World Startup Expo concluded on 23 November at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. The exhibition and conference was a platform to interact and learn from gurus on the global stage and was a first of its kind to be held in India. the Expo was a round-up of thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, banks, policy makers, influencers and 300 startup exhibitors among more.
The event comprised of a 3-day exhibition, a 2-day exhibition, four master classes and a 36-hour coding challenge – World Tech Hackathon. It also included pitch competitions for the Startup World Cup and WSE awards – all under one roof.
World Startup Expo was the Global Strategic Partner for 100 Open Startups who selected 30 startups to pitch at their level 3 event held at World Startup Expo. Out of the 30, top eight winners will compete for the level 4 in Brazil to be held in February 2016. And those eight are: Green Dzine, Interpretonomics; Snack Experts, Trizzio, Zilico, Drone Aerospace, R2 Robotronics and Minimac Systems.
Winners of WSE awards under organisation category:
Blue Pepper – Food & Beverage
Rure Bank – Fintech
Trizzion – Science & Technology Platforms
Esysoft Technologies – Energy & Utilities
Zoylo – Healthcare
Ready Assist – Boot Strap Champ
Reaching Soon – Open Challenge
Hug innovations – Wearables
Klenty – Small Business
Newee By Athena – Industry of the Future
Cloudra – Information Society
Winner of World Tech Hackathon
Picasso, Jayaa Bharadwaj
World Startup Expo is an initiative by Cocoon Ventures, a Dubai based venture capital and organised by global business events and consulting firm, Trescon. The Plunge Daily was a media partner for the event.