The Startup World Cup is a global event where startups from around the world will be coming to San Francisco to battle for a US $1,000,000 grand prize in investment. Startup World Cup is partnering with some of world’s largest conferences and tech events to host 40+ regional startup competitions across 6 continents – North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The goal of Startup World Cup is to create innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for startup ecosystems all over the world. Entrepreneurs from many different countries will be able to use the Startup World Cup platform to build great companies and improve the possibilities for themselves. Startup World Cup is powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based global venture capital firm.
2018 Startup World Cup Winner
I attend a lot of startup events and last year’s finale was one of the best. First, I was floored by the caliber of the speakers which ranged from former Cisco CEO John Chambers to Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph. This was followed by pitches from 28 regional winners. A recap of last year’s event can be viewed here.
Agenda
8:35 – 8:55 Entertainment
9- 9:20 Startup World Cup Opening
9:20 – 9:40 Fireside Chat with Jay Fulcher (CEO of Zenefits)
9:40 – 9:45 Speech by Mukesh (President of USISPF)
9:45 – 10:15 Fireside Chat with Tim Westergren (Former CEO of Pandora)
10:15 – 10:45 Fireside Chat with Neil Hunt (Former CPO of Netflix)
10:45 – 11:15 Fireside Chat with Window Snyder (Chief Software Security Officer of Intel)
11:15 – 11:45 Fireside Chat with Ray Lane (Former President of Oracle)
11:45 – 12:00 Speech by MR Rangaswami (Managing Director of Sand Hill Group)
12 – 13 Lunch
13 – 13:30 Fireside Chat with Rowan Chapman (Head of Innovation of Johnson and Johnson)
13:30 – 14 Fireside Chat with Steve Schoch (CFO of 23andMe)
14 – 14:30 Fireside Chat with Terry Jones (Founding Chairman of Kayak.com)
14:30 – 14:50 Keynote Speech by Curt Carlson (Former CEO of SRI)
14:50 – 15:10 Fireside Chat with Shekar Ayyard (Executive VP of VM Ware)
15:10 – 15:30 Keynote Speech by Josh Constine (Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch)
15:30 – 40 Partner Speeches
15:40 – 16:20 Ask the Investors Panel
16:20 – 16:30 Entertainment
16:30 – 18 Startup World Cup Final Competition
18 – 18:10 Entertainment
18:10 – 18:20 Awards Ceremony
Date: May 17, 2019
Time: 9 am – 6 pm
Location: 1111 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Cost: $399 (use promo code SWCBILL50 for 50% off)
Registration: Universe.com
