2024-06-20 09:57:54
The second version of the “Demo Day” of the “Progress’act” program was not too long ago held in Tunis, with the attendance of traders, “enterprise angels” and startup entrepreneurs, an occasion devoted to startups chosen inside the framework of the acceleration program, funded by the French Improvement Company and applied by the non-public incubator “Wikistartup” with the assist of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), in a festive and heat environment.
Sustainability, innovation and creativity
This “Demo Day” broke the routine and was carried out based on an uncommon idea. About twenty beneficiary startups operated in several fields and had been grouped by themes: sustainability, innovation and creativity. The friends had been largely funders and “enterprise angels” who had been capable of finding every sales space the place the startup introduced and defined his thought.
If a visitor is within the venture, he can confirm it by getting a inexperienced stamp on his “passport,” a fictitious doc created particularly for start-up beneficiaries of the Progress Act program.
“Even when the start-ups should not from the identical subject of exercise, they’re grouped based on frequent standards. Visitors can then meet the entrepreneurs immediately, discuss, ask questions, and many others. To contain them extra within the course of, we applied the idea of stamping their passports.” informationSyrine Mhiri, Challenge Director at Wikistartup.
In response to Mohamed Salah Frad, Normal Supervisor of “wikistartup”, the thought of this system was born out of the necessity expressed by startups to go worldwide. “These startups lack the means and experience to interrupt into new worldwide markets. So we stated to ourselves, why not create an acceleration program centered on internationalization. Due to the assist of donors, we have now chosen regarding twenty tasks,” he burdened.
The incubator director added: “This assist offers them a technique to see issues and a technique to take motion to enter these markets. At present is the fruits of the entire program as a result of all these startups are presenting their capabilities and assembly donors, traders, “enterprise angels”… chatting and interacting with them. The world of startups by its nature needs to be open. So we all the time keep this openness, each internationally and by way of interplay with potential traders”
Each story is a hit
In response to the friends, the Demo Days had been an enormous success among the many contributors. At the least that is what Olfa Soukri, co-founder of the “Valley hub” incubator in Hammamet, stated. “The fantastic thing regarding ‘Progress Motion’ is that its format will not be frequent. Our gates are divided into three axes: sustainability, creativity and innovation. The concept is that, so as to have the ability to make connections and acknowledge the tasks, the startups is not going to pitch within the room in entrance of everybody, however they are going to let you know the story. It is actually ‘one to 1’. In the event that they persuade us, we stamp their passport. The concept is to see if there may be nonetheless room for enchancment or if there’s something that must be redone,” she explains.
Olfa Soukri was within the thought of Reza Privé, a startup specialised in tourism, and didn’t hesitate to stamp the latter’s passport.
“It’s a platform that does each B2B and B2C. The great factor is that it shines a lightweight on craftsmanship as a result of we have now a wealthy heritage and sadly, vacationers and even Tunisians should not uncovered to artisans. There I noticed them emphasizing handmade artwork whereas launching flagship merchandise,” she added.
In response to the occasion organizers, the second version of the “Progress’act” is presently being ready. In actual fact, the “Wikistartup” incubator has simply signed one other “Qawafel” venture with AFD, geared toward supporting the internationalization means of African startups, particularly in Senegal and Kenya. “For startups, that is one other alternative to enter these markets, get to know them, discover potential companions, develop actions in these areas that we’re not very accustomed to. However with the assistance of our program, they are going to be marked and startups can enter these markets. That is the essence of a startup, it should be worldwide, in any other case it isn’t,” Vlad burdened.
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