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SeedStars World Santa Cruz Bolivia 2018 #startups #empresas #negocios #emprendimientos #seedstarsworld #seedstars #siliconvalleystyle #tech #tecnologia #fintech #software #innovacion #networking (at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boz2ekmjuWv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q903w94y1s7b

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Seedstars Singapore #sswsingapore #sginnovate #seedstars #seedstarsworld (at Marina Bay Sands Convention Center Singapore)

[chalkboardeducation]

What's bigger than $500,000?

Last month, our team attended the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland, the annual rendez-vous for the best startups from emerging markets. The event was the final leg of a worldwide startups competition that promised half a million dollars cash prize to the winner. Chalkboard Education was part of the finalists out of 8000 applicants in 62 countries, representing Ghana.

16 startups with solutions ranging from ed-tech and computer aided diagnostics systems to women’s reproductive health and fin-tech represented the African continent.

How did African startups perform at the Seedstars Summit?

Truth be told, it could have been a better year for African startups at the Seedstars Summit. In stark contrast to the 2016 edition, where the South African Giraffe won the big prize and during which a special “African Startup Award” was given to Ghana’s Asoriba, no African startup received any major distinction.

Out of the 16 African startups at the Seedstars Global Summit, only 31% got funding to date.

50% of LatAm startups and 61% of Asian startups have raised money before.

Collectively we have raised 23% less than Latam (some big markets were represented twice, such as Mexico and Brazil)

Looking at the bright side

African startups in general raised less money last year: according to Disrupt Africa, funding for Africa startups fell 30.5% in 2016.

On the other hand, in Africa, more startups secured funding than ever before (+17%).

In other words, more startups secured smaller tickets that were more adapted to their needs and their specific contexts. “It is the end of irrational money” according to the Disrupt Africa African Tech Startups Funding Report 2016.

When you look at the African startups at the Seedstars Summit there are reasons to believe that the future looks bright, especially for women entrepreneurs in Africa:

The two African startups that made it to the finals of the global competition were lead by women : Jamii from Tanzania and Kasha from Rwanda. Both have already gained significant traction in their markets: Jamii, the micro-insurance company, covers over 400 hospitals in Tanzania. Last month, Kasha passed the major milestone of 1,000 deliveries of female healthcare products in Rwanda.

And 1 out of 2 of the African companies that have raised money are lead or co-lead by women: Jamii, Kesha and Chalkboard Education. By the way, Jamii just closed a whopping $750,00 seed round for expanding into East and Central Africa.

High calibre investors are looking closely at us: the Nigerian startup Kangpe recently joined Y Combinator. They also operate in Ghana and Kenya and have about 60,000 users.

Lilian Makoi, CEO of Jamii, pitching on stage at the Seedstars Summit

More than money

Although none of us from Africa won the Seedstars prize, as my-cofounder wrote recently, attending an event like this is invaluable for us.

Through workshops, roundtables and one-to-one mentoring sessions, we got to sit down and exchange with thought leaders, top investors (Leapfrog Investments, Almaz Capital, Omidyar Network), reputable businessmen (Bob Collymore, Alex Galitsky), corporate leaders (from Udacity, Orange, Merck, IBM etc) who shared their time and insights, for free. We also forged connections and friendships with other innovators that could turn into business opportunities someday.  

We are taking this knowledge with us, and as we implement it we will share it with our fellow entrepreneurs back home. This is our contribution to strengthen our ecosystem and give back to our community.

Miora Randriambeloma, Co-founder of Chalkboard Education

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@TheuriWanjohiM: .@Seedstars: #Ghanaian #agritech startup #AgroCenta has been crowned Global Winner of #SeedstarsWorld via @DisruptAfrica https://t.co/jfQHYWbO6c

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Die besten #emergingmarkets #startups in Lausanne. @seedstarsworld -> Link in Bio #finance #payments #startup #app #apps #ökosystem #ecosystem #worldrun #fintech #bettertogether (hier: Lausanne, Switzerland)

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No passado Sábado 24 de Outubro, a KiandaHub e o Seedstars World, realizaram com sucesso no Espaço Bahia a primeira edição em Angola da competição para startups em fase de pré-investimento em mercados emergentes. Onze startups foram convidadas a competir, e o vencedor local, Jobartis, uma plataforma online de emprego e fomação profissional, foi selecionada como a melhor startup em Angola. A Jobartis vai à Suíça em Fevereiro de 2016 para a ronda de apresentação final, e poderá ganhar 500.000 USD em capital de investimento.

As 11 startups se apresentaram em frente a um júri de prestígio incluindo Clausir Ramos –  Membro do departamento de conteúdos e soluções de aplicações móveis da Unitel, que disse “Foi um grande desafio porque o empreendedorismo é uma coisa nova no mercado angolano. Este evento vai dar a  oportunidade às startups angolanas de competir no cenário global e aprender com empreendedores do mundo inteiro”. Outros membros do júri:

Armando Teixeira – Director do FACRA – Fundo Activo de Capital de Risco Angolano

Jofre Karymba – CEO da KAINVEST

Joel Epalanga –  Director Geral na KiandaHub

Dima Diall – Executivo de Contas Estratégicas na Microsoft

Marcello Schermer – Director Regional para Africa no Seedstars World

O vencedor regional, Jobartis, foi nomeada a melhor startup pela sua solução sofisticada que combina uma larga plataforma de emprego com um portal de formação. Luis Verdeja, co-fundador e CEO da Jobartis, falou-nos sobre aconquista do título e do que significa para si e a sua empresa: “Tem sido uma jornada muito emocionante e estou grato pelo reconhecimento do nosso trabalho árduo recebido que recebemos com este prémio”.

