INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Here a heartfelt gift for all you procrastinating early-stage startup founders who haven&t gotten your act together to apply to compete in
Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on September 5-7
You&re strapped for time, we get it
So, we&re extending the application deadline by one week.
You now have until June 13 — that seven days to collect your team and take your
Yup, we doubled the prize money this year because we&re supersizing Disrupt SF
We&ve moved to Moscone Center West, which offers three times the floor space
That&ll make it much more comfortable for the more than 10,000 attendees, 1,200 exhibitors and more than 400 media outlets we expect to take
in all that Disrupt has to offer.
Like, for example, Startup Battlefield — humanity best launching pad for early-stage startups
Seriously, winning this gig can have life-altering implications
Consider New York-based chore wizard Hello Alfred, which won Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF back in 2014
The company — founded byJessica BeckandMarcela Sapone — is ready to scale having just scored $40 million in a Series B round of funding
That what we call a good ROI.
In case you&re wondering how well other Battlefield competitors have fared, listen up
The Startup Battlefield alumni community consists of more than 800 companies and has collectively raised more than $8 billion in funding and
produced more than 100 exits
You may recognize a few of them: Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, Fitbit, Getaround and Cloudflare
The networking opportunities alone make applying worth your time.
And let not forget all the press and investor interest
The competition takes place on the Disrupt Main Stage in front of a live audience that numbers in the thousands
The funding you seek is no doubt sitting in that audience
If you make the cut, experienced TechCrunch editors will coach you on the finer points of startup-pitching, so you&ll make the best
impression possible.
We live-stream the entire event around the world on TechCrunch.com, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
And it&ll be available later, on demand
Remember, applying and competing in Startup Battlefield is 100 percent free
Where else will you find media and investor exposure at that price
Battlefield competitors also get to exhibit their company in Startup
Alley for all three days of the show — for free
Remember all those attendees and media outlets They spend a lot of time combing the Alley for the next big thing
Competing in the Battlefield is the gift that keeps on giving.
Disrupt San Francisco 2018takes place onSeptember 5-7 at Moscone Center West
You have one extra week to get your application to us
Apply to Startup Battlefield right now.
