Deadline to apply to pitch: Tuesday, December 6th 11:59pm
We will accept late applications! Please apply below.
Why Pitch?
- Gain exposure to the U.S. market and influential people within the U.S. all for free!
- 100,000+ global views per episode
- Each company pitch will receive feedback, ideas and recommendations from Jason Calacanis on both their pitch and company
- Local judges will also critique your pitch and company. Judges will include representatives from incubators, angel investors, & industry executive leaders.
- Win awesome prizes!
Additional Event Information
Prizes
The winning startup will receive:
Package includes:
- 2 round-trip airline tickets and hotel accommodations to San Francisco (Estimated USD $4,000 value)
- A free Launch Pad table at the Launch Conference in March 2012 ($1,500 value)
- Immortalized in the annuls of “This Week In Startups” Show and web site (kinda like this: TWIST Seoul)
- Post-event Press: Spoqa Launch Blog Coverage, Adby.me Launch Blog Coverage, Seoul Space Coverage
Success stories
- Appearing on the first TWIST London episode the host, Jason Calacanis, invited Tripbod to the LAUNCH Conference — where Tripbod got called up from the LAUNCH pad exhibition area to present on stage! Check them out here:
- Appearing on the first Twist Seoul episode, Spoqa, the winner of the event, was featured on Launch and the runner-up, Adby.me was also featured on Launch.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, December 14th 7pm – 10pm — Pre-pitch event
15 companies will be chosen to attend our pre-pitch event. At this event you will have 1 minute to pitch your company. No PPT necessary, just come in and pitch. [Bonus points - If you have a live demo we can look at. Tell us the URL during your pitch and we'll pull it up on our laptop.]
Saturday, December 17th 9:30am – 11:30am — Local event
8 companies will then be chosen to participate in our live show. Again, they will have 1 minute to pitch their company in front of 75+ attendees. The audience and judges will vote to decide on the top 5 companies to present live on the show.
Saturday, December 17th 12pm – 1pm — Live worldwide event
5 companies will again have 1 minute to pitch live on This Week in Startups. The host of the show, Jason Calacanis, will ultimately choose the winner.
Judges
During the event you will also receive feedback about your company and pitch from judges. Please see our judges page for the latest information.
Note on language
Because the “This Week in Startups” program is an international show, this event will be held in English. We’re requiring that all companies pitch in English. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Send a pitch deck
Do you have a pitch deck you’d like to send us? Please fill out the form below and then send your PPT or PDF to: contact [at] twistseoul [dot] com.
Where?
Event Location: Baeklim Building (백림빌딩) 4th Floor, 823-33 Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul (Directions)
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