Project Description
Supported by
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Six startups selected for the YouStartIT#2 intake worth €22,000
The selected startups of the 20th May pitch held at the MITA Innovation Hub in SmartCity were:
- Automated Controllers
- DogBox
- FastTrack
- FreeHour
- gameXcite (Miles&Games)
- MOO Ltd. (FYLM)
The event featured a Lego Serious Play workshop titled “”Fail fast, fail soon… oops, you just failed. What next?” A fun workshop facilitated by Carlo Spellucci and Aurora Padilla from Fdxlab.
Guest speakers included Sofia del Sante from Startup Chile.
The full list of shortlisted startups out of a total number of 19 valid applications were:
- AC., Precision farming solution
- ALT – Rent Online, Online rental platform
- DogBox, E-commerce solution for dog lovers
- FastTrack, Uberizing the local workforce
- FreeHour, Connecting students on campus
- Hedgehog Inc., Automating small investors’ risk profile
- MOO LTD., Simplified photo-printing from your mobile
- Miles&Games, Cross-platform rewards program for gamers
- Registrator Platform, Integrated web-based accounting solutions for SMEs
- Wedding desires, Single marketplace for weddings
Applications open | Tue 4th April 2017 |
World cafe’ – Speed date your mentor! | Tue 4th April 2017, 18:00-20:00 at SmartCity |
Pre-acceleration & Design Thinking | Wed 5th April to Mon 8th May 2017 |
Incorporation Insights | Wed 3rd May, 17:30 – 20:00 (venue: PwC’s Academy, Qormi) |
Applications close | Sun 14th May 2017, 23:59 |
Communication of shortlisted startups | Mon 15th May 2017 |
Coaching day | Wed 17th 13:00 – 18:30, MITA Innovation Hub, SmartCity |
Pitch ideas to panel of judges | Sat 20th May 2017, 09:00 – 13:00, MITA Innovation Hub, SmartCity Malta |
Start of acceleration & project kick-off | Mon 22nd May 2017 |
Product launch | Thu 24th August 2017 * |
Submission of Business Plan & Final Report | Thu 31st August 2017 |
Demo day – pitch to investors | Thu 7th September 2017 |