In order to provide platform to underestimated fashion designers, the Festival of the Diaspora presents its first annual Flore-ser Fashion Show at the Medellin Museum of Modern Art on February 13th, 2025! Flore-ser means to flourish and that is exactly what we desire for the innovation ecosystem we support year round. A dozen or more designers, across 5 apparel categories, will be featured and be on site along with many other entrepreneurs and vendors at the Diasporic Exhibition Experience (at the Intercontinental Medellin) for the entire run of the Festival. To make the Flore-ser Fashion Show accessible to all designers, we have priced admissions at 1M COP which grants designers 1) a spot at the fashion show, 2) prominent placement at the Diasporic Exhibition Experience from February 13-15th, and full access to the Festival of the Diaspora programming and attendees. The Casa Innovation team will request comprehensive information about your designs to limit on-site competition. As such, please apply early before your design category is full. If you are interested participating in the 2025 Flore-ser Fashion Show, please click the Request Information button below and submit the form by November 1st, 2024.

Over the last two years, the Festival of the Diaspora, Casa Innovation and its related networks have been able to invest almost $100,000.00 USD in Afro-descendent female entrepreneurs across Colombia and Brazil due to the partnership of organizations like Black Ambition. Therefore we are excited to announce that our 3rd pitch competition shall take place on the first day of the 2025 Festival of the Diaspora on February 13th, 2025 at the Medellin Museum of Modern Art Theater. To enter our 2025 competition, please 1) record a video pitch of your company (3 minute maximum); 2) prepare the last two years of financial records; and 3) prepare a written plan of how their business will expand should they win the top prize of $10,000.00 USD. Submit all of these materials here: [email protected] by November 1st, 2025. Terms/Conditions: All 5 (five) finalists will be notified by November 30th. All finalists will be gifted an All-Inclusive Festival Ticket which includes four nights of hotel lodging (Feb 13-17th) and an exhibitors table at the Diasporic Exhibition Experience at the Intercontinental Medellin. We ask that all finalists be prepared to come to Medellin no later than the morning of February 13th to set up their table in the Diasporic Exhibition Experience hall before the start of the pitch competition at the Medellin Museum of Modern Art.

The Festival of the Diaspora and Casa Innovation are excited to welcome entrepreneurs, small businesses and pop-ups to the first Diasporic Exhibition Experience which shall take place during the 2025 Festival of the Diaspora which shall take place in Medellin, Colombia on February 13-16th, 2025 at the Intercontinental Hotel Medellin. Approximately 50 exhibitors and their products will enjoy exclusive access to 350+ business, cultural and civil society leaders from the USA and other parts of the Americas. As part of the “2025 Diasporic Exhibitions Pass”, exhibitors will enjoy access to festival programming (please note that there will be special activities for entrepreneurs before and during the Festival), organized nightlife activities in Medellin and countless networking opportunities with the festival attendees. To make the Diasporic Exhibitions experience accessible to small businesses, we have priced the pass at 1M COP for Colombian businesses and our team will request comprehensive information about your product to limit on-site competition. As such, please apply early before your product category is full. For more information about the 2025 Diasporic Exhibitions Pass here please click the Request Information button below