At the end of the event, Placements.ng emerged the top startup, walking away with the grand prize of ₦1 million.
In the next edition of the Techpoint Build, the organization will be switching things a bit. Pitch Storm remains a pitch competition for early-stage startups that use technology to solve basic problems but this time, it is going beyond Nigeria and focusing on West Africa. The Techpoint Teams are also increasing the grand prize money to $10,000.
What Will Participants Benefit
✓ Exposure to a live audience of distinguished people and investors in the region✓ The overall winner will receive $10,000
Participating startups will be eliminated down to 12 finalists. While there will be only one winner, other finalists also get to pitch to a room full of potential local investors and foreign investors in a closed Deal Room.
Who Is Eligible
To be eligible, you need to:✓ Be from a West African country
✓ Qualifying startups must have a fully working product, reasonably close to or in production
✓ Qualifying startups must be early-stage companies
✓ Interested startups must fit into one of these categories:
- Fintech and Payments
- eCommerce
- Agriculture
- Education and Recruitment
- Hardware
- Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
- Media & Entertainment
- Health and Nutrition
- Logistics and Transportation
Deadline
Applications are open until 12AM (WAT) on October 31st, 2018
To find out more, please visit TechPoint.Africa.
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