Present Your Startup is proud to announce the finals of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. This last stage of the program will take place at the Theater De Vest in Alkmaar this Tuesday 29th September. The 5 finalists will compete presenting their businesses by pitching in front of a jury panel and an online audience, who can register at eventbrite to watch the Finale livestream at 1 pm.
PYS program
Present Your Startup is an accelerator program and pitch competition enabling entrepreneurs to share their companies with the world, networking and of course getting the chance to get funded. Customized training, specific investor matchmaking and an innovative community are examples of the features the program offers.
This year, after a successful experience in Bonaire, Present Your Startup organized the program in Alkmaar, together with Gemeente Alkmaar, Rabobank, Actan adviseurs & accountants, Sophista, Twine, IT = Alkmaar, Creative, Triple, Betty Blocks, Tape and Cyso Group.
Due to corona, the Semi-final took place at the NHNEXT set, which allowed people from The Netherlands and worldwide to watch it livestream. At the end of the program, the jury members made a final decision and chose the 5 finalists. After this amazing experience, the finalists got the chance to present their businesses on NH Nieuws every Tuesday of September, getting more presence in The Netherlands. The episodes are still available at their website.
Every year, we have a great event at the finals and people can attend and watch the pitches live. Nonetheless, due to corona measures, we will be transmitting the event online, you can register on eventbrite here. Remember we have a date this Tuesday 29th September at 13:00 hrs. If you could not see who they finalists are, check below:
Aleeza
This startup is the first Dutch online customized skin care brand based on 100% sustainable and unique ingredients which come from plantations in Marrakech and support women's cooperations. Aleeza believes that everyone deserves a personal and transparent skin care product. So far, the team has five members who are asking for a funding of €250,000, which would help them in their branding and marketing advertising, production of 15 products and team growth.
Pepperfield
This company is a young, fast, reliable, securely growing web hosting provider that takes a different approach to turbulent growth. They take over small web hosting providers who often struggle to survive, which have sky-high costs or do not have the required technical knowledge. Pepperfield has grown to a turnover of € 100,000 and 900 customers in 1 year and has three people on the team. They ask € 425K to finance 12 acquisitions.
Airchip
This startup creates comfort in the crowd. They solve waiting lines by rethinking the way people order and pay at events or venues. By now, Airchip has seven members and they believe that people shouldn’t waste time waiting. That’s how they created this app to top up your balance, order your products on the screen and pre-order for easy pick-up or even get it delivered, right on the dancefloor. At the moment, Airchip is looking for a funding of €500.000 to hire a customer success team and expand their engineering staff.
Circuvorm
Strict purchasing requirements and regulations mean, there are fewer circular interior products available for Government, Healthcare, Education and companies at home and abroad. Circuvorm intends to solve this by developing and distributing interior products. So far, this startup has three circular project chairs and they are seeking funding for the Pluz-chair and the Rex-product series (chair & table).
DeMonth
DeMonth: “Your Period is Our Problem!”, stands for sustainable, convenience and luxury for the hard-working women of the Netherlands. This company of four men believe in a transparent production and products that contribute to a better world. DeMonth is looking for an investment of €150.000 to develop their product further, create Native iOS & Android apps and build marketing campaigns.
This are the 5 finalists who are ready to give the best in the Finale of our program in Alkmaar. They will present their startups to a panel of jury members, who will ask them questions and evaluate them. At the end of the show, Present Your Startup founder Valerie Vallenduuk, will announce who is the Winner of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. Join us from the comfort of your home or wherever you are, hereby is the program of Tuesday:
13:00 Opening
13:15 Maarten Strootman from Pepperfield
13:30 Selima Ajaoun from Aleeza
13:45 Gideon Boadu from DeMonth
14:00 Sander van Doorn from Circuvorm
14:15 Daniel van Drunen from Airchip
14:30 Present Your Scale-Up: conversation with former participant
14:45 Announcement of the winner
15:00 End
If you are a follower of our program, you must have seen the audience can vote for their favorite startup. This is a Public Award Prize and if you did not vote yet, you can do it until October 6th here. On that date, we will be announcing which startup wins as people’s favorite.
Remember, we have a date this Tuesday 29th September at 1 p.m. Watch the finalists pitch their ideas and find out who wins Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. For more information, click below:
