INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This is the moment that early-stage startup founders across Europe have been waiting
We&ve flung open the application window for Startup Battlefield, which takes place at Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30
No more reason to wait — take the plunge and apply today.
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is where Yammer, Mint, Dropbox, Cloudflare, and
hundreds of others companies launched their products to the world
If you need a refresher, here how Startup Battlefield works.
Our experienced team of TechCrunch editors reviews every application in a
highly competitive vetting process
Our acceptance rate is typically around 3%
Ultimately, we&ll choose around 15 early-stage startups to compete
Prior to their time on stage, each team receives expert pitch coaching from seasoned TechCrunch Startup Battlefield editorial team.
All
competing teams have six minutes on the Disrupt Main Stage to pitch their company and demo their product to a panel of judges — consisting
well-known investors, and entrepreneurs
Then they have 6 minutes to answer any follow-up questions the judges may have
Notable judges from last year Battlefield includedEileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), Sonali De Rycker (Accel), Roelof Botha (Sequoia
Capital) and Carlos Eduardo Espinal (SeedCamp), and you can be sure that this year crop will possess equally impressive bonafides.
The
judges winnow the field down to around five teams that go on to a second and final round of pitching
And from that elite group comes one champion who will hoist the Disrupt Cup, bag a $50,000 equity-free cash prize and become the
investor-and-media darling of Disrupt Berlin.
All of this non-stop action takes place in front of a live and riveted audience — filled
with thousands of startup fans, media outlets and potential investors and customers
What more, we live-stream the entire event around the world (and make it available later on-demand) on TechCrunch.com, YouTube, Facebook and
Twitter.
Winning certainly has its privileges, but you don&t even have to win to reap significant rewards
This French startup — a cloud-based call center solution — competed in the first round of Startup Battlefield San Francisco in 2015
Even though the company never made it to the finals, it just received a second round of funding
We&re talking $29 million
In the three years since it competed in Startup Battlefield, Aircall has raised a total of $40.5 million
That a mighty fine consolation prize.
Plus, all Startup Battlefield teams join the ranks of the Startup Battlefield alumni community
This community consists of nearly 800 companies that have collectively raised more than $8 billion in funding and produced more than 100
Companies like Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, TripIt, Getaround and Cloudflare
Imagine the networking possibilities that await you in this elite group.
This is as good a time as any to remind you that applying to and
competing in Startup Battlefield is 100 percent free
TechCrunch does not charge any fees or take any equity from startups.
Startup Battlefield goes down at Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30
at Arena Berlin.This is your chance to launch your early-stage startup to the world
It could be a life-changing event
What are you waiting for Apply today.
