Start Tel Aviv 2016

Start Tel Aviv 2016 Kicked Off in Vietnam

  •   Start Tel Aviv 2016 Kicked Off in Vietnam
  • 4/25/2016
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    ​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 30 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 fifth annual competition, formerly known as Bizcamp Tel Aviv and this is the second 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.

    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 2016.

    Only one female founding member of a startup may submit to the Start Tel Aviv competition and that founder will be subject to the conditions below. The prize will be given to the only one founder who entered the competition.

    1. CRITERIA

    + Age of submitting female founder: 25-35

    + Sectors: tech based startup, particularly in IOT, web, and mobile

    + Stage of the startup: seed stage

    + The team must have a prototype to present.

    + Participants are responsible for reserving their intellectual property rights to the submitted products.

    + Winner must speak 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: May 25th 2016 (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://facebook.com/IsraelinVietnam