Open Call for Moldova's Tech Startups: Join the WITSA World Cup 2024!
29 Iulie, 13:31
Are you a high-growth, innovative tech scaleup in Moldova? The WITSA World Cup 2024 invites you to participate in a premier global tournament designed to elevate and celebrate the best tech scaleups across six continents.
The tournament is open to tech scaleups that are pre-Series A funded and beyond, providing an opportunity to enhance their growth trajectory, secure investment, and penetrate new markets. The competition initiates at the national level, with WITSA Country Member Hosts identifying and selecting leading contenders, and culminates in a global finale at the World Congress on Innovation and Technology in 2024.
Submission Deadline: August 9, 2024
Winner Announcement from Moldova: August 13, 2024 (2 startups)
Global Finals in Yerevan, Armenia: October 4-7, 2024
Startups submitting registrations for the local stage will undergo a selection process led by a panel of experts, who will select the two startups that will represent Moldova at the international level.
Important: Early-stage startups are not eligible!!!
Benefits for Participating Startups
Moldovan tech scaleups participating in the WITSA World Cup can expect to gain:
- Global Exposure: Showcase your innovation on an international stage.
- Funding Opportunities: Direct access to potential investors and funding sources.
- Market Expansion: Opportunities for international market access and growth.
- Networking: Connections with influential industry decision-makers and key stakeholders.
- Prizes and Incentives: Compete for the prestigious WITSA World Cup, along with funding, prizes, and other incentives.
About WITSA World Cup (WWC)
The WITSA World Cup (WWC) is an elite global competition that aims to spotlight and elevate leading tech scaleups from around the world. As a key driver of innovation and investment, the WWC serves as a transformative platform for scaling tech companies, helping them make impactful connections and accelerate their growth on an international stage.
The WITSA World Cup Tournament brings together a diverse audience of technology visionaries, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sovereign/family/PE funds, government economic development agencies, accelerators, corporate users, digital platform providers, and tech talent. This dynamic gathering is the perfect environment for startups to gain valuable insights, form strategic partnerships, and accelerate their growth.
Participants benefit from enhanced global visibility, access to significant funding opportunities, and direct engagement with industry leaders. The WWC provides a gateway to international markets and crucial networking with key players.
The winner will receive the prestigious WITSA World Cup, along with substantial funding, prizes, and incentives.
Through a National Selection Process, each member country including Moldova, will send their top two tech scaleups to the Global Finals, resulting in a total of 32 scaleups from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Malaysia, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, and the USA.
About World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT)
The World Congress on Innovation & Technology (WCIT) is the largest and the most reputable international catalytic platform among worldwide Tech leaders. First held in 1978, WCIT is the flagship platform of the World Innovation, Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). Over the years, speakers of the WCIT have included Bill Clinton, Narendra Modi, Sheikh Hasina, Narayana Murthy, Al Gore, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Dr Vint Cerf, Bill Gates, Gary Vaynerchuk, Larry King, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, Don Tapscott, Steve Balmer, John Chambers, Nicholas Negroponte, Colin Powell, Kim Kardashian and Hock Tan. Global business, government and academic leaders congregate to discuss emerging markets, legal and policy issues, political and economic trends, emerging technologies, tech user perspectives and business opportunities in the global marketplace.
Discover more about the World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) and the WITSA World Cup!
Participation of Moldovan startups at the WITSA World Cup in Yerevan, Armenia is organized by ATIC with the support of Tekwill, Startup Moldova, iHUB and Fintech Hub.