The competition, now in its third year, aims to create networks between businesses and to deepen relationships for the benefit of SA startups. The prize winner will travel to the DLD Festival in Tel Aviv to participate in lectures, workshops and meetings with leading Israeli investors and professionals. The winning startup experience takes place during the DLD Festival week, Israel's largest international hi-tech gathering, featuring hundreds of startups, VCs, angel investors and leading multinationals including top technological talent, the highest venture capital investments per capita and multinational centres for industry leaders.
Included in the team of judges are some respected South African women including: Noluthando Gosa, former investment analyst and a longstanding member of a number of organisations like the Institute of Directors of South Africa, Business Women's Association of SA and the Black Business Council; Tanya Kovarsky, PR and communications lead of Core Group and an award-winning parenting blogger with extensive of experience in magazine and newspaper journalism; and Hillary Joffe, a talented South African financial journalist.
The panel of judges also includes Toby Shapshak, editor-in-chief of Stuff Magazine; and Arthur Goldstuck, award-winning writer, analyst and technology commentator and head of the World Wide Worx Organisation.
For more information and to enter, visit the website.
Closing date for entries is Friday, 3 June 2016.
