Thanks to the partnership with Entrepreneurship Across Borders, Techstars ATL & NOLA, and Kingston BETA, we can now share six startups and seven entrepreneurs from the Kingston BETA community who entered the Techstars Accelerator and received a total of $111,000,000 USD in investor dollars and convertible notes in the last 12 months.
Three Jamaican Startups Join Prestigious Techstars Atlanta Accelerator
Melissa Powell (POCMI), Monique Powell (QuickCart) and Raquel Seville (Dataffluent) have been selected for the highly competitive Techstars Atlanta Accelerator Program.
Each startup will receive $120,000 in investment and convertible notes, as well as access to Techstars’ renowned global network of mentors, investors and resources to support their growth and scaling.
We’ll be celebrating this and closing our season opener event with them – you’ll hear their stories, learn more about their digital businesses, their accelerator details and what’s next for them .
Join us on Thursday, October 3rd, AC Hotel Kingston, 6:30pm to 9:00pm.
NEXT KINGSTON BETA
That’s why the upcoming Kingston BETA event kicking off our new season will be all about them, and you don’t want to miss it. Learn more about their businesses, their accelerator process so far, challenges and what’s next.
New ticket prices.
We have increased the total ticket price to 2,000 JMD $ | 12 US dollars. The second increase in 17 years. So we know you’ll be fine with this. We will be adding a VIP Experience soon. So watch out for that. Tickets go on sale Thursday, September 19, 2024. The link will be public on all social networks.
INITIAL PHASE
You know the drill, we open the application form to any early stage entrepreneur who uses technology to solve problems. We will choose the best 3 to present in the Kgn BETA and they will take a maximum of 5 minutes to cast.
The winner gets:
Prices
- – $300,000 in grant money from DBJ
- – Access to Kingston BETA Investor and Business Networks
- – New Rockstar Digital Trade
- – 2 Tickets to Kingston BETA Academy Workshop Series on Pitching, Investor Engagement, Money Management, Business Modeling
apply now: bit.ly/PitchAtKingstonBETA
Deadline: Thursday 26 September 2024
We look forward to seeing you all and here’s what you’ve been up to over the summer!
