Date/Time
Date(s) - May 14, 2019 - May 16, 2019
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Yangon Innovation Center, Seedspace Yangon
Organizer Details
| Organizer | : | Seedstars Yangon |
| : | laura@seedstars.com | |
| Phone | : | +95 995 754 3530 |
| Website | : | https://www.seedstars.com/cities/city/yangon/ |
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On 16th May, ten of Myanmar’s best seed-stage startups will compete to represent the country at the Seedstars Asia Summit and win up to USD 500,000 in equity investments and other prizes.
The largest startup competition for emerging markets, is coming to Myanmar for the fifth time. The event will be hosted at the Yangon Innovation Center | Seedspace Yangon, the coworking branch of Seedstars in the city. Seedstars World competition is looking for startups that have raised less than USD 500k in funding and built a minimum viable product.
On May 14th, Seedstars will be hosting a dynamic training in Getting Investment Ready and Art of Pitch, followed by mentoring sessions delivered by local experts, for the 20 best startups applicants. The 10 best startups will be invited to present their business in a pitch contest, on May 16th, competing to represent Myanmar at the Asia Seedstars Summit, with the opportunity to be selected to a Growth Program and win up to half a million dollars in equity investment.
All ten startups finalists will also get access to the Investment Readiness Program, a program designed to provide access to training, mentoring sessions and curated insights to entrepreneurs.
The applications are open until May 12th. Startups are invited to apply at https://www.seedstarsworld.com/event/seedstars-yangon-2019.
“We are very excited to come back to Yangon for the fifth time! The stakes are higher than ever as we’ve been in this ecosystem for more than five years now and know there are companies in Myanmar developing high-quality products. We are looking for the best and will take them with us to Asia Seedstars Summit in 2019!”, says Rosie Keller, Regional Manager for Asia at Seedstars.
In order to provide a long-term support for local entrepreneurs, Seedstars partner up with the Yangon Regional Government, CB Bank and Thura Swiss to open the first Seedspace in the region, running up events and leveraging the ecosystem. Yangon is the first event of the Seedstars World Tour 2019, and part of the many more to come in the Seedspace Yangon.
