Seven projects selected for the acceleration phase of the second edition of Tiina

Fourteen entities working in the field of sustainable food and citizen art were selected to enter the first phase of the second edition of Tiina, the impact investment program in art and food launched by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation in collaboration with the Ship2B Foundation. After getting to know their projects and teams in depth during the bootcamp last June, seven projects have been selected to enter the acceleration phase that will end in early 2024 with a Demo Day.

The selection committee of the Tiina impact investment program, which we promote from the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation in collaboration with the Ship2B Foundation, has selected in its second edition seven finalist entities that will go on to the second and final phase of the program. In this acceleration phase, the projects will receive group training to promote the generation of community and personalized accompaniment that will include, according to the needs of each initiative, support in the design of a strategy that maximizes social impact, the business and commercial strategy, as well as the financial strategy to ensure its sustainability over time.

This second phase, as in the first edition of Tiina, will end with a Demo Day in which the seven projects will be able to explain their value proposition and their impact and financial projections to access a soft loan. The Tiina program contemplates a total fund of 200,000 euros for this second edition, with each finalist project being eligible for funding of between €25,000 and €75,000.

Of the 369 applications received in this second edition, 14 were selected for the first phase, meeting at an Impact Business Bootcamp last June in Barcelona, where we were able to learn more about their proposals, business models and teams. After this meeting, the programme’s selection committee has selected the seven projects with the greatest potential for impact and economic sustainability.

The seven selected projects will participate over the next few months in an intensive acceleration program in which they will receive group and personalized support and which will culminate in February 2024 with a Demo Day in which they will present the evolution of their proposals. After being reassessed under criteria of social impact and maturity to receive investment, they may be chosen to receive financing through the soft loans offered by the Tiina program fund.

Selected sustainable food projects:

Fundació Mas Albornà
Barcelona

For more than 50 years, the Mas Albornà Foundation has been working every day from the Penedès to the Penedès, making social and labour integration possible. They work for people with intellectual disabilities, mental disorders and at risk of exclusion, generating jobs through a sausage workshop in rural areas, preserving tradition and food quality.

Ecocentral
Barcelona

Born in the heart of another ecological initiative, Eco d’Aquí, Ecocentral is a project with a clear social and environmental implication. From the conviction that school canteens are the true point of support for political-social change through food, they offer a comprehensive service so that schools in Barcelona can offer organic food to children with a set menu price.

Fundació Mescladís
Barcelona

The Mescladís Foundation is a non-profit organisation that has the will and determination to contribute to a horizon of social cohesion. They promote educational, economic and cultural initiatives that promote the right to migrate and decent work. They have different hospitality initiatives (a bar, a restaurant, a catering service) from the prism of social integration and sustainability.

Azolla Projects
Barcelona

Azolla Projects presents itself as a link between farmers and entrepreneurs, proposing a sustainable production system based on the circular economy to combat the effects of climate change. Their proposal puts technology at the service of the transition to a regenerative agriculture model with software that allows farmers to optimize their resources and benefits.

Selected Citizen Art Projects:

Afro Consciousness
Madrid

Conciencia-Afro is an artistic, cultural and political proposal focused on vindicating, celebrating and disseminating the realities and knowledge of African and Afro-descendant people, encouraging their participation in the artistic and cultural field. They have been working for more than 6 years in the field of artistic creation, the design of cultural projects and the promotion of community processes.

ConArte International
Barcelona

The ConArte International Association combats the gap in access to culture in children and young people in schools. Since its inception in 2014, it has dedicated its work to the education and participation of children and young people through arts and culture through dialogue between the educational world and artistic creation, the creation of new audiences for culture or the training of trainers in the field of art and education.

The Cross Border Project
Valladolid

The Cross Border Project was born in New York as a personal project of playwright and stage director Lucía Miranda. Made up of a group of artists who work in the field of theatre, education and social transformation, it is a cultural and social innovation initiative, made up of a theatre company, an Applied Theatre school and a kitchen: the space where research and development of projects with other groups and disciplines can be developed.