INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
There nothing we love more than the excitement of Startup Battlefield, unless it bringing the world best early-stage startup pitch
competition to a new region for the first time
And guess what Thanks toFacebook, we&re heading to Beirut to showcase amazing entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa!
The
search is on for the very best entrepreneurial tech minds and makers in the region to compete in the inauguralTechCrunch Startup Battlefield
MENA 2018.The competition takes place on October 3 at the Beirut Digital District in the very heart of Lebanon dynamic startup scene
Applications are now open, so apply today.
Here how Startup Battlefield MENA works
Our highly discerning TechCrunch editors will review all eligible applications and then select 15 pre-Series A startups to compete
Every Battlefield team receives free, expert pitch coaching from our seasoned editors so they&ll be prepared to step onstage and face a
panel of four judges — consisting of top entrepreneurs, technologists and investors with relevantexperience in each tech category.
All
competing teams get six minutes to pitch their company and to present a product demo — in front of a live audience — to the Startup
Battlefield judges, who follow up immediately with a rigorous QA
The judges then select one overall winner to become &The Middle East and North Africa Most Promising Startup.&
The founders of the winning
team receive US$25,000 in no-equity cash and a trip for two to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2019 (assuming
the company still qualifies to compete at the time).
Win or lose, every team that competes in Startup Battlefield receives invaluable
exposure to investors and media coverage — plus entry to the Startup Battlefield alumni network
This community consists of almost 750 companies that have collectively raised more than $8 billion in funding and produced more than 100
Names like Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, TripIt, Getaround and Cloudflare might ring a bell
That some good company to keep.
Does your startup qualify To compete in Startup Battlefield MENA, you must:
Have an early-stage company in
&launch& stage
Be a resident from one of these eligible countries: Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Yemen.
Have a
fully working product/beta reasonably close to, or in, production
Have received limited press or publicity to date
Have no known
intellectual property conflicts
Apply by July 17, 2018, at 5 p.m
PST
Don&t miss your opportunity to compete in the first-everTechCrunch Startup Battlefield MENA 2018.The event takes place on October 3, at
the Beirut Digital District Nassif Yazigi, Lebanon
We can&t wait to see the amazing startups coming out of the Middle East and North Africa
