The winner of Webit's Founders Games
shall receive € 200'000 seed investment!
Application for the Founders Games is now closed.
The semi finalists are announced. 2425 startups applied.
The top 100 were selected.
See the winner & the Europe Top 100 Watch Founders Games Ceremony
Founders Games
At Webit.Foundation we are happy to announce that we not only provide free grant for startups to get a free expo table, free festival tickets and opportunity to meet unparalleled selection top enterprise leaders from all around the world + investors, but also an opportunity to WIN €200 000 seed investment!
With over 93% startup failure overall rate, the selected Webit startups for the Founders Games’s semi-finals in the past 7 years have less than 30% failure rate. Being among the Webit's Founders Games startup list is a statement of the company's credibility, innovation and potential in front of enterprise and investors as well as a great marketing opportunity. See who is already registered and may see your pitch!
See the Winner & Selected Webit 100 Top EU Startups
Agenda
Day 1: 25 April
Startup Pitch Stage
StartUp Pitches
12:30 - 12:45 Bringing trust and multilingualism to the online environment
Giovanni Seppia External Relations manager, EURid
12:45 - 13:51 Green Tech Startups Pitches
14:01 - 14:37 Travel Startups Pitches
14:37 - 15:49 Digital Entertainment Startup Pitches
15:49 - 16:25 Digital Commerce Startup Pitches
16:49 - 17:31 Mobile Startup Pitches
16:55 - 17:55 AI/VR Startup Pitches
17:31 - 18:07 Metrix & Data Startup Pitches
Day 2: 26 April
Startup Pitch Stage
StartUp Pitches
10:00 - 10:15 Keynote
Thimo Schmitt-Lord Executive Director and Head, Bayer Foundations
10:15 - 11:21 Health Startup Pitches
11:21 - 13:07 IoE Startup Pitches
13:17 - 14:05 Fintech & Money Startup Pitches
14:15 - 15:39 Other Startup Pitches
Blue Stage
StartUp Finals & Award
17:00 - 18:00 Founders Games Official Ceremony and Awards
Attending Companies Include
Attendees
- 56% Central & Eastern Europe
- 29% Rest of Europe
- 06% USA
- 05% Asia
- 04% Rest of the World
The Seed Investment
The seed investment of 200 000 EUR is provided by Plamen Russev (chairman of Webit.Foundation, investor and serial entrepreneur) and prominent Bulgarian entrepreneurs and angel investors including the founder of Telerik (USD 264 million company exit) Vassil Terziev, The founder of Rosslin Capital, investors and serial entrepreneur Ivo Evgeniev and the founder of Telelink and sucessful entrepreneur Lyubomir Minchev.
Тhe form in which the seed investment will be paid out is a convertible loan. The loan will convert into shares of preferred stock upon the closing of a next equity financing (Series A round of financing) at market terms for such an instrument.
There will be 2 tranches. The first tranche of 50 000 EUR will be transferred within a month after winning Webit’s Founders Games.
The second tranche will be released upon achieving certain milestones negotiated between the investors and the winner.
The investment offer is non-obligatory for the startup winner of Webit's Founders Games and subject to standard due diligence processes on behalf of the investors.
WHO MAY APPLY
As far as your company is active in the following disciplines:
| Advertising | Analytics & Big Data |
Artificial Intelligence |
Augmented Reality |
Biotech |
| Blockchain | Cleantech | Clothing & Fashion |
Communications & Media |
Consumer Electronics |
| Cryptocurrencies | Cyber Security |
Digital Commerce |
Digital Entertainment |
E-commerce & Online marketplaces |
| eLearning | Enterprise Software |
Fintech | Food & Nutrition |
Games |
| Health | Industrial internet & IoT |
Infrastructure | Manufacturing tech & Materials |
Med tech & Pharma |
| Mobile | Money | Non-Profit | On-demand Services |
Robotics |
| Smart energy |
Social & dating |
Social Entrepreneurship |
Social Media & Messaging |
Space Technology |
| Transport & Automotive |
Travel | Virtual Reality |
Wearable Technology |
Xaas |
THE OPPORTUNITY
WEBIT.FESTIVAL is to provide startups with a free expo table and 600 free expo tickets.
The startups who qualify shall have access to all attendees of the WEBIT.FESTIVAL - the major and most influential tech and digital global event for CE Europe.
SELECTION
The selection is made on 5 major milestones:
- Team capacity - 10 points
- Project Scalability - 10 points
- Business approach - 10 points
- Marketing approach - 10 points
- Uniqueness of the idea - 10 points
YOUR VALUE
WEBIT.FESTIVAL is the only place where startups meet investors, reporters, the CEOs, CMOs and CTOs of the world's largest and most innovative companies along with the biggest global and regional advertisers. Only at WEBIT.FESTIVAL your startup will have access not only to hundreds of investors but also to major potential partners and clients making WEBIT.FESTIVAL the most StartUp friendly digital and tech industry event.
Hundreds of accredited journalists from all over the world will be present during WEBIT.FESTIVAL, searching for the next great startup. At the event you may meet and connect with editors in chief, editors and correspondents from Wall Street Journal, Mashable, The Next Web, Wired, Bloomberg, Guardian, TechCrunch, e27, Wamda, ITP, Forbes, CNN, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Economist and many more.
Application for the Founders Games is now closed.
The semi finalists are announced. 2425 startups applied.
The top 100 were selected.
First Announced Investors
Jonas Jacobi
VP, Cloud and Mobile Technology Strategy, IBM
Michael Schuster
Partner, SpeedInvest
Roby Stancel
Partner for Europe and Innovation, VCI
Suraj Kumar Rajwani
Managing Partner, DoubleRock
Sriram Prakash
Deloitte / Global Lead, Innovation M&A and Venturing Services
Alexey Telnov
Investment Director, iTech Capital
Bart Becks
Founder & CEO, angel.me; Chairman, EURACTIV; Partner, Venturewise investment fund
Thimo Schmitt-Lord
Executive Director and Head, Bayer Foundations
Matthias Schanze
Principal, Siemens Next47
Pavel Bogdanov
General partner at Almaz Capital
Investor? Meet amazing startups from all around the world.
StartUp? Meet governmental investment agencies from Europe and investor and grow your business.
The energy level and the entire group of entrepreneurs that are here... The Webit was superb! Thank you so much for having IBM onboard.
Sandy Carter
Ex General Manager, IBM Ecosystems and Social Business Evangelism at IBM
Startup Partners
Partner Startup's Pitch Stage, Founders Games Special Award
Partner Startup's
Pitch Stage
Partner Startup Expo
Green Zone
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
