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IELSM
IELSM is a digital platform that fosters multicultural collective intelligence for entrepreneurship, focusing on internationalization and business model adaptation between Europe and Latin America.
Overview
What IELSM does
What IELSM is
IELSM is a digital platform that fosters multicultural collective intelligence for entrepreneurship, focusing on internationalization and business model adaptation between Europe and Latin America.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 1, 2026
Official channels
Find IELSM elsewhere
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Capability profile
IELSM as a community
Community overview
IELSM is a European and Latin American digital platform focused on multicultural collective intelligence for entrepreneurship. It was founded to assist businesses in expanding internationally and adapting their business models to contemporary challenges. The organization actively engages innovation actors in the context of digital transformation and environmental sustainability, currently involving 220 students, 18 universities, 42 business models, 63 catalysts, and 64 international experts.
Community focus
IELSM specializes in internationalization and business model readjustment. It provides services that include international training and certification, applied research addressing real challenges, incubation and acceleration of ventures, digital and sustainable transformation of businesses, strategic soft-landing and internationalization, application of artificial intelligence in business models, and global cooperation networks.
Member value
Members benefit from access to a strategic co-creation ecosystem that connects universities, students, professors, entrepreneurs, and experts to foster applied innovation, executive training, and sustainable business models.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 220
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2024
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students · Researchers
- Benefits
- mentorship, network-access, and certification
- Program types
- community, course, and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- EuropeLatin America
Community activity
- Annual events
- 2
Events and activity
IELSM hosts events such as the IELSM Creative Spark 2023, focused on fostering creativity and innovation, and the IELSM Creative Spark 2024, a follow-up event planned for the next year.
Notable members
The organization collaborates with various universities and businesses, including notable figures such as Dr. Rafael Palacios from Business School Berlin and Mtra. Marianela Talavera from Universidad Tecnológica de Querétaro.
Capability profile
IELSM as an event host
Event focus
IELSM specializes in internationalization and business model readjustment. It provides services that include international training and certification, applied research addressing real challenges, incubation and acceleration of ventures, digital and sustainable transformation of businesses, strategic soft-landing and internationalization, application of artificial intelligence in business models, and global cooperation networks.
Format narrative
IELSM operates as a digital platform that connects various stakeholders in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, including universities, students, and experts, to foster innovation and sustainable business practices.
Participant value
IELSM provides a strategic co-creation ecosystem that enhances the capabilities of entrepreneurs and institutions through training, research, and international collaboration, ultimately aiding in the sustainable transformation of businesses.
Format and cadence
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2024
- Next event location
- Berlin, Germany
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students · Corporate Innovators
- Regions
- EuropeLatin America
Speakers and past editions
Speakers
Notable speakers include Dr. Rafael Palacios, Mtra. Marianela Talavera, Dr. Salvador Estrada, and Dr. Oskary Zambrano, who are all involved in the coordination and execution of IELSM's programs.
Past editions
IELSM has hosted events such as the IELSM Creative Spark 2023, which focused on fostering creativity and innovation, with a follow-up event planned for 2024.
Common questions
What to know about IELSM
Upseed classifies IELSM under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 1, 2026
Known limits
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