pitch in the dark
Israel's leading startup competition
November 5th, 2018, 10:00 am | na laga’at center, jaffa
no bias, No prejudice
just technology
The Prize
The winners will go on a roadshow to the UK and/or US and meet with tech leaders and key stakeholders in relevant companies for the startup.
Citi, Discount Bank, Intuit and Visa are looking for the most brilliant ideas that will shine through the dark
Who can apply?
We are looking for the most disruptive startups that are going to change the financial industry in the future. If you are an early stage or pre growth startup with an innovative idea, you are welcome to apply.
- Seed, early stage and pre growth startups.
- Startups developing technologies in the fields of Fintech, AI, Customer Experience, Data Science & Machine Learning and Cyber Security
- Seed, A & B rounds
why apply?
- Exposure to the leading VC firms in the industry
- Access to the global networks of some of the leading financial institutions in the World.
- Access to Citi, Visa, Intuit and Discount Bank
- Get a chance to present to a prestigious group of judges
The Process
24.10
Last call to submit applications
29.10
Acceptance notice
5.11
The Pitch
The selected companies will pitch their idea in the dark to a group of investors from leading VCs and corporations
judges
* Alphabetical order
Gilad Engel
Partner
Target Global
Tsafrir Atar
Head of Citi Bank accelerator
Roi Ben Daniel
Venture Investments & Partnership
Visa
Yuval Cohen
Founder & Managing Partner
StageOne
Nimrod Cohen
Managing partner
TAU Ventures
Baat Enosh
Director of Strategy & Innovation
Intuit Israel
Moshe fridman
Founder and CEO
KAMATECH
Shahar Friedman
Head of Visa Innovation Studio Tel-Aviv
Meirav Har Noy
Founder, Managing Partner
Moneta VC
Irit Kahan
Managing Director
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners
ALEX KUCHUK
Head of Hi-Tech
Discount Bank
Ehud levy
General Partner
Canaan Partners Israel
Idit Muallem
Principal
Pitango Venture Capital
Yanai Oron
General Partner
Vertex
Hanoch Papoushado
Chief Investment Officer
Discount Capital
Karina Rubinstein
Director
Israel innovation authority
Kobi samboursky
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Glilot Partners
Yuval shachar
Executive Chairman
Team8
Sivan Shamri Dahan
Partner
Qumra Capital
Ornit Shinar
Head of venture investing Citi Israel
Lior Simon
Head of Israel
Arbor Ventures
Yoav Tzruya
General Partner
JVP
Yael Waisbourd Sucary
Head of Fintech and Innovation
Discount Bank
Merav Weinryb
Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures and oversees all investments in Israel
Dafna Winocur
Principal
Innovation Endeavors
CTO INNOVATION
Israeli Security Agency