The final stage of the Global Startup Pitch by WiT and Phocuswright. More than 120 entries from six regions (Asia Pacific, India, Middle East Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America) were received for this first global travel startup competition. Our judging panel shortlisted six from each region who competed on May 24. From that round, three were picked to compete in the semi-finals on August 25. Meet the seven who made it through to this Grand Finals. The winner will be announced by the end of day and wins the opportunity to present at Phocuswright in Arizona, November 17-19.
Finalists:
Tiffanie Anderson, Founder
Away To Africa
Noelia Novella, CEO
Doinn
Mark Radford, Founder & CEO
GOPASS Global
Cláudia Backes, Board Member
Pingium
Sanjay Ghare, MD
Vervotech
Joanna Gruau, Multi-day Trips Product Manager
Wheel The World
Benjamin Assuied, Co-founder & CEO
Worklounge
Judges:
David Peller, Executive Vice President
Yanolja Cloud
Frédéric Barou, Senior Vice President, Online Travel & Market Strategy, Asia
Amadeus
Johnny Thorsen, Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
Spotnana
Laura Houldsworth, Managing Director & Vice President, Asia Pacific
Booking.com
Lily Wu, Startup Partner Lead, SEA, Stripe/ Co-founder, WOW Pixies NFT Founder,
Third Space
Lisa Katsouraki, Head of Corporate Development
Etraveli Group
Louise Daley, CEO
Future Now Capital
Morgann Lesné, Partner
Cambon Partners
Nicholas Cocks, Founder & Managing Director
Velocity Ventures
Steve Taub, Managing Director
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Tarique Khatri, Executive Vice President, Centre of Excellence
Seera Group