IoT Stars MWC 2018

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By PABLO BOSCH


Last Updated Feb. 11, 2018 1:00 p.m.

The Internet of Things event during the Mobile World Congress 2018. On Monday, February 26, kicking off at 7pm in the iconic Barcelona Antiga Fabrica Estrella Damm Factory is an event gathering a host of expert judges to whom a carefully selected group of Internet of Things start-up leaders will be pitching to. It's a great opportunity to get amoungst and understand the leading direction and opinions of entrepreneurs, developers, designers and investors focused in the Internet of Things ecosystem.

12 startups will be pitching in front of a top-notch jury at the amazing Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm. It’s a unique opportunity to meet and network with C-level industry leaders, entrepreneurs, designers, developers, investors, press & media working in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. The last 10 early stage start-ups selected last year presented at this event were: Bastille, Ecozy, Imagimob, Ledmotive, Leeluu, Natural Machines, Noki, Oasys, Zipurb, Waylay

This year jury is composed this year by Rob Tiffany, CTO Lumanda IoT, Hitachi Insight Group, Maya Baratz Jordan, Managing Director at Techstars, Greg Kahn, CEO Internet of Things Consortium and Nick Burton, Chief Information and Digital Officer at Belron, Oisin Lunny , Tp 5 UK marketer, Rob van Kranenburg, Founder of IoT Council, Rosa Paradell, IoT Catalan Alliance and Barbara Belvisi, Co-Founder Hardware Club.

Some of the success stories of startups who presented previously at an IoT Stars event are for example the fundraising startup Avegant raises $24M in Series B round, Vayyar Imaging Launches Globally, $22M Series B Funding Led by Walden Riverwood, Berlin’s Contentful raises $13 million, opening San Francisco office, Cybersecurity startup Bastille rings up $9M from Bessemer, Noonan, Sentiance Raises $5.2 million in Series B Financing Round Led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, Imagimob raises SEK 3 million or Austrian smart lock maker Nuki raises €2 million seed round.

Some crowdfunding success stories are Slock.it, the company writing the code for the startup DAO raised an equivalent of $120m in digital currency, Minut raises $238,366 on kickstarter, Youmo raises €177,412 on kickstarter, Leeluu raises successfully €55,412 EUR on Indiegogo, or Smart Shower Device Startup Bwareit to Be First Crowdfunded Campaign on Unilever Foundry Ideas Platform.

6:00pm - Registration and Welcome Drink

7:00pm - Pitch Competition, Early Stage Start-ups

7:45pm - Pitch Competition, Series A Funded Start-ups

8:30pm - Networking and Cocktail Dinner with Best tapas in the city

9:00pm - Announcement of the Winners

Event category: Congress

http://iotstars.com/

Fira De Barcelona Gran Via (2.5hr de Atocha)

Address: Plaza del Emperador Carlos V

Go to Fira De Barcelona Gran Via (2.5hr de Atocha) website

Antiga Fabrica Estrella Damm

Address: Carrer Del Rosselló, 515, Barcelona

Go to Antiga Fabrica Estrella Damm website

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