

Do You Have the Next Big Real-Time Engagement Idea?
PRIZES

First Place
$10,000

Second Place
$3,000

Third Place
$1,500

Audience Choice Award
$500
Eligibility
EARLY STARTUP
Less than $8 million raised in total funding
INCORPORATED
Less than 3 years from incorporation
CONFIRMATION
Agree to due diligence for eligibility requirements
SEE THE FINALISTS
The submission period is now closed but tune in for the live pitch on September 2nd!
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Americas

Blink
Blink is an audio-first blind speed dating app that helps people build meaningful connections based on genuine compatibility. Using relationship psychology and real-time communication, Blink creates a space where a person’s personality, values, sense of humor, passions, and quirks are what set them apart — not their looks, name, or fashion choices. Try the podcast version of our concept on Date in a Blink.

Uber Battle
Uber Battle is an interactive virtual DJ competition show that allows 3 live DJs to go head-to-head for your entertainment. Participates vote for their favorite DJs by smashing the link button. DJs are rated and points are awarded to the winners to move them up in their rankings.

Venue
Venue makes remote companies more human. We inspire, connect, and celebrate people with simple creative video tools that let you create live cultural moments. With Venue, anyone can easily produce and host synchronous video and multimedia events at scale. Culture-obsessed remote companies are using our platform for company-wide meetings, department town halls, external recruiting information sessions, D&I events, community building, and more.
APAC

Gramrphone
As the only all-in-one audio streaming tool in the world, Gramrphone enables creators to stream high-fidelity audio from their Digital Audio Workstation, Soundcard or any application, straight to their fans, via any major streaming platform. It helps grow creators’ fanbase and deliver uniquely personal live experiences at the click of a button!

PhysioAI
Digital Darwin (PhysioAI) is transforming the way physiotherapy services are delivered in India. We call it Physiotherapy 2.0. Using Computer Vision, AI and Real time engagement, PhysioAI has created the only known Physiotherapy Cobot PHYbot and RTE bot TelePHYbot. Together with Physiotherapists using its proprietary cloud platform these bots create a Phygital (Physical + Digital) reality by seamlessly integrating Physical and Digital touchpoints with the patient.

Edvi
Edvi (Yellow Lambda Technologies Private Limited) is a platform for teachers and students to run complete classroom activities online. Edvi re-creates the perfect classroom environment and offers a lot of novel education centric features.
EMEA

Volta
Volta is a self-serve XR creation platform that gives artists the ability to design and broadcast experiential content that reaches into the metaverse. Volta integrates seamlessly into artists existing workflows, allows them to build new immersive worlds that were previously unimaginable, and can let their fans have an impact on the environment, turning a broadcast into a living breathing place.

SURU Together
SURU Together provides web applications that help people co-create, co-design, and use their collective intelligence to make smarter decisions. People Supported Intelligence (PSi) by SURU is a CivTech audio platform for civic organizations to engage their communities in deliberative participatory decision-making.

Trulience
Trulience creates photo realistic, interactive digital humans that can be spoken to on any device via a simple video call. Our digital humans are built using AI, can be based on a specific human likeness and can be connected to conversational services that provide access to information in a natural, straightforward and engaging way.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Problem to Be Solved
Competitive Analysis
Team Assessment
Target Market
RTE Use Case
Business Model
Solution Details
Go-to-Market Strategy
Investment Proposal
Overall Presentation Quality
JUDGES

Kathleen Forte, Americas
Partner, Business Development at Lightspeed Venture Partners


William Bao Bean, APAC
General Partner at SOSV, Managing Director at Chinaccelerator MOX


Parul Madan, EMEA
CEO & Founder at DueDash Capital Networks GmbH
