Founders. The clock is ticking. Applications for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2019 are closing in nearly 24 hours.
On December 11-12, TechCrunch will function the highest early-stage startups from world wide in probably the most famend on-stage pitch competitors on the planet – Startup Battlefield. Companies are battling for $50,000 in equity-free prize cash, the notorious Disrupt Cup and the eye of press and traders from world wide.
You’ll be part of the depart of extremely profitable Startup Battlefield Alumni, together with N26, JukeDeck, Dropbox, GetAround, Mint.com, and extra. All collectively, the 857 firms which have launched with Startup Battlefield have raised over $8.9 billion in funding, with 113 profitable exits (IPOs and acquisitions).
It’s merely. Startups from any a part of the world and any trade can apply. Companies have to be early stage, pre-major publicity and have a minimally viable product to demo stay on stage. TechCrunch editors overview the functions and choose the highest 3-5% of firms that apply – extra aggressive than school!
After being chosen, founders will undergo a mini-accelerator with the Startup Battlefield workforce, the place we’ll prepare you in your pitch, go-to-market technique, on stage expertise and set you up for the most important, most public launch on the biggest tech stage on the planet. Teams pitch for six minutes together with a stay demo, adopted by a 6 min Q&A with our esteemed judges – VCs, angels and heads of main firms.
If you make it to the ultimate spherical, you merely pitch on stage once more with the identical pitch in entrance of a model new set of judges. These judges debate and determine the ultimate winner of the competitors and the startup that will get to convey dwelling $50,000 and the Disrupt Cup.
Participating in Startup Battlefield will get you an entire suite of perks. We’re speaking free exhibition area in Startup Alley for each days of Disrupt, invites to non-public occasions, backstage entry, CrunchMatch — our free business-matching platform — free subscriptions to Extra Crunch and a ticket to all future TechCrunch occasions. That’s some main worth proper there.
There’s nothing to lose, and all the pieces to achieve. Stop procrastinating apply to Startup Battlefield in the present day. We need to see you in Berlin!
