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THIS IS ANOTHER OF OUR FREE PITCHING PRACTICE EVENTS, now with an enhanced format:
• More time to pitch,
• More networking time for entrepreneurs and investors to meet. Scroll down to see this month’s mentors and investors.
• More drinks!
• Prizes!
After hosting some fantastic events for many different types of startup we are now hosting the first of this year’s sector-specific events:
Perfect that pitch: Travel tech special.
On February 25th we’ll be helping travel startups improve their pitching skills and get noticed by the investment community and the startup world.
Please email hello@pitchup.events if you want to pitch.
PitchUp events are designed to help startups improve their chances of winning funding or a new business pitch. Just like live investor pitches, you get five minutes to get your startup across. Unlike those pitches you’ll also receive ten minutes of advice from mentors and the crowd on what you could do to improve your chances of succeeding. Scroll down for this event’s mentors, who will also award the prizes.
If you’re not pitching then please come along to offer your own experiences and advice to the early-stage companies, or to learn about the pitch experience. In fact everyone benefits from the mentors, investors and other entrepreneurs who join in too.
Plus, there’s plenty of networking time where you’ll meet other travel tech entrepreneurs and investors who are looking to fund this incredibly exciting space.
The format is simple: Startups pitch and mentors and the crowd help them with constructive advice.
STARTUPS: Pitch up, present your funding or new business deck in five minutes and get valuable feedback, ideas and advice from mentors, other start ups, biz dev people, entrepreneurs and potential investors.
CROWD: Pitch up and learn, contribute and network.
INVESTORS: Pitch up and fish for exciting new startups.
This event’s mentors:
Our mentors have heard 100′s of pitches and can provide valuable feedback to help improve and strengthen your pitching. We are fortunate to have the support from such a strong group of innovators in travel, including:
Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner & Co-founder, PROfounders Capital.
In addition to the impressive PROfounders portfolio, Sean has invested in startups TweetDeck Inc, Leap Motion and Onefinestay. He serves on the board of directors of GetYourGuide & Festicket, and previous to PROFounders, he worked at Benchmark Capital / Balderton Capital.
Joakim Everstin, Head of Innovation & Technology Evangelist EMEA at Sabre Travel Network.
Joakim is responsible for identifying emerging trends and technologies in travel, and overseeing the development of these into value-add products for one of the world’s biggest travel tech brands, Sabre. He also features as a frequent keynote speaker and panelist around mobile technology and wearable devices in some of the major EMEA travel trade shows such as WTM, ITB, IFTM and Arabian Travel Market.
Alex Bainbridge, CEO & founder of TourCMS, contributor to Tnooz.
Alex is a contributing Node to Tnooz and writes about travel technology, travel startups, specialist tour operators and the tours & activities sector. He is also the founder & CEO of TourCMS, a web-based SaaS reservation system and distribution platform used by many specialist tour operators worldwide to take online bookings and distribute to 3rd parties. Earlier this year Alex successfully exited TourCMS, a business he built up from nothing to the giant it is today.
Alex Narracott, Co-founder of Much Better Adventures.
Co-founder of the Traveltech Lab’s first resident business, Alex is part responsible for one of the best ski booking websites in the world. Since 2012, Much Better Adventures (MBA) has seen rapid growth, selling over £7m worth of ski holidays and more than doubling customer numbers year-on-year. Since graduating the Traveltech Lab, the company has grown from a team of 4 to 14, been voted one of the UK’s top 100 startups, won a national Business Growth Award and were finalists at both HRH’s The Duke of York’s Pitch At Palace 3.0 and the UK Service Business Of The Year awards.
MBA was recently backed by Europe’s leading seed-stage fund, Seedcamp, alongside some of Europe’s leading tech and travel investors to further develop the platform.
The prizes:
We will be offering a free membership to The Traveltech Lab as well as a host of other prizes for the most impressive pitch, as decided by our panel of mentors.
On the night:
6.30pm – 7.00pm Doors open and networking time
7.00pm – 8.30pm Pitches (only six slots available so please apply early)
8.30pm – 9.30pm Networking time
9.30pm – Everyone to the pub for some ‘notworking’
The event will be held at Traveltech Lab in London Bridge, already home to some of the UK’s most exciting travel startups. It’s also home one of the best views from a desk anywhere in London, overlooking Tower Bridge and City Hall.
Big thanks
Perfect that Pitch – Travel tech special is being kindly supported by London & Partners and The Trampery, two organisations dedicated to making London a global centre for travel technology businesses.
Please email hello@pitchup.events if you want to pitch.
