The Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) competition is the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges. Drawing from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, XTC connects innovators with a network of investors, corporations, and mentors to help them raise capital, launch corporate collaborations, and scale their world-changing startups.
EchoVC, in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, is hosting the first ever Africa competition.
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Ten startups will be selected to pitch to leading VC’s and thought leaders on April 23, 2021.
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ABOUT
ECHOVC- EchoVC Partners is an experienced seed, early stage & growth technology venture capital fund focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams and business models in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and North America. As stage-agnostic investors with a combined network of local and global connections, we bring a disruptive approach to investing at the technology intersection of consumer, media, data, & devices and leverage knowledge transfer from Silicon Valley as a driver to seed growth across borders.
ATLANTICA VENTURES- An early-stage venture capital fund that helps scale socially responsible startups in Sub-Saharan Africa. We believe technology companies can drive inclusive growth across the continent. Atlantica Ventures helps companies grow from Seed through Series B stages with active operational support, growth capital, and our global network of partners, entrepreneurs, and strategic and financial investors.
XTC- The XTC global startup competition aims to nurture the global entrepreneurial ecosystem by supporting new business ventures with viable, commercial technology that can directly impact our most critical global challenges and connecting them with the corporations, investors, universities, media and NGOs who are our sponsoring partners.