ENTERPRSE54 – The South African edition of Seedstars World (SSW) competition will hold on the 10th of July, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Seedstars World (SSW) is a six minutes pitch and four minutes question and answer competition for startups in emerging markets in which regional winners from all over the world are selected for the final event in Switzerland and the global winner gets $500,000 of equity investment while regional winners are rewarded with other prizes.
The winner of the South Africa leg of the competition will represent the country at the global finals for the chance to be the SSW best startup.
According to the organisers, profit oriented startups that have been in operation for less than 2years with less than $500,000 in total funds raised and a minimum viable product in the market are qualified to apply.
Eligible startups will pitch their ideas before a panel consisting Leora Rajak, founder, Enterpriseroom; Alexandre Stern, Senior Director Innovation Management, Lowendalmasai; Kamal Hassan, Co-Creator ,TURN8.
Also, participants will get media coverage locally and globally and the opportunity to meet with possible partners, business tycoons, founders and major players in the business industry.