- After nine industry-specific Unicorn Battles Q1 2023, Unicorn CUP Finals will take place on March 16th
- Nine winners of industry-specific Battles will compete for the title of the absolute winner
- The Finals will be divided into two sessions for the convenience of participants and viewers in different time zones
For two months, we had an opportunity to get familiar with the most diverse but equally exciting startups from all over the world as they pitched live at Unicorn Events’ nine industry-specific Unicorn Battles:
- January 12th – Robotics & Hardware Battle
- January 19th – eCommerce & Logistics Battle
- January 26th – Software & Services Battle
- February 2nd – Biotech & HealthTech Battle
- February 9th – AR/VR & Metaverse/NFT Battle
- February 16th – Industry Agnostic Battle
- February 23rd – AI Battle
- March 2nd – Crypto & Blockchain Battle
- March 9th – Fintech Battle
With these nine Battles passed, the Q1 2023 Battles series will culminate with the Unicorn CUP Finals Q1 2023 on March 16th. Ten industry-specific winners (because, as we remember, the Crypto & Blockchain Battle had two winners) will cross swords. They include:
- Cook-E from the Robotics & Hardware Battle – a French manufacturer of cooking robots
- Lambda Supply Chain Solutions from the eCommerce & Logistics Battle – an American AI-powered last-mile logistics facilitator
- Soliddd from the Software & Services Battle – a US-based adaptive optics developer
- Radiolife from the HealthTech & Biotech Battle – an American developer of mobile universal diagnostic devices
- Aradena from the AR/VR & Metaverse/NFT Battle – a British web3 PvP game developer
- CTRL ENERGY from the Industry Agnostic Battle – a French manufacturer of batteries from recycled materials
- ActiveChat.ai from the AI Battle – a Ukrainian chatbot provider
- Umoja Labs from the Crypto & Blockchain Battle – an American decentralized credit protocol aimed at emerging markets
- Zeemcoin from the Crypto & Blockchain Battle – a Spanish blockchain-powered sustainable mobility community
- Stirlingshire from the Fintech Battle – a US-based trade confirmation solution provider
Network.VC, Silicon Valley Syndicate Club, and Startup Inc. will once again be the sponsors of the event, and the extensive list of judges at the Unicorn CUP Finals Q1 2023 will include:
- Oleksandr Soroka – Partner & CEO at Network.VC
- Daniel Teo, Managing Partner at Hunniwell Lake Ventures (The USA)
- Gabriel Žanko, Venture Partner at Urano Capital (Colombia)
- Yurii Sereshchenko, Managing Director at QPDigital (Ukraine)
- Dr Peter Boras – Managing Director at The Change Innovation Services (Germany)
- John Kojiro Moriwaka, Director of Startup Grind Fukuoka (Japan)
- Michal Lasocki, Partner at EEC Ventures (Poland)
- Gaurav Shah, Managing Partner at Arete Ventures (India)
- Michal Zalesak, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Lighthouse Ventures (the Czech Republic)
- Selçuk Ergin, Managing Partner at Boza Ventures
- Omar Abedin, Project Director at National Incubation Center Karachi and CEO at PakTekHub (Pakistan)
- Aldo Schenone, Founder and CEO at Palgo Peru (Peru)
- Kelly Luo, Founder and Investor at Mans International (Canada)
- Dr Andreas Schenk, Venture Partner Germany for Digital Technologies at Seventure Partners (Germany)
- Kay Gruenwoldt, investor at Midgame Fund (The Netherlands)
- John D. Evans, GM at SEIML Ventures (China)
- Walied Albasheer, Founding Partner at Intuitio Ventures (the UAE)
- Nurul Hai, VP at SEAF (Bangladesh)
- Tobias Bauer, Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund of ScaleX Ventures (Singapore)
- Rafeh Saleh, Founding Partner at Cubit Ventures (Egypt)
For the convenience of the judges, experts, and attendees from different time zones, all startups will pitch in two sessions: at 9 AM London time and 9 AM San Francisco time. In each session, each founder will have 5-6 minutes to pitch and answer the questions from the jury and the experts. After all the pitches are done, there will be a few more minutes to finalize the votes that will determine the winner.
General audiences are also welcome to attend and vote, tickets are available at Eventbite.
Unicorn Events’ previous pitches and battles are available in full on the official YouTube channel.
Kostiantyn is a freelance writer from Crimea but based in Lviv. He loves writing about IT and high tech because those topics are always upbeat and he’s an inherent optimist!
