Global Startup Battle is in its second year and this year has doubled in size from 67 events to 130. It will occur over the two weekends during Global Entrepreneuriship Week from November 9-11 and 16-18, and it it hopes that 1,200 new companies and startups will be created in just one week.
The team that wins that weekend will face each other in a “best of the best” battle where they’ll post a 90-second video describing their company and product. The world will then vote and the top 15 will advance to the finals. A panel of experts will decide who will take the top honors — and it’s quite a panel: Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Foundry Group’s Brad Feld, TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque, prominent fund manager Chris Hollod, and actress/serial entrepreneur Jesse Draper.
The winning team will receive a bevy of prices that will certainly help them grow their company. They will get a free VIP trip to Rio De Janeiro for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, a trip to San Francisco to meet with Google, $5,000 each towards a PR launch package design services, and legal support, and finally $20,000 worth of Google Cloud services.
Below are the 8 competing Hungarian startups:
- Eclay: 3D printing marketplace
- Learn Chinese with Mahjong: learnd chinese while playing mahjong
- Kube: cube shaped LCD display for use in gaming
- Social Sightseeing: discover unique places with friendly faces
- SoPreSo: analytics for presentations
- SpicyApp: increasing mobile presence for restaurants
- Taskpool: earn money while helping out others with micro jobs
- Toddler In The City: help parents find family friendly places
The judges selected SoPreSo to be the winner, while Kube came in second and SpicyApps as third. Congratulations to all participating teams.
