Governments, businesses, and citizens are responsible for ensuring a secure digital transformation. In this sense, safety when operating online is essential to make our society thrive. That is why Santander X together with the Oxentia Foundation are launching the Santander X Global Challenge | Cyberprotect the Future, a global challenge for start-ups and scale-ups from 11 countries that provide innovative solutions to the cybersecurity challenges faced by all of us as a society.
Who is it for?
The competition is open to startups and scale-ups from 11 distinct nations: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. Applicants should be addressing at least one of the following requirements:
- Cloud Security
- Automatic Penetration Testing and Control Testing
- Backup Protection and Recovery
- Data Management and Advanced Detection
What is in it for you?
In total, €120,000 will be distributed among the six winners. Additionally, they will receive a membership to Santander X 100, Santander’s global community with the most outstanding entrepreneurial projects from the different challenges promoted by the bank, where they can access resources such as advice, training, capital, customers, and talent. Find all the details and start your application today!
Diego Calascibetta, global head of Entrepreneurship and Fintech Station at Santander Universities, stated that: “cybersecurity and the challenges that we are facing in the society are growing exponentially. As a result, the best talent is offering up all of their ideas to provide better online protection for society as a whole. With this initiative from Santander X, we want to help address these challenges by providing tools, resources and a visible platform for these ideas to thrive”.
Steve Cleverley, CEO of Oxentia Foundation, stated: “At Oxentia, helping entrepreneurs address global challenges, provide innovative solutions, and promote adoption of new and disruptive technologies is at the heart of our work. In the midst of a significant leap forward in our technological capabilities, keeping the digital world safe, reliable, and resilient has never been more important. The Oxentia Foundation is therefore delighted to be working in partnership with Santander X to launch a new global challenge | Cyberprotect the Future. We are looking forward to hearing from entrepreneurs across the Santander footprint with the very best cutting-edge technology and transformational solutions and wish all applicants the very best of luck.”
Don’t hesitate, sign up now!
The deadline for applications is September 28.
About the Oxentia Foundation
The Oxentia Foundation was created to support Oxentia’s goal to address global inequalities through innovation and entrepreneurship activities. Globally, Oxentia has designed, developed, and run awards, competitions and programmes supporting early-stage innovators and entrepreneurs to promote the commercialisation of science and technology-based-innovation projects impacting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Oxentia developed out of the University of Oxford’s technology transfer company, Oxford University Innovation, with the aim to deliver specialist innovation management services to clients in the public and private sectors all over the world. Its approach is grounded in a strong Oxford heritage based on over 30 years of experience in supporting academic innovation and entrepreneurship in Oxford, and globally in over 70 countries
About Banco Santander and its support for higher education
Banco Santander is firmly committed to progress and inclusive, sustainable growth. Through Santander Universities, the bank has stood out among the world’s financial institutions as a pioneering stalwart of education, entrepreneurship and employability for 26 years. Since the launch of Santander Universities, the bank has deployed more than €2.2 billion and has supported more than a million students, professionals and entrepreneurial projects through agreements with more than 1300 universities across 25 countries.
