Startup World : Mexico City
Event Information
Description
Startup World is an initiative to promote startups, entrepreneurship and technology through a global competition to find the world’s most innovative startups. We have identified 36 tech hub cities around the world and will hold regional pitching competitions, with ten entrepreneurs pitching to a panel of expert judges in each city.
Grand Prize package includes:
- 3 month incubation period worth $30,000 at i/o Ventures
- 1 year of Rackspace hosting worth up to $24,000
- 5 million Echo real-time streams per month for 1 year worth $30,000
- International media coverage of your startup
Mexico City is our first stop. The winners of the regional pitch competitions will travel to Silicon Valley for a grand showdown in early 2013.
Hosted by:
Hermione Way
Video Director for The Next Web
Judge Panel:
Santiago Zavala Marcus Dantus
General Partner at Mexican.VC Director at Wayra Mexico
Sergio Romo
Rosalía Madrigal
Directora en la Incubadora y Aceleradora de Empresas del ITESM CEM
José Espinosa Girón
Administrador de Operaciones del Capital Emprendedor de NAFIN
Mexico City Semi-finalists:
NuFlick • Creativo Latino • Caras Politicas • Bandtastic • Noknoker • Torneo de Ideas • Modebo • School Control
Gold Sponsors
Mexico City Partners