Bonaire, 14th February 2020 – Present Your Startup landed in Bonaire. The accelerator program received 75 applications for their Academy. Now only a shortlisted number of startups will be able to learn from the best and only the finalists will pitch at the finals. Who will be the winner of Present Your Startup Bonaire 2020?
About the program
Since 2014, Present Your Startup helps startups through their accelerator programs and pitch competitions. So far, over 750 startups applied for the PYS program. After six editions in the Netherlands, four in New York and three on Curacao, now was the perfect time to go to Bonaire. Present Your Startup is proud to organize the Bonaire edition together with the Chamber of Commerce Bonaire (KvK Bonaire).
For this edition the program received 75 applications from entrepreneurs of all over the Caribbean islands, not only from Bonaire but also from Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curacao and even from the Netherlands, UK and USA. It was very difficult for the team to shortlist the startups to go to the next round: the Academy, that will take place between the 17th and 20th of February in the conference room of sponsor Eden Beach resort, which will help the entrepreneurs in different areas like finance, business model, marketing and pitching.
After the interviews, an evaluation of each of the businesses and looking at their drivers, PYS decided who was ready for the Academy. Here are the shortlisted startups for our Bootcamp! Congratulations:
Science 4 Salud
Creative World
Turismo
Tropical Nature
Bonaire DailyFresh
Wanika Games
Wageningen Tech hub
Pack 'n Go
Nursability
Vitamin Sea
Finals February 20th, 2020
After the academy, which is a training week that includes masterclasses in different areas, constant feedback, evaluations and pitch practice, the PYS team will select the best startups to pitch on the 20th of February in front of a local and international audience in Spice Beach club - Bonaire.
The winner of PYS Bonaire 2020 wins a trip to the next Present Your Startup in New York, Curacao or the Netherlands. It is also possible that there is a battle between an investor and a startup but that is always a surprise.
Would you like to watch the best startups pitch this thursday 20th? Everybody is invited to attend the Finals of Present Your Startup Bonaire 2020, the tickets are available here:
Written by Valerie Vallenduuk and Claudia Flores Jiménez
Comments, questions, suggestions to: claudia@innovate.today
