Lanzadera, South Summit, and what you learn by getting out there
I was admitted into DIGITECH with NearSolid. A few months later I ended up at South Summit, trying to understand better where the project really fit.
At the beginning of 2025 I was accepted into DIGITECH, CEIN’s acceleration program for digital projects in Navarra. NearSolid already had shape, already had users, and I felt clear about what I was building. What I did not have so clear was something more important: who really cared about it, and why.
That was the useful part of the program. Not so much the startup narrative, but having to face questions I had been postponing and putting the project in front of people who were not already inside my own head. Sometimes you do not need more time building. You need better questions.
Within that context came the chance to go to South Summit in Madrid. It was the first time NearSolid had gone into an environment so focused on investment, pitching, and fast conversations with people who see dozens of projects in a row.
I was not going there looking for funding directly. I was going to observe, test how NearSolid sounds outside its natural context, and collect feedback. That part was valuable.
Events like that put a useful reality in front of you: not every interesting project fits the growth logic pursued by venture capital in the same way. NearSolid was, and still is, in a more handcrafted, more specific position, more focused on finding fit than on selling a fast-growth story.
That helped me ground the kind of project I want to build. Getting out of your usual environment helps with that too: understanding not only who might buy the story, but which story is actually worth continuing with.
The program came through CEIN and was most useful in that phase of contrast. If you want to see the product in its more current, practical form, the NearSolid homepage gives a better overview.
