Germany’s largest TV group ProSiebenSat.1 is launching a startup competition called SevenVentures Pitch Day, or 7VPD. The startup competition specifically targets founders and consumer startups intending to enter or grow in the European market with their business idea or product. To support this objective, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group will award the competition winners with a total of €7 million in TV media volume plus additional media prizes from TF1 (France), Dogan TV (Turkey), TVN Group (Poland) and Modern Times Group (Northern Europe).
The SevenVentures Pitch Day will be held on November 13, 2014 in London at the NOAH Conference, one of Europe’s largest investor and internet conferences. Young entrepreneurs offering their products or services to end customers, who are already fairly established in their respective home markets can apply here to participate in the pitch day. As a reflection of the international focus of the event, this year’s call for applications is being directed especially at the founder community worldwide; the objective is to facilitate entry into the European market, starting with Germany. They are right now looking for entrepreneurs from around the world who can also benefit from the strong marketing reach of the association of TV companies.
In total seven candidates will receive free tickets for the Noah conference in London, where they will present their forward-looking business idea. In a series of short sessions, participants will have the opportunity to pitch their idea to an international and hand-picked six-member jury. At the same time, SevenVentures Pitch Day will be broadcasted live on the internet. This enables the audience – as a seventh digital member of the jury – to vote and participate in the decision-making process. In 2013, the travel activity startup GetYourGuide was able to win over the jury.
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