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| “Grand Finale” Brings Together Startup Founders From 30 Regional
Competitions Across Six Continents
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Thursday, April 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Startup World Cup today announced the speakers
and judges for the Startup World Cup 2018 Global Grand Finale, to
be held at San Francisco’s Marriott Marquis on May 11, 2018. This
year’s Startup World Cup began with 30 regional competitions,
starting in Brazil last August and circling the globe through the
end of April. The winners of the regional competitions will vie
for a $1,000,000 investment prize at the Grand Finale event.
Startup World Cup is organized by Fenox Venture Capital, a Silicon
Valley-based global VC firm. The Grand Finale event will bring
together the startups plus well-known speakers and judges from the
tech community for a full day of networking and competition, with
an audience expected to exceed 2,500. The startups are from North
America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and
represent technologies ranging from AI and IoT to life science and
medtech.
Startup World Cup 2018 Grand Finale featured keynote speakers
include:
Reid Hoffman, Founding CEO of LinkedIn; Partner of Greylock
Partners
John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco; Founder of JC2 Ventures
Adam Cheyer, Co-Founder of Siri
Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel
Vinod Khosla, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems; Founder of
Khosla Ventures
Marc Randolph, Co-Founder of Netflix
Jay Vijayan, former CIO of Tesla
This year’s Startup World Cup winner will be selected by an All-
Star panel of investor judges, including Geoff Ralston from Y
Combinator, Ashley Carroll from Social Capital, Adeo Ressi from
the Founder Institute, and Nina Achadjian from Index Ventures
among others.
Register to attend the 2018 Grand Finale on May 11th here.
About Fenox Venture Capital
Fenox Venture Capital is a Silicon Valley-based global VC firm,
which has invested into more than 120 companies. Fenox VC
leverages its international network, spanning the US, Asia, and
Europe to support the global expansion of its portfolio companies.
Read more about Fenox VC at www.fenoxvc.com.
Press
Journalists can apply for a media pass to the Startup World Cup
Grand Finale here.
View source version on businesswire.com:
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=51790361&lang=en
Contacts
To request interviews with Fenox Partners, startup contestants and
featured speakers contact:
Fenox Venture Capital
Jeff Lettes, +1-408-645-5532
jl.stratcomm@gmail.com
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