The largest accelerator in Canada, the biggest seed investor in Europe, and one of the top seed funds in Australia are joining forced to put on one major demo day for 15 of their top startups next Wednesday in San Francisco.
“I think it’s a first … I’m not sure anyone has ever done this before,” FounderFuel’s Ian Jeffery told me yesterday when we chatted about the big demo day.
The three organizers include FounderFuel, an accelerator based in Montréal Quebec whose last demo day had a massive 800-strong audience, Seedcamp, which runs Europe’s most prolific seed funding program out of Google’s London campus, and Startmate, which helps startups grow in Sydney, Australia. Together, they’re doing something a little unprecedented: showcasing their best 15 startups on one day at one time, right in the heart of global startup central: San Francisco.
The event is on Wednesday, May 1 from 6PM to 9PM, and registration is limited to AngelList members: sign-up and investor authentication is all being done via AngelList.
“The best startups, while sometimes ending up in Silicon Valley, are increasingly formed outside of the Bay Area and FounderFuel, Seedcamp and Startmate each play pivotal roles at the epicenters of startup communities outside of the US.,” the group said in a statement.
Here are the participating startups, with brief bios provided by the accelerators:
FounderFuel Companies
Epilogger: The Center of Attention http://epilogger.com
Find photos, videos, blogs, conversations from any event. Epilogger is the entire event collected from everyone automatically into one place. We are THE web platform and app to experience the event before, during, and after. Epilogger is a growing community and the central destination for all content from any event big or small in your city and around the globe. Whether it’s that great conference, that inspiring movement or humankind’s next giant leap, we’ll be there. We are the event.
InfoActive: Bring life to data http://infoactive.co
InfoActive makes it easy to create mobile-friendly, interactive infographics with live data. Drop live data streams into interactive infographics that scale to any device, and double your engagement metrics with interactive, data-driven content. Won “Best Bootstrap Company” at SXSW 2013.
MyCustomizer: Empowering the Customization Revolution http://mycustomizer.com
MyCustomizer empowers brands and retailers to offer outstanding product customization experiences with a ready-to-use SaaS platform. Market leading brands sparked the customization revolution by investing massively in “design-your-own” online experiences. Whether they offer sports equipment, shoes, suits ties, chocolate, or even cars, MyCustomizer empowers businesses to join the revolution by seamlessly connecting brands, retailers, and consumers through a unique customization SaaS platform.
OOHLALA: Energize your Campus experience! http://gotoohlala.com
The Mobile platform that connects post-secondary students with their campus.
Seedcamp Companies
Maily: Your kids first email http://maily.com
Maily is e-mail re-invented for kids. Kids create emails using five tools adapted to their needs: pencils, brushes, photos, backgrounds, stamps and their own words. Maily accounts are created and supervised by you, the parents. You decide who your children can communicate with. More than 50,000 kids are using Maily, and more than 600,000 Mailys have been sent so far.
Crowdprocess: Web-based Supercomputing http://crowdprocess.com
CrowdProcess is an online market for supercomputing. It allows developers to process data on the web browsers of people who are visiting websites. CrowdProcess sells this processing power as a service, and pays the websites’ owners. In summary, CrowdProcess does distributed computing, on web browsers, via websites.
QAMINE: Code analysis platform for the cloud http://qamine.com
QAMINE is an Automated Software Testing as a Service platform that analyzes developers’ commits without disruption to their workflow and with a one-click installation solution. With over 12,000 registered repositories (acquired in less than 2 weeks) and a concrete/revolutionary roadmap and vision for the future, we want to become the world’s best code analysis tool for the cloud.
Blossom: Lean Product Management http://blossom.io
Blossom is a project management tool for building modern web mobile applications. Unlike other project management tools that focus on managing vast amounts of tickets in the backlog – Blossom helps you to focus on the current iteration, who’s doing what and what can be shipped next. It introduces just-in-time production concepts from lean manufacturing to the world of software development. The ideal project management tool for agile companies that ship early often.
Campalyst: Cutting edge Social Media ROI analytics suite http://campalyst.com/
Campalyst’s enterprise level Social Media Management Suite empowers brands with the unique ability to connect monetary ROI to their Social Media efforts and fully understand how and why social media contributes to their bottom line revenue. No more buzzwords, no more guesswork, we provide actionable financial performance analytics built for the age of social media marketing.
Startmate Companies
BugCrowd: Crowdsourced security vulnerability testing http://bugcrowd.com
Bugcrowd is crowdsourced security for web and mobile apps. We run managed bug bounties as a service for our customers. A bug bounty is where a group of friendly security researchers are invited to compete to find security flaws. If they’re the first to report a new bug they are rewarded with cash and Bugcrowd Kudos points.
Edrolo: Great education = Great Teachers http://edrolo.com
Edrolo delivers high school students great grades when it counts. We have more than 2,000 paying customers in the US and Australia and have left our jobs at Google, Goldman Sachs and a successful startup because we believe great teachers should impact hundreds of thousands of students not hundreds. We find the rockstar educator for each subject, curriculum exam and partner with them to build on-demand video, quizzes, study notes more.
Goodcall.io: Convert and retail customers with a phone call http://goodcall.io
Good Call helps online businesses convert and retain customers with outbound phone calls. It’s an long proven practice that we have redesigned for web applications. Our customers create events in their web app that trigger outbound calls. An agent is notified and an outbound call is made through our platform. Customers can use their own internal agents, or choose from our marketplace of outbound professionals. All calls and metrics are recorded and presented to our customers.
Kinderloop: Bringing the simplicity of Instagram to the lives of child carers http://kinderloop.com
A web, and mobile application that brings the simplicity of instagram to the lives of child carers worldwide. Carers use the app to quickly and securely post video, photos and news.Parents are updated immediately.
Shiftr: Simply swap work shifts http://shiftrapp.com
Shiftr is an employee-facing mobile app for hospitality and retail enterprises. Our mobile app gives employees flexibility involvement in the scheduling process, whilst giving managers the information to make the right decisions quickly. Shiftr has traction in fast-food franchises and retail enterprises.
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