HandyHurry.com is moving to solve the problem of connecting 400,000 service workers with the people who need them in the Caribbean and diaspora and tap into a $122 million market. Founders Kyle Campbell and Rowhel Rowe pitched their idea to the final stage of the Kingston BETA Meetup and won, out of 4 finalists and 15 entries.
HandyHurry was judged by a panel of four Jamaican entrepreneurs who are young from the prestigious Techstars Atlanta Accelerator in 2023 and 2024. They were Melissa Powell (POCMI), Monique Powell (QuickCart), Raquel Seville (Dataffluent) and Dataffluent
Provocative and highly informative panelists shared their startup journeys, their journey to investment and how this is shaping the trajectory of their digital businesses to a packed house.
The starters that entered: HandyHurry (Winner), Smart Partner, JobCheckUp, Outdoor Besties
HandyHurry Startup Stage winner won the following
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
Kingston BETA founder Ingrid Riley also announced the pending launch of the Kingston BETA Academy, which will be a series of workshops for tech entrepreneurs and digital creators that will help them discover digital business opportunities and launch and grow startups around them.
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