SVForum Presents
May 20, 2014, Microsoft Campus, Silicon Valley
For 8 years Launch: Silicon Valley has been firmly established as the premier product launch platform for startups from around the world. On May 20th at Microsoft’s campus in Mountain View, 30 startups from 15 countries, each representing the next generation of emerging technology, will compete in 5 different Groups at the World Cup Tech challenge. They'll pitch their product to a panel of top Silicon Valley and International investors from firms like DFJ, Kleiner Perkins, Venrock, Garage Technology Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, Intel Capital, Samsung Ventures, IBM, Citrix Startup Accelerator, Blackbox, SAP Startup Focus and many more. Only one startup in each Group will take home the Cup - get tickets now and grab a front-row seat to the startup match of the year!
Cheer for your country and vote for your favorite startup in each group! You can vote for as many startups in each group as you'd like, but you can only vote for each startup once. Winners will be determined by a combination of the points given by the judges, online votes, and audience votes on Launch day. The Group winners will score fantastic prizes provided by Group sponsors, as well as one-on-one meetings with Silicon Valley's top VCs, angels, corporate venture and corporate executives. Click on the Groups below to check out the qualified startups within each Tech Group and vote for your favorite!
Mary Grove is Google's Director of Global Entrepreneurship Outreach where she leads Google for Entrepreneurs, the company's programs and partnerships to support startups and entrepreneurs in over 100 countries around the world. Mary joined Google in 2004 as part of the legal team working on the company's IPO then moved to New Business Development where she spent 6 years focused on a range of early stage product incubation and led hundreds of strategic partnerships. Mary is an active leader in entrepreneur and developer outreach efforts both in the US and internationally, spanning initiatives in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. She has led exploratory trips and efforts for Google in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and the West Bank. Mary earned her BA and MA from Stanford University. She sits on the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of UP Global/Startup Weekend, an organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship around the world.
Peter loves technologies that enable world-changing stories to be shared. In 2008, he joined forces with Adam Somlai-Fischer and Péter Halácsy, an architect and an innovator, to create a more memorable and engaging way for people to share stories. Today, their creation is known as "Prezi." Before co-founding Prezi, Peter was already active in the information-sharing realm. In Sweden, he founded omvard.se a company that aggregates data on treatment outcomes for hospital patients. Soon after, he developed the world's first mobile newsreader so people could follow TED Talks from their mobile devices. Peter is also the author of "Developing the Business Case for a New Mobile Service: An Exercise in Business Model Designing" Originally from Karlskoga, Sweden, Peter has lived and worked in Budapest, Tokyo, Stockholm, Singapore and San Francisco. His parents are Hungarian and he's the go-to translator at Prezi since he speaks Japanese, Swedish, Hungarian, and English. In his spare time, Peter enjoys prodding fellow colleagues to join him at Bikram Yoga classes.
James has been at Microsoft for 3+ years, and serves as Director of Microsoft Ventures, responsible for managing the Seed Fund, Global Partners and Marketing. Prior to Microsoft, he spent 8 years as an executive at venture-backed start-ups building high-volume SaaS businesses for the enterprise. Earlier in his career, James worked as an attorney at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, handling venture capital financing, intellectual property and M&A; transactions. He holds 3 patents, serves as an advisor on several boards, and is a member of the executive council of the Internet Marketing Association. James holds degrees in law, planning, and architecture from the University of Virginia and University of Washington.
7:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Opening Remarks:
Adiba Barney, SVForum
Matt Thompson, Microsoft
8:45
Group Enterprise Software.
The 6 qualified Startups pitch to a panel of investors
Startups:
Ohanae
Cupenya
RelationDesk
Contract Live
SUMMICS
FormVerse
Moderator:
Majid itani, Sugar CRM
Panelists:
Stephen Bernardez, Onset Ventures
John McIntyre, Citrix Startup Accelerator
Busy Burr, Citi Ventures
Ben Bayat, Illuminate Ventures
Ullas Naik, Streamlined Ventures
9:45
Fireside chat:
Mary Grove, Director Google for Entrepreneurs
10:30
Demo and Networking Break
11:00
Group HealthTech
The 6 qualified Startups pitch to a panel of investors
Startups:
VoiceItt
Diagnotes
Life.beats
Isentio
Setec Innovations/STEMP
TruTrainer
Moderator:
TBA
Panelists:
Mohanjit Jolly, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Lynne Chou, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kaustav Mitra, SAP Startup Focus
T.M. Ravi, The Hive
Max Shapiro, Keiretsu Forum
12:00
Demo and Lunch
1:15
Group EdTech
The 6 qualified Startups pitch to a panel of investors
Startups:
Taamkru
Actively Learn
eKool
Mustard Seed
Speecheo
BloomBoard
Moderator:
TBA
Panelists:
Steve Goldberg, Venrock
Anis Uzzaman, Fenox Ventures
Lea Bajc, Northzone Ventures
Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures
Zong Ling, IBM Software Group
2:15
Group Digital Media - Mobile
The 6 qualified Startups pitch to a panel of investors
Startups:
Plotagon
Sublime Skinz
AppGyver
FoneSense
Pantomime
Sticky
Moderator:
Wendy Lung, IBM Venture Capital Group
Panelists:
Michael Pachos, Samsung Ventures
Jonathan Barker, Thomvest Ventures
Mike Katz, Battery Ventures
Nicolai Wadstrom, BootstrapLabs
3:15
Short leg stretcher
3:30
Keynote:
Peter Arvai, CEO and Co-Founder of Prezi
4:15
Group Next Gen Technology
The 6 qualified Startups pitch to a panel of investors
Startups:
Sedicii
Shortcut Labs
Vantage Analytics
Stremor
FilmMe Group
Liquidity
Moderator:
TBA
Panelists:
Fadi Bishara, Blackbox
James Maiocco, Microsoft Ventures
Marlon C. Nichols, Intel Capital
Marc Burch, Department of Homeland Security
5:15
Closing Keynote:
James Maiocco, Director of Microsoft Ventures
5:45
Announcement of Group Winners and Awards to the 5 companies voted Most Likely to Succeed.
Citi Ventures
Intel Capital
Venrock
Thomvest Ventures
Cooley LLP
IBM Venture Capital Group
Fenox Ventures
Microsoft Ventures
Northzone Ventures
Blackbox
Streamlined Ventures
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Onset Ventures
Citrix Startup Accelerator
Battery Ventures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
SAP Startup Focus
Keiretsu Forum
BootstrapLabs
Department of Homeland Security (Innovation and Tech)
The Hive
Illuminate Ventures
IBM Software Group
It all happens at Microsoft’s Campus in Mountain View, Silicon Valley!
Microsoft Building 1, 1065 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043
Thank you for hosting, Microsoft!
Thank you to our great sponsors that make this event possible! If you wish to become a platinum, gold, silver, group or prize sponsor, contact us for more information about the packages.
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