Startups: Arctic15 Competition Is Now Open For Companies Over 12 Months
Great news for start-ups: we've extended the age of companies eligible for applying to the Arctic15 pitching competition. From now on start-ups need to be less than 24 months old by the day of the conference (September 22nd). The decision for the extension was due to the many requests we got from companies that are around 18 months old but who started developing their product only in the past 12 months. While we want to pick the best of the youngest start-ups, we realize it sometimes takes more than 12 months for companies to develop and launch their product. Therefore, companies that are less than 2 years old are still very much start-ups and should be allowed to apply for the pitching competition. Now they can.
In short, the updated requirement for the start-up pitching competition are:
- The company needs to be under 24 months of age during Arctic15.
- The company needs to be registered in or have founders from Nordics, Baltics or Russia (specifically: Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania or Latvia)
- The company needs to have a concrete product or service to launch or present on stage (we are specifically interested in internet or mobile services)
We have already received a very good amount of applications for the competition. The changes in requirements are part of our effort to create a clear set of guidelines that we can use for the competition in the coming years. Thanks to your feedback, we can make Arctic15 pitching competition to be truly representative of the start-ups in this region.
Act fast, though - the deadline for applying to the competition is at the end of July!
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