sTARTUp Pitching
sTARTUp Pitching is the official pitching competition of sTARTUp Day. We are looking from early-stage to scale-up startups who are looking to raise funds. Preferred applicants have a strong mission and a scalable business model. Your startup should have a functioning product with traction/feedback, a strong team and be ready for an investment.
“A week ago I was super happy because we had recently closed our pre-seed round, and now this… This is a good example of how things in the startup world can change. It takes a day or two to really get used to this idea."
– Toms Niparts, the founder of Jeff App & sTARTUp Pitching 2020 winner
Awards
Ϟ Up to €200,000 EstBAN-led syndicate investment
EstBAN is putting together an angel syndicate to invest up to €200k in the most investable startup team from sTARTUp Day 2022 deal flow. EstBAN syndicates have invested almost 2.7M€ into awesome startup companies, from our portfolio you can find skyrocketing teams like VSight, Jeff App, Fractory, TranslateWise, ATOM Mobility, Adact and numerous others.
Ϟ Up to €100,000 investment from .Cocoon Ventures
.Cocoon Ventures is putting together a syndicate to invest up to €100k for one team.
Ϟ €10,000 equity-free cash from Swedbank
Our partner Swedbank will give €10k equity-free cash to one of the teams to fund their growth.Ϟ 3 x $5000 in Amazon Web Services credits
Our partner Cloudvisor will give 3 startups $5000 in Amazon Web Services credits each to cover their AWS bills.
Cloudvisor is an Advanced tier AWS partner with a focus on startups, and has helped more than 100+ startups so far to grow, scale and optimise costs on AWS.
Ϟ €7,500 legal support from Sorainen
60 hours of legal advice worth of 7500€ from an award-winning international law firm Sorainen whose previous customers include Google, Bolt, Microsoft, and Swedbank among others. In 2016, Sorainen was chosen to be the European Law Firm of the Year, and in 2021, shortlisted by Financial Times as one of the 30 most innovative law firms in Europe.
Ϟ Tera Ventures mentoring package
The winning team has an opportunity to pick the brain of their investment team and get advice on expansion to new markets like the USA, UK, and Asia. In addition to the advice from Team Tera, the mentoring package will be extended to the international advisory committee members. Moreover, they will make bespoke introductions to their investor network to facilitate a perfect match for the space you are in!
Ϟ S2B Work Space for 3 months
Tartu Science Park is giving three months hot desk membership for three people in their newly opened S2B Work Space in the Delta Business Building. The winning startup will become part of sTARTUp Tartu community and have modern and ergonomic working conditions.
Ϟ Pitching training for TOP 40
Teams who have been chosen to pitch in the TOP 40 will get a chance to take part in intense pitching training by Gleb Maltsev. Are you bold enough to book the dates already? Paint your calendars on the 5th, 12th and 19th of August!
This is not the whole list. More awards are on their way!
Timeline
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1 October 2021 |
Applications open
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31 July 2022 | Deadline for applications
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4 August 2022 |
Announcing TOP 40 teams who will pitch at the pre-finals
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5 August 2022 | Pitching training by Gleb Maltsev for TOP 40 - part I |
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8-11 August 2022 | TOP 40 pre-finals in Zoom |
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12 August 2022 |
Pitching training by Gleb Maltsev for TOP 40 - part II
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19 August 2022 |
Pitching training by Gleb Maltsev for TOP 40 - part III
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25 August 2022 |
TOP 40 pitching at sTARTUp Day
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26 August 2022 |
TOP 5 pitching at sTARTUp Day & award ceremony
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Ϟ Technical details for TOP 40 startups pitching on the stage
All the teams will have 3 minutes for the pitch and 2 minutes for the questions. The working language is English. Slides are strongly recommended. All the TOP 40 teams will receive one free Startup ticket per team.