We are a non-profit association in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We open up the funding, training and networks of Europe’s leading ecosystems to innovators in its outermost regions, starting at home in the Canary Islands.
What we do
We run events, meetups and matchmaking that introduce founders, universities, companies and public bodies in Europe's outermost regions to partners, investors and programmes in its hubs.
We run workshops, bootcamps, hackathons and mentoring that help founders, students and teams find and win European funding and growth opportunities, in person or online.
We study how innovation grows outside the usual hubs and publish methods and practical guides openly, so others can use them.
Partner with us
Outermost joins European projects as the partner that connects them to the innovation ecosystem of the Canary Islands, one of Europe’s outermost regions. We usually take on one of these roles.
We recruit founders, SMEs, students, universities and public bodies in the Canary Islands and beyond as participants, pilot users and stakeholders for your project.
We design and run your project's workshops, bootcamps and training programmes, in person or online.
We lead communication and dissemination tasks and turn project results into material people actually read.
We can also help shape the proposal itself. Our team has written, evaluated and managed EU-funded projects for over a decade.
About us
Innovation can come from anywhere, but the opportunities to grow it are still concentrated in a few places. Outermost is a non-profit innovation association and think tank based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We work with students, entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, support organisations and public bodies to open up Europe’s training, funding and networks to the Canary Islands and Europe’s other outermost regions.
We have one foot in each world. We’ve spent our careers inside Europe’s funding and innovation programmes, and we live and work in the periphery. We believe stronger links between innovators at Europe’s edges and its hubs make European growth more inclusive and more resilient. Everything we generate goes back into that mission.
Founders
Co-founder, European programmes
Alessio has written and managed EU-funded projects since 2015, and built a grant-writing team that secured over €20M in EIC Accelerator funding for deep tech founders. He has developed programmes for the European Commission, the UNDP and EIT KICs. As an expert evaluator for European deep tech schemes, he knows what winning proposals look like from both sides.
Co-founder, Story & Strategy
Ryan makes complex technology understandable, and has secured and overseen around €23M in public funding for innovation initiatives. Across a career spanning product, operations and delivery, he has shaped funding proposals, told company stories and turned deep technical work into something an evaluator, customer or partner grasps immediately.
Co-founder, Markets
Dayana has spent over a decade opening markets and guiding companies through internationalisation. As Export Manager for the Canary Islands trade office in Malabo, she helped Spanish companies expand across Central Africa. She now develops new business in international automotive markets at Domingo Alonso Group, bringing the commercial perspective that turns good projects into market opportunities.
Contact
Whether you’re building a consortium, running a programme or working on innovation at Europe’s edges, we’d like to hear from you.
Prefer email? Write to hello@outermost.online.