On January 13, the submission of applications for the Startup World Cup 2022 started. This is the largest global conference-competition of startups with a final in Silicon Valley. The Startup World Cup is called the World Cup for startups, but this event is not just about competition. The grand final in Silicon Valley is a unique opportunity to meet at the same venue with leading investors, founders and leaders of innovative giant corporations and well-known technology companies such as Apple, Netflix, SoftBank, Cisco, Khosla Ventures.
More than 60 countries are holding regional Startup World Cup selections to determine the winner, who will represent them in the Grand Final and compete for the main prize of 1 million dollars of investment.
In Ukraine, the national stage of the Startup World Cup is held thanks to the signing of a cooperation agreement between the business incubator "Ukrainian Future" of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which is an official partner of the Startup World Cup, and the organizer of the global competition – an international venture company "Pegasus Tech Ventures". The total investment of "Pegasus Tech Ventures" amounted to more than 14 billion dollars, and in the portfolio of its clients – SpaceX, Airbnb, SoFi.
Children under the age of 18 can participate in startup teams, and you can register your startup in Ukraine even at the age of 16, with the consent of parents.
The organizers of the global competition will select 12 finalists, who will compete for the victory on March 31 in Kyiv, at the Congress and Exhibition center "Parkovyi". The winner will be chosen by the jury after the presentation of all 12 startups.
Registration for the all-Ukrainian stage of the Startup World Cup 2022 is at the link.
It should be recalled that the grand opening of the first (city) stage of the All-Ukrainian competition-defense of scientific papers of students-members of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine took place in December on the basis of Poltava Polytechnic.
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