The final stage of the Global Startup Pitch by WiT and Phocuswright. We started with more than 110 entries from four regions (Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa, Europe, Americas). They were shortlisted to 25 for the first round on May 24 and from that round, 18 were picked to compete in the semi-finals on August 24. Meet the finalists who made it through to the Grand Finals. The winner will be announced by the end of day and wins the opportunity to present at Phocuswright in Fort Lauderdale, November 12-14. The runner-up will win an opportunity to enter the startup programme of Phocuswright.

Facilitators:

Pete Comeau
Managing Director
Phocuswright

Kimberly Newbury
Vice President, Sales, Global Travel Technology Group
Northstar Travel Media


Presenters:

Murray Decker
CEO
Tour Amigo

Seungjae Jeong
CEO & Co-founder
Travel Makers Inc.

Ibukunoluwa Salau
Founder & CEO
Get Direx

Houman Goudarzi
CEO
ZYTLYN Technologies

Stephanie Daniel
Co-founder & CEO
Live My Legend

Darrien Watson
Co-founder & CEO
Squadtrip.com


Judges:

Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures

Chris Hemmeter
Managing Director
Thayer Ventures

Miriam Moscovici
Vice President, Research & Partnerships
BCD Travel

Hermione Joye
Sector Lead, Travel & Vertical Search APAC
Google

Simeon Shi
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Corporate Development
Fliggy

Lisa Katsouraki
Senior Vice President Corporate Development
Etraveli Group

Tina Di Cicco
Board Member, Manila Angel Investors Network/
Co-Founder, Avaya Ventures

Murli Ravi
Co-founder
Tin Men Capital

James Lemon
Global Lead – Travel, Transport, Leisure & Automotive
Stripe

Johnny Thorsen
Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
Spotnana

Oliver Rippel
Co-Founder & Partner
Asia Partners

Frederic Barou
SVP, Customer Success Management Asia Pacific
Amadeus