16/08/2016

Pitch At The Palace Tech Business Event Announced

Pitch at the Palace has announced a new Belfast event for entrepreneurs to get their "tech business idea in front of a global audience".

The chosen businesses will be invited to Pitch at the Palace boot camp, where they'll receive support and guidance in developing and sharpening their business pitch.

All the businesses who get to boot camp will attend the final networking event, held at St. James's Palace, where a smaller selection of businesses will then pitch directly to an invited audience of judges from the world of entrepreneurship, tech, media and investment.

The Theme for Pitch at the Palace 6.0 is technology. Applications are encouraged from a broad range of entrepreneurs including in the following areas:

• Biotech and Medical Technology

• Consumer Technology and Internet of Things

• Cybersecurity

• Data Management and Analytics

• Educational Technology

• Energy and Environmental Technology

• Fintech

• Industrial Technology

• Media, Communications and Entertainment Technology

• Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Interested parties are encouraged to apply before the deadline of 09 September, to be in with a chance of being invited the the Belfast boot camp event at Hillsborough Castle on 29 September, 2016.

(MH/CD)

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