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Accelerate Your Startup: Techstars Atlanta in Tel Aviv
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Rise Tel Aviv - 5th Floor Auditorium
54 Ahad Ha'am Street Tel Aviv IsraelDescription
Techstars is the global ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs build great businesses
Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to build their business. With 18 mentorship-driven accelerator programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world’s most promising entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey. Techstars provides access to over 5,000 founders, mentors investors, and corporate partners, allowing entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of innovation and do more faster. Techstars makes entrepreneurship more accessible by providing access to capital, guidance, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and recruitment.
Come join Michael Cohn, Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta, to learn about the newest program in the Techstars global ecosystem. Hear from other Israeli founders that have gone through the Techstars accelerator in the US to learn how the program delivers value to entrepreneurs and founding teams. And finally, hear from Michael to understand why he is visiting Tel Aviv to speak to tech startups.
4:00pm - 6:00pm London Demo Day live stream
Come early and watch the Demo Day live stream from the Barclays Accelerator in London
6:30pm - 7:00pm Registration & Networking
7:00pm - 7:15pm What is Techstars?
What to expect, benefits, admission, interview process, and more
7:15pm - 7:30pm Why Techstars Atlanta
More about the upcoming batch, meet your managing director Michael Cohn
7:30pm - 8:00pm Israeli Techstars Alumni panel
The companies prespective, get the inside story from the Israeli founders
8:00pm - 9:00pm Network, Q&A and more
What type of companies should apply to Techstars Atlanta?
Unlike other corporate programs in the Techstars ecosystem, the program in Atlanta does not have any particular industrial focus. Given this, we are looking for great founders in the most interesting technology spaces, including: 1) "intelligent bots," or narrow artificial intelligence combined with voice/text where messaging is the platform 2) blockchain 2.0 applications, 3) business models predicated on the sharing economy, 4) technologies related to automation and drones, 5) augmented reality software applications, 6) SaaS security, and 7) SaaS marketing tech.
About Techstars Atlanta
Techstars Atlanta, in partnership with Cox Enterprises, focuses on technologies driving positive change in an interconnected world. Life’s most important connections are happening in new and creative ways. Social media platforms, cloud-based data, predictive analytics & cybersecurity are interwoven into our daily lives. The industries of tomorrow – telecommunications, mobility, transportation, healthcare, and financial services – will need to aggregate and share vast amounts of information.
Sample Techstars companies include DigitalOcean, SendGrid, Sphero, Localytics, GrabCAD, GroupMe, Plated, Distil Networks, and Contently.
For detailed funding statistics, please visit http://www.techstars.com/companies/stats/.
About Michael
Michael has deep connections to Startup Nation. He is the son of two Israeli immigrants to the United States. He and his Israeli co-founder, Eran Gil, sold their company, Cloud Sherpas, to Accenture in 2015. In his new role as Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta, Michael is focused on recruiting the very best startups from around the world to the accelerator program in Atlanta. Don't miss this opportunity Monday evening to meet Michael in Tel Aviv and learn how you can apply to Techstars today.