A Bitfyr, uma aplicação que reinventa a forma como os utilizadores interagem antes e durante os eventos ficou em segundo lugar e a ProxyPay, plataforma de hospedagem integrada que facilita às pequenas e médias empresas receber pagamentos online utilizando a rede Multicaixa ficou com o terceiro lugar do top 3. Finalmente, a SOBA, combinação de moda com forte componente de responsabilidade social venceu o voto do público presente no evento.

As outras startups convidadas para para se apresentarem foram:

TEC RETINA – Rede social Business to Business

TECMICRO – Empresa focada na indústria de automação residencial de forma a melhorar as condições de vida dos seus utilizadores.

Makelabor – Uma rede que permite aos empreendedores e empresas encontrar pessoas que queiram colaborar para os ajudar a desenvolverem as suas ideias ou projectos, bem como encontrar investidores

Interactive Load – Criando jogos com base na cultura africana, bem como plataforma de publicidade focada em ajudar individuos e pequenas empresas a vender melhor.

Manifesto – Proporcionar à população angolana uma maneira rápida e fácil de aceder às notícias que as mais interessam.

Kwanza Online – Simplificando a vida das pessoas oferecendo uma solução para compras online de forma rápida e segura.

LNL (Luanda Night Life) – plataforma de avaliação que informa, influencia e actualiza os seus utilizadores sobre restaurantes, bares e hotéis em Luanda.

O Seedstars Luanda foi apoiado pela Unitel, que actuou como principal patrocinador do evento e dará apoio adicional aos empreendedores que participaram no evento. A embaixadora local para o Seedstars World, Vanda de Oliveira da KiandaHub, organizou o evento contando com o apoio de parceiros locais tais como o Menos Fios, Red Bull, Radio Nacional de Angola e JCAC Communications. Continuando a sua jornada pelos ecosistemas de startups em mercados emergentes, a próxima paragem do Seedstars World é em Buni Hub em Dar Es Salaam, para selecionar a melhor startup da Tanzânia.

O Seestars World está à procura de startups inteligentes que resolvem problemas regionais e/ou desenvolvem produtos rentavéis para o mercado global.

Veja mais fotos do evento:

Descubra qual foi a melhor Startup de Angola no Seedstars Luanda No passado Sábado 24 de Outubro, a KiandaHub e o Seedstars World, realizaram com sucesso no Espaço Bahia a primeira edição em Angola da competição para startups em fase de pré-investimento em mercados emergentes.

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Seedstars arrive à Abidjan le 12 Août 2015

Seedstars arrive à Abidjan le 12 Août 2015

Pour sa campagne 2015, la grande compétition de détection de start-up prometteuses Seedstars débarque sur les bords de la lagune Ebrié le 12 août.

SeedStars World est une compétition mondiale d’identification de principales start-ups en phase d’amorçage sur les marchés émergents. Il s’est donné comme mission de réduire le taux de chômage dans les marchés émergents à travers la promotion et…

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[INTERVIEW] Alisée de Tonnac de Seedstars world @aliseedt TEDxLausanne 2015 talk - "Talents are Everywhere" www.tedxlausanne.com/talk/talents-are-everywhere

www.seedstarsworld.com

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Seedstars Singapore #sswsingapore #sginnovate #seedstars #seedstarsworld / on Instagram http://bit.ly/2rX6EcT http://bit.ly/2qYTEnT May 25, 2017 at 01:43PM

[chalkboardeducation]

Hanging out with doers at Seedstars World Summit

Last week after breakfast, I met a guy doing VR in Nepal. Right after that, I met two people from Myanmar: they sell an information system for schools there. I also befriended with the founder of a corporate learning solution - in Sri Lanka! I’ll stop here, you got it: I attended the Seedstars World Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland.

We were 60+ people from 60 countries handpicked by Seedstars teams across the world, and are working in all industries. Myself and my cofounder Miora Randriambeloma were proudly representing Ghana, with impressive figures on our slides and, of course, a bottle of authentic akpeteshie.

During an entire week it was all about innovation, growth, progress, social change, and successes. I guess it is what naturally happens when you bring together people from emerging markets: we were only doers amongst the attendees! We could emancipate from pessimistic narratives, and talk about solutions more than problems.

Seedstars leads this positioning: when their CEO Alisée de Tonnac speaks about the world as she sees it, she mentions opportunities, new markets, new ideas, and more importantly, the emergence of new kinds of entrepreneurs.

At the Seedstars Summit, none of the people I met were from my country, and a very few of them spoke my language. Yet I felt like we had much more in common: we shared a vision. We belong to a generation of entrepreneurs to whom profit serves impact, more than the other way around.

One night, we ended up chatting until 5 in the morning with a bunch of people from Angola, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Mozambique… Our challenges are those of any venture: sales processes, HR, marketing, KPIs definition. More precisely, they are those of any venture led by young entrepreneurs aware of their weaknesses.

The solutions are specific to emerging markets — but not necessarily market-specific: that evening, I was given great, practical, ideas on how to strategise our partnerships, make the most out of our fundraising round, and close sales deals.

The Seedstars Summit has been an unique opportunity for us to take a step back from our daily operations, think longer-term, and grow up together. The relationships, often friendships, we tied with people from all around the globe are unbreakable, and invaluable.

Organisations like Seedstars help us all strengthen our ventures. I look forward to when we will lead our markets and master our businesses: I am confident that, at that moment, the world will be a better place.

Adrien Bouillot Founder & CEO of Chalkboard Education

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1.. 2.. 3.. eFishery.. :)) #seedstarsworld

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SeedStars World Santa Cruz Bolivia 2018 #startups #empresas #negocios #emprendimientos #seedstarsworld #seedstars #siliconvalleystyle #tech #tecnologia #fintech (at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boz2K_wjDpH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zz46xsezepbe