CYCLOAD, Chido Maíz and Chupetón, winners of the 'Emprèn Pitch' competition
Last Thursday, the final of the sixth edition of the 'Emprèn Pitch' competition was held at the Emprèn UAB space, awarding the three best presentations with a Waynabox surprise trip. The final featured 15 finalists, who had 90 seconds to defend their project before a professional jury.
UAB hosted a new edition of Emprèn Pitch, the individual pitching competition promoted by the Entrepreneurship Unit of the Employability Service, in which students present an entrepreneurial idea in a brief and direct way. The final focused on communication skills and the ability to summarise, with pitch-format presentations lasting only a minute and a half.
After the presentations by the 15 finalists and the jury’s deliberation, the winning projects were:
- Ivan Delgado Daza, with CYCLOAD: an innovative machine that transforms leftover plastic from 3D printing into high-quality filament to be reused in new prints, optimising the production process, reducing costs and promoting circularity.
- Fátima Rosales Quesnel, with Chido Maíz: a sustainable food project that brings to Barcelona the taste of esquites (a Mexican street snack served in a cup), using corn grown in Spain and biodegradable packaging made from the husks, promoting a circular-economy model.
- Javi Piulachs Cervantes, with Chupetón: a popsicle-style ice cream inspired by popular cocktail flavours such as mojito, made with natural products and designed to liven up parties, festivals and late-afternoon events, with a modern and bold communication style.
The three winners received as a prize a Waynabox surprise trip to a European city, valued at €250.
This year’s jury was made up of Sílvia Piqueras, Director of the UAB Employability Service; Ana María Enrique, Professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences; Minerva Estruch, Entrepreneurship Technician at the Employability Service; and Víctor Cepero, PhD candidate at the Computer Vision Center, co-founder of the Brainmapp startup and winner of the latest edition of the Santander X Awards.
Beyond the recognition, participants will be able to access mentoring from the Entrepreneurship Unit to continue developing their ideas and projects.