Docler Holding has announced that it is holding the second edition of its Pitch your Start-up (www.pitchyourstartup.eu) event in collaboration with Luxinnovation, the National Agency for Innovation and Research and its ICT Cluster; this pitching session will take place on 10 May 2016 during ICT Spring Europe 2016, Luxembourg’s major tech conference.

As last year, each start-up will be granted 3 minutes and 33 seconds to present its project, followed by 2 minutes of questions and answers. The startup with the best pitch and, as such, the winner of the contest, will receive a €50,000 prize, financed by Docler Holding. The event will also be open to external investors and anyone interested in the ICT and start-up scenes.

“This year our goal is to attract national and international ICT start-ups. We have already been touring the various tech and start-up conferences such as Web Summit and Slush in order to select potential candidates and bring them to Luxembourg. There is an amazing number of skilled people with great ideas out there and we want to bring them together”, explained Marton Fulop, COO of Docler Holding.

Wondermags was the winner of the first pitching contest organised in March 2015. The company provides a self-publishing platform for the free creation, distribution and monetisation of eMagazines for tablets. They presented their company to a jury composed of Docler Holding’s management and advisory committee.

“Our aim is to support the Luxembourg ICT ecosystem and start-up scene by bringing more international talents to the Grand-Duchy. This is our way to contribute to the government’s efforts to position Luxembourg as the ideal environment for establishing ICT start-ups”, said Karoly Papp, Co-Founder & CEO of Docler Holding.

“Luxinnovation has become the obvious partner for anybody with plans for a start-up who is looking to receive sound, expert and tailored advice. For young and promising ICT start-ups in particular we have developed Fit4Start, a new programme which can help to bridge the early stage funding gap”, concluded Jean-Paul Schuler, CEO of Luxinnovation.

Start-ups can now apply online: www.pitchyourstartup.eu