Madrid Impact Award 2023

Madrid Impact Award 2023

VII edition of the Madrid Impacta award to promote the consolidation of social enterprises and the development of new social entrepreneurship projects

The Madrid Impacta 2023 award is one of the Madrid City Council's lines of recognition for social entrepreneurship.

Its purpose is to financially and socially support business projects with a real measurable impact promoted by entrepreneurs and social companies that, through a specific economic activity, address detected problems that society is facing and, especially, groups at risk. of exclusion or social or economic vulnerability and provide solutions to mitigate or prevent such problems.

They also focus on highlighting the fundamental role of Madrid as a city that promotes initiatives that combine the entrepreneurial spirit with social value, innovative projects and job generators, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

Other objectives of the award are to make impact entrepreneurship known to society and its importance in finding solutions to social and environmental problems not solved by traditional companies, to mediate in the connection between these companies and social impact investors and to stimulate the investment of social impact in the city of Madrid.

The winning companies of this edition are: 

  • First prize Social enterprise 2023:  BREAD FREE
  • Second prize Social enterprise 2023:  PLANETAI SPACE
  • Third award Social enterprise 2023:  SUPERGIZ
  • Second prize Social entrepreneur in young categoryGLOOP
  • Second prize Best Madrid social entrepreneurship project: LOOK WARNING
  • Second prize Social enterprise of the innovation and entrepreneurship centers of the General Directorate of Entrepreneurship:  ORYGEN
  • Second prize Social company with the best project in the field of well-being and health: EAN-SCHOOL OF NATURAL ACTIVITIES
  • Second prize Social company with the best project in the field of education: PLOTTING
  • Second prize Social enterprise with the best elevator pitch:  LIIGHT
  • Second prize Social company with the greatest potential for growth and international projection: HEURISTIK
  • Second prize Social company with the greatest environmental impact: SEKOND
  • Second prize Social company with greatest impact in cities: PARK4DIS
  • Second prize Social enterprise with the best project in the field of clean energy: SUSTEIN
  • Second prize Social company with the best project in the scientific/technological field: SATURN LABS

For the implementation and development of this call, the Madrid City Council has the collaboration of Impact Hub Madrid, PwC Spain, IBM and REPSOL Foundation. All entities are part of the jury: consult the jury appointment decree.

Check here the Complete bases of the call.

Check here the resolution of the call with the winners,  BOAM #9513 (11/20/2023).

 

On October 18, 2023, the awards ceremony took place. 
You can consult the Photo report and the chronicle of the Madrid Impacta 2023 award.
This is the video summary of the gala: 

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Winners of previous editions

1st edition

First prize in cash of 20,000 euros for Announcements in Sign Language SL

Second prize in cash of 4,000 euros for Escuelab Educational Innovation SL 

See news: Comunicados and Escuelab, winners of the MAD+ 2017 Awards

2nd edition

First prize in cash of 20,000 euros for Urban Data Eye  

Second prize in cash of 4,000 euros for SoulEM

See news: Urban Data Eye and Soulem winners of the MAD+ Awards 2018

third edition

First prize in cash of 20,000 euros for sepia 

Second prize in cash of 4,000 euros for SileNole 

See news: Sepiia wins the MAD+ 2019 Award

4th edition

Prize of 8,000 euros for Tucuvi 

Prize of 8,000 euros for Sycai for AI MedAssist 

Prize of 8,000 euros for Aitenea Biotech

See news: Tucavi Car, Sycai Technologies and Aitenea Biotech win the Madrid Impacta 2020 award

sixth edition

Winning company and finalists:

The 13 second prizes summoned in this edition, with an endowment of 2,000 euros each, were:

  1. “Youngest Entrepreneur / Entrepreneur”, IDEST ADVISORY, SL with the project TELCO.
  2. “Best project Silver”, I PREFER AT HOME, SLL.
  3. “Best Madrid social entrepreneurship project”, TALENT ON WHEELS, SL with the project DISCOVERING TALENT.
  4. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the technological field”, INROBICS SOCIAL ROBOTICS, SLL with the project INROBICS.
  5. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the field of innovation”, THE PREDICTIVE COMPANY, SL.
  6. “Best social entrepreneurship project with the greatest international projection”, CRUXCLIMB, SL with the project LIME TACO.
  7. “Social entrepreneurship with the best andlevator pitch", for FUTURAL TOURISM, SL with the project REMOTE VILLAGES.
  8. “Best social entrepreneurship project hosted in the network of business incubators of the Madrid City Council”, BLOCKCHAIN CUSTOMS TECHNOLOGY, SL with the project USYNCRO.
  9. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the field of well-being and health”, MEDEA WELLBEING, SL with the project MEDEA MIND.
  10. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the field of education”, U4I TALENT AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES, SL with the project U4IMPACT.
  11. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the field of clean energy”, CLOSEBATTERY LOGISTICS, SL with the project FULL&FAST.
  12. “Best social entrepreneurship project with the greatest impact in cities”, ECOMETER MEASUREMENTS, SL.
  13. “Best social entrepreneurship project in the field of environmental impact”, FOREST BANK CARBON FOOTPRINT, SL with the project FOREST BANK.

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