Start Tel Aviv is an international competition held by The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tel Aviv Global & Tourism. In this competition startups from 20 different countries will compete for the opportunity of a 5-day intense startup experience in Tel Aviv to learn from the ecosystem in the city. This is the fourth annual competition, formerly known as Bizcamp Tel Aviv and this is the first time Vietnam is invited to join.
Start Tel Aviv will take place during the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, and participants will have the opportunity to meet the coolest and smartest companies, techies, startups, designers, artists, scientists, investors, and cultural drivers from Israel and abroad.
The DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, a global gathering of innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world, is held throughout Tel Aviv in mid-September. The Festival is comprised of a long list of events, conferences, meet-ups, mingles and gatherings, all focusing on different sides of digital, technological, social and urban innovation. http://dldtelaviv.com/
Some of the participating countries this year are Norway, UK, Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Korea, India, Japan and Russia.
As a part of Start Tel Aviv 2015 as well as a continuation of the successful Startup Israel 2014, the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam in collaboration with Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and Business Studies and Assistance Center (BSA) will organize a startup competition to find out a winner for Start Tel Aviv 2015.
Only 01 founder member of the winning startup will go to Israel for the study tour in September 2015.
1. CRITERIA
Age of submitting founder: 25-35
Sectors: information and communications technology
Stage of the startup: seed stage
Participants are responsible for reserving their intellectual property rights to the submitted products.
Founder member of the startup need to be fluent in English.
2. HOW TO APPLY
An application in both English and Vietnamese includes general information about the startup and thorough business plans in PDF.
A video clip in English, no more than 2-3 minute long, explaining why their company should be picked to go to Israel.
After screening of applications and video clips, the finalists will have interviews (in English) with a board of judges including representatives from the Embassy, the Ministry and BSA in Hanoi. The final interview stage consists of presentation and Q&A session with judges.
Application need to be sent by email only to the following address: political@hanoi.mfa.gov.il
Deadline for submission: 30/4/2015 (Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted)
*Please note that participants shall cover their own expense if they need to travel to Hanoi for the final interview.
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Phan Thuy Trang; Mobile: 0914 551 528; Email: political@hanoi.mfa.gov.il
or go to our pages: http://embassies.gov.il/HANOI; http://facebook.com/IsraelinVietnam