0081 0499 6100 0172 1181.
- Concept: Fairway Invest enrollment
Sign up for free here for the funding tables, conferences and round table of Fairway Invest.
The program
The proposal is divided into two sections, for which a single enrollment and enrollment of € 100 is made:
- Fairway Project Fund and Fairway Invest Forum.
Fairway Project FundProject Fund is a contest open to all those initiatives related to the Camino de Santiago that seek funding.
Among all the projects submitted to the Fairway Invest call, a maximum of 10 finalists will be selected, who will present their proposals to national and international investors. The day will be completed with an afternoon of individual meetings with these entities that will close with a cocktail where the closed projects and the awarded project will be announced. The call for the presentation of projects will be open from October 8, 2018 to January 23, 2019.
The winning project will receive as a prize a financial contribution of € 5,000 for the lost project.
- Fairway Invest Forum
Open program for entrepreneurs from any professional, cultural or business sector that are developing projects related to this millenary route or are still in the phase of early stage and need financial support.
The day will include a morning of conferences with useful topics and practices related to investment and business in the Camino de Santiago, an afternoon of meeting and networking with investors as well as a cocktail closing in the to establish relationships with industry professionals and investors.
The selection of projects will be made based on the interest of the investors themselves, and those projects that have not been finalists in the Project Fund will be included in this section.
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