From an
initial pool of nearly 200 entries, 10 winners have emerged in the finals of
the 2024 Global Startup Pitch by WiT and Phocuswright.
In the
four-hour virtual finals on Thursday, a team of more than 20 judges picked two
winners from each of four regions – Asia Pacific, Emerging Markets, Europe and
North America – and two from the Wildcards category.
The event, sponsored
by JetBlue Ventures since its inception three years ago, included 18 finalists
vying to move to the next round. In a new format for 2024, organizers created two
categories of competition:
- Seedup:
Under three years old and which have raised no more than $5 million - Scaleup:
Three to eight years old and which have raised no more…