Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine Tunisian startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Tunis. The event, which is currently underway (it started at 8.30am Tunisian time) at RedStart Tunisie in Tunis, will see the nine startups pitch their solutions to a local panel of judges between 1.30pm to 5.45pm Tunisian time. The winner of the event will represent Tunisia at the Seedstars Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional summit in Casablanca, Morocco in December. The Seedstars Tunis winner will represent Tunisia at the Seedstars regional summit in CasablancaAt the regional summit, today’s winner will have the opportunity to be selected to join a three month growth programme as well as the Global Seedstars Summit where they stand to win up to $500 000 in equity funding. A jury panel comprised of RedStart CEO Douja Gharbi, Seedstars venture capital (VC) analyst Francesca T Bombassei and Afkar Incubator coach in residence Adel Beznine.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 07, 2019 10:52 UTC