Startup Sauna proudly presents: STARTUP SAUNA DEMO DAY You are invited to the biggest Startup Sauna Demo Day ever (also biggest Demo Day in Europe as far as we know!), a day where we showcase the best startups from our Spring 2012 program. Come and enjoy the show with the startups, experienced serial entrepreneurs, international investors and the whole startup community from the region....
[read more] Startup Sauna proudly presents: STARTUP SAUNA DEMO DAY You are invited to the biggest Startup Sauna Demo Day ever (also biggest Demo Day in Europe as far as we know!), a day where we showcase the best startups from our Spring 2012 program. Come and enjoy the show with the startups, experienced serial entrepreneurs, international investors and the whole startup community from the region. The stars of the day are Startup Sauna teams that are going to pitch and demo their products! Were also very excited to host our guests Paul Bragiel (I/O Ventures), Russ Simmons (Yelp,Paypal), Aaron Patzer (Mint) and Sami Inkinen (Trulia). Panel is moderated by Startup Sauna coach Wili Miettinen (Microtask). Venue: Tapahtumakeskus Telakka (Henry Fordin katu 6, Helsinki) PROGRAM17.00-18.00 Doors open, food served, demo area opens18.00-18.15 Welcome!18:15-19:00 Panel discussion Paul Bragiel (I/O Ventures), Russ Simmons (Yelp, Paypal) and Aaron Patzer (Mint) 19:00-19:30 Break 19.30-20.30 First round of demo presentations of Startup Sauna teams 20.30-20.45 Announcing the winners. Best demo chosen by the audience 20.45-21.00 Special guest star band! Networking, demo area continues 23.00 --> After parrrrrrrty! Venue: Aalto Venture Garage (Betonimiehenkuja 3 D, Espoo) Light snacks with drinks served List of teams Registration only via Eventbrite. Who are the panelists? Russel Simmons is the co-founder and former CTO of Yelp. Started in 2004 to help people find great local businesses, Yelp has grown to over 66 million monthly users and held its initial public offering on the NYSE in March 2012. Prior to Yelp, Russ was part of the founding team and lead software architect at PayPal. Sami Inkinen co-founded Trulia in 2005 and served as the company’s COO til March 2012. Trulia has grown into one of the largest real-estate sites in the US serving over 20 million unique monthly visitors. Sami is also a triathlete ranked second on the planet among amateurs in his age group. And on top of all that... he's a really nice guy. Paul Bragiel is a co-founder of i/o Ventures, an early stage startup accelerator, operating out of a funky workspace+cafe in San Francisco and gathering an impressive network of mentors from the founders' personal connections in all walks of life. Before i/o, Paul co-founded three startups. He is a world traveller and has often advised governments on entrepreneurship and policy on startup ecosystems. Aaron Patzer is both the visionary and technical mind behind Mint.com, now the leading free, online money management service in the US. Mint launched in 2007 and was sold in just 2 years to Intuit for $170 million dollars, where Aaron continued to grow the service. Prior to Mint, Aaron founded 3 other companies and holds 10 patents to his name. He is also an angel investor. Startup Sauna, founded in 2010, open sources seed acceleration to kick start the region's startup ecosystem by coaching the selected startups from Northern Europe and Russia. We aim to increase the quality and volume of deal flow to attract investors and talent into the region.
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