Offline Event

Blockchain Investor Reception: Startup Pitch Competition

22 June 2022
Zurich, Switzerland
Held jointly by Astra Global and 1step2market
Overview

About the event.

On 22 June 2022, the Blockchain Investor Reception took place in Zurich. It was organised as a startup competition where selected technology startups presented to leading venture investors, CEOs and business experts, with the participation of Click Ventures (Hong Kong), AVentures Capital (USA), Blockbay Capital (the Netherlands), Blufolio (Switzerland) and others.

More than 30 startups from the US, UK, Singapore, Switzerland, San Marino, South Korea, Estonia and Germany took part, working in gaming, healthcare, real estate, advertising, sports, machine learning, energy production and asset management.

Concept

An exclusive competition for technology startups, where participants showcase their projects and have the opportunity to receive investment and the status of the best project in their field.

Mission

To make real deals happen and to support personal interaction and discussion between leading projects and investors. We bring real value to both sides, investors and founders, as they spend time only on useful meetings.

Project Selection

Each startup was carefully analysed before presenting. The jury evaluated every submitted project on:

  • Innovativeness and uniqueness of the idea.
  • Market potential.
  • Financial model.
  • Degree of project development.
  • Presentation skills.
Jury

Jury.

Chris Fisher

Chris Fisher

Operating Partner, Click Ventures. Expert in global investments and IPOs

Stanislav Dzhavrunov

Stanislav Dzhavrunov

Investment Director, Waarde Capital

Alexey Alexanov

Alexey Alexanov

General Partner, Cabra VC. Expert in SaaS subscription models, mentor at 500 Startups and Alchemist

Mark Browne

Mark Browne

Founding Partner, Blufolio

Alexander Schlaepfer

Alexander Schlaepfer

Partner, Swisscom Ventures

Vadim Limar

Vadim Limar

Entrepreneur, Senior Product Manager, Amazon

Christian Schimmel

Christian Schimmel

Entrepreneur, Partner, Match Maker Ventures

Dr. Philipp Kallerhoff

Dr. Philipp Kallerhoff

Founder & Investor, Protos Asset Management

Sergey Televatyuk

Sergey Televatyuk

E-com Startups Mentor, Angel Investor

Yevgen Balter

Yevgen Balter

VP of Engineering, Takeoff Technologies

Nikhil H Badwaik

Nikhil H Badwaik

Software Engineer, Nike Inc

Sergey Leonov

Sergey Leonov

IT Solution Expert for B2B, CEO / CPO, Alliance of Regional Retailers

Evgeny Nefedov

Evgeny Nefedov

Digital Marketing Expert, ANNA Money

Timur Egorov

Timur Egorov

Co-Founder, MDMAISON

Boris Surov

Boris Surov

Technical Product Manager, LegitGrails

Aliaksei Dzianisenka

Aliaksei Dzianisenka

Experienced Project Manager, Digital Entrepreneur

Mikhail Mizhinsky

Mikhail Mizhinsky

Chief Business Development Officer, Genio.ac, European expansion

Aleksandr Buinoi

Aleksandr Buinoi

CEO & Co-Founder, Skysales

Aleksandr Romanov

Aleksandr Romanov

Founder and CEO, AARO LLC

Vladyslav Budichenko

Vladyslav Budichenko

Solution Architect | Senior Software Engineer, Findhotel

Mykyta Ponarin

Mykyta Ponarin

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Yandex

Dmytro Zykov

Dmytro Zykov

Founder and Technical Director, Wikium

Alexey Silchenko

Alexey Silchenko

Founder, First Step

Mikhail Kashurin

Mikhail Kashurin

Founder and CEO, Global People LLC

Nominations

Winners.

Best Startup

CDRX

Best Business Model

Sovren

Best Product

Vosai

Testimonials

What participants said.

I attend 4-5 blockchain events around the world each month and often serve as a judge or panelist for projects. Your event in Zurich presented the most interesting and diverse set of projects I came across in the last two years. I have kept in touch with several of the founders and continue to follow many of the projects. I am very much looking forward to the next one!

Christopher Fisher

Managing Partner at Click Ventures

It was a first-class event in every respect. The presenting companies were interesting and their quality was exceptional. I would encourage anyone in the investment community looking to profit to attend this event in the future!

Stanislav Dzhavrunov

Investment Director at Waarde Capital

Great networking opportunity! Your reception had high-quality attendees, the dinner was excellent. We would definitely work with your team again!

Tim Tilson

Co-Founder of Vosai

Partners

Partners.

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Partners

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