The Desafia San Francisco program aims to introduce Spanish entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley ecosystem with a special focus on supporting women in entrepreneurship, in order to acquire the necessary experience and knowledge to successfully scale their business model globally; provide a soft-landing for selected startups in the U.S. market; promote synergies between companies at similar stages of maturity, benefiting from the experience of the founders, and foster a collaborative community of women in entrepreneurship; attract the attention of stakeholders in the ecosystem with an interest in promoting and supporting women’s technology entrepreneurship. The program will take place from October 30th- November 10th, 2023 and is in partnership with ICEX Spain Trade and Investment (ICEX), Red.es and operated by Mind the Bridge.