INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TechCrunch is excited to announce that the Startup Battlefield Latin America is coming to São Paulo on November 8 this year
This is the first event TechCrunch has ever held in Latin America, and we are all in to make it a memorable one to support the fast-emerging
startup ecosystem in the region.The Startup Battlefield is TechCrunch’s premier startup competition, which over the past 12 years has
placed 750 companies on stage to pitch top VCs and TechCrunch editors
Those founders have gone on to raise more than $8 billion and produce more than 100 exits
Startup Battlefield Latin America aims to add 15 great founders from Latin America to those elite ranks.Here’s how the competition works
Founders may apply now to participate in Startup Battlefield
Any early stage (pre-A round) company with a working product headquartered in an eligible Latin American country (see list below) may apply
Applications close August 6
TechCrunch editors will review the applications and, based on which applicants have the strongest potential for a big exit of major societal
impact, pick 15 to compete on November 8. TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield team will work intensively with each founding team to hone
their six-minute pitch to perfection.Then it’s game day
The 15 companies will take the stage at São Paulo’s Tomie Ohtake Institute in front of a live audience of 500 people to pitch top-tier VC
The judges and TechCrunch editors will pick five for a finals round
Those lucky finalists will face a fresh team of judges, and one will emerge as the winner of the first-ever Startup Battlefield Latin
The winner takes home $25,000 and a trip for two to the next Disrupt, where they can exhibit free of charge in the Startup Alley and may
also qualify to participate in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt
All Startup Battlefield sessions will be captured on video and posted on TechCrunch.com.It’s an experience no founder would want to miss,
considering the opportunity to join the ranks of Battlefield greats from years past, including Dropbox, Yammer, Mint, Getaround, CloudFlare,
Vurb and many more.Get that application started now.Here’s the need-to-know about qualifying to apply:Have an early-stage company in
“launch” stageHeadquartered in one of these countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,
Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (Central America) Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico,
Panama (Caribbean – including dependencies and constituent entities), Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.Have a fully working
product/beta reasonably close to, or in, productionHave received limited press or publicity to dateHave no known intellectual property
PSTTickets to attend Startup Battlefield Latin America will go on sale soon
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