Techstars Global Online Startup Weekend – Covid Edition

Learn and experience how to start a business and help to make a difference during COVID-19 crisis.

This series of free online Techstars Startup Weekends are run at a country level, focused on developing solutions that directly tackle COVID-19-related challenges. They are 54-hour online events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical employees, entrepreneurs and students – you’ll connect with amazing mentors, industry experts, founders, and partners who are ready to help you get started.

Global Prize

• Top 20 Global Teams = Three-Day Techstars Innovation Bootcamp, website: https://www.techstars.com/
• Top 5 Bootcamp Team Graduates = $10,000 grant from Differential Ventures, website: https://www.differential.vc/

Other Perks

• Best 3 Applicants from Startup Weekend to Founder Institute Sri Lanka (FI) receive a FI Fellowship to attend the Founder Institute 3.5 month Core Program at no cost (USD 499 value), website: https://fi.co/
• All Startup Weekend participants receive free access to a private Udemy e-course by Founder Institute on “Become a Startup Founder” (USD195 value)
• Top ten teams qualify for OpenExo Challenge by Hatch & OpenExo, websites: https://hatch.lk/ & https://www.openexo.com/
• All Startup Weekend participants receive a free .CO domain for one year
• All Startup Weekend participants receive $100 Cloud Credit from Digital Ocean, website: https://www.digitalocean.com/

Dates: Friday, April 24th at 6.00pm to Sunday, April 26th at 8.00pm

Eligibility: Open to anyone above 18 years of age (tech skills not required)

Deadline: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 at 11.59pm. You don’t need to have an idea or a team to participate (we can help you with this). Registration is on first come first served basis, as a lot of people register last minute and we may not be able to accommodate everyone.