The third semifinal of the 2018 Women’s Startup Competition in Warsaw ended with breakthrough successes
Warsaw, Poland 2018 March — Women Startup Competition, an annual competition celebrating female entrepreneurs and gender diverse companies, is proud to announce the winners of the second semifinal round that took place in Warsaw, Poland on the 14–15th of March 2018.
With sales driving solutions including chatbot for fashion retailers, Yosh.AI took home the first prize. Their mission is to deliver users apleasurable, effortless fashion shopping experience, which leads to sales — thanks to personalisation.
Yosh.AI will proceed into the final in London on the 14th September 2018, where they will participate in a 5-day-long training and mentoring program, followed by a Demo Day event. The Polish semifinal was the third out of 12 rounds to be held all over in Europe this year as part of Women Startup Competition (WSC).
“I saw so many surprised faces when the participants watched the videos about their presentations during the mentoring. That’s a really honest mirror but we ensure them to analyze and develop their presentations with our guidance before the competition. It was my honour as a mentor to see how quickly can empowered women grow, help each other as a mastermind and become a confident speaker on stage.” Andrea Kurucz — mentor of WSC
28 startups applied for this round online and after an initial evaluation by an online jury, 9 were selected to attend the mini boot camp and mentoring program at Mindspace Warsaw.
All 9 startups, represented by their female founder or CEO, gave impressive pitches showcasing their startups to a full house, filled with investors, business mentors and an industry expert panel. Before pitching, competing startups received mentoring from some of Europe’s leading female entrepreneurs, Sylwia Gorska-Przytulska Business & Communication Coach, Jaroslaw Kuzniar Program Director of Onet, Inga Kasak, Managing Director of Black Swan Fund and Borys Szyc celebrated actor.
Second place was awarded to 1000realities, who create craft fully immersive, interactive applications which will enchant their customers. The third place went to NuDelta, who have developed a way to digitize data from any basic image — a simple snap, digital scan, or PDF document.
In Poland, the proportion of female entrepreneurs is also extremely high at European level. According to the 2017 Women’s Entrepreneur Mastercard Index, 29.6% of the 54 countries are ranked 11th. It was the second year that we organized the Women Startup Competition semifinals in Warsaw. It was a joy to have such a thrilling startup life city to help the more talented teams develop.
The next semifinal round will take place on the 5–6 of April in London, UK. Startups which have founding teams made up of at least 50% females, have 50% females on the team, or have a female CEO are welcome to apply here. For the list of all semifinal events and where to apply go to www.womenstartupcompetition.com.
About Women Startup Competition
Women Startup Competition is an annual startup competition in Europe for startups which have at least 50% women in the entrepreneurial team or a female CEO. It was founded in order to give an opportunity for female entrepreneurs and their team members to meet investors, receive support and advice to reach their business goals. The competition aims to increase the currently very low ratio of women in business.
