Taiwan Accelerator (TA), the team behind X-PITCH, is once again opening its doors to early-stage startups for X-PITCH 2022. Known as the X Games for startups, contestants go through a series of high-intensity pitch challenges (15-second, 60-second, and 3-minute pitches) to win awards and investments.
Last year, 3,680 startups from 42 countries and over 28,000 ecosystem stakeholders participated in X-PITCH 2021. It has become one of the largest startup contests in Asia. In the past, the events were held in skyscraper elevators and self-driving vehicles. This year, the competition will take place in MRT trains and the Metaverse.
“We try to do something new and exciting every year, bringing an unprecedented experience to all participants. In addition to the prizes, awards, and exposure, founders also benefit from activities like pitch training, fundraising workshops, market access webinars, investor matching, and more. Last year, 70 per cent of TOP150 startups said X-PITCH added value to their fundraising campaign and business development, this is the most important purpose of this event,” said K. Yu, Founder of Taiwan Accelerator (TA), the organiser of X-PITCH 2022.
e27 joins X-PITCH 2022 as the Investor Relations Partner
The TOP150 who will make it to the investor matching programme will receive extended e27 Pro memberships to access Connect — an e27 Pro feature that will be used to facilitate the investor matching between the TOP150 startups and X-PITCH 2022 investment partners.
This year, the investment partners will be able to use the e27 platform to connect directly with the 150 startups and facilitate communications regarding potential investments.
After X-PITCH’s investor matching programme, the TOP150 startups will be able to continue their fundraising journey on their own and connect with more investors from e27’s 400+ active and verified investors in the region.
Also read: 18 X-PITCH startups raised cross-border funding
Open for applications
Exclusive for early-stage tech startups, X-PITCH has discovered and accelerated many of tomorrow’s stars. Past contestants successfully raised millions of dollars through the event and connected with investors, corporates, government agencies, incubators, accelerators, professional firms, and media for collaboration.
For startups interested to join X-PITCH 2022, you can send in your application by 31 August. Founders from Asia and worldwide are welcome to sign up through their website: xpitch.io.
The TECH FOR GOOD theme of X-PITCH 2022 highlights the challenges in the post-pandemic world as well as innovations that will make meaningful social impacts for the public good. Participating teams should focus on applications and services that accelerate digital transformation around five major categories backed by Web3, AI, 5G, edge computing, and next-gen technologies. Ten awards will be presented at the Grand Finale on 10 November. The top 3 teams will win up to US$1 million in investments in total.
X-PITCH 2022 is supervised by the National Development Council and Overseas Community Affairs Council; and co-organised by global partners including Kaohsiung City Government, Startup Island Taiwan, Agorize, Block71 Singapore, BSSC, DOST-PCIEERD, HKSTP, JETRO, and MDEC. The domestic semi-final venue is sponsored by Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation.
Connect with TA
Formerly the first seed accelerator in Taiwan, TA is a startup ecosystem connector and the organiser of X-PITCH. e27 Pro members can directly connect with TA by visiting their profile here and clicking Connect.
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