The final stage of the Global Startup Pitch by WiT and Phocuswright. We started with more than 110 entries from four regions (Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa, Europe, Americas). They were shortlisted to 25 for the first round on May 24 and from that round, 18 were picked to compete in the semi-finals on August 24. Meet the finalists who made it through to the Grand Finals. The winner will be announced by the end of day and wins the opportunity to present at Phocuswright in Fort Lauderdale, November 12-14. The runner-up will win an opportunity to enter the startup programme of Phocuswright.
Facilitators:
Pete Comeau
Managing Director
Phocuswright
Kimberly Newbury
Vice President, Sales, Global Travel Technology Group
Northstar Travel Media
Presenters:
Murray Decker
CEO
Tour Amigo
Seungjae Jeong
CEO & Co-founder
Travel Makers Inc.
Ibukunoluwa Salau
Founder & CEO
Get Direx
Houman Goudarzi
CEO
ZYTLYN Technologies
Stephanie Daniel
Co-founder & CEO
Live My Legend
Darrien Watson
Co-founder & CEO
Squadtrip.com
Judges:
Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
Chris Hemmeter
Managing Director
Thayer Ventures
Miriam Moscovici
Vice President, Research & Partnerships
BCD Travel
Hermione Joye
Sector Lead, Travel & Vertical Search APAC
Google
Simeon Shi
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Corporate Development
Fliggy
Lisa Katsouraki
Senior Vice President Corporate Development
Etraveli Group
Tina Di Cicco
Board Member, Manila Angel Investors Network/
Co-Founder, Avaya Ventures
Murli Ravi
Co-founder
Tin Men Capital
James Lemon
Global Lead - Travel, Transport, Leisure & Automotive
Stripe
Johnny Thorsen
Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
Spotnana
Oliver Rippel
Co-Founder & Partner
Asia Partners
Frederic Barou
SVP, Customer Success Management Asia Pacific
Amadeus