After three months of training, mentoring and hard work the Innovation Labs 2.0 graduates from Bucharest and Cluj are ready to take the stage, where they will try to convince the audience with their final pitch in search of angel investors, users or just admirers. On the 19th of May our startups will get their first Demo Day experience and put their knowledge and training to the test in front of over 200 people, which include their peers, influencers from the industry, and potential partners.

The startups met with over 50 mentors, during the 8 workshop sessions, 10 tech talks with leaders from the IT industry and one high profile pitching event, the Boost Day. They learned from some, argued with others, but in the end their understanding of the market and the product grew and with it their businesses as well.

The event will take place at the Howard Johnson Grand Plaza on 19 of May 2014, and each of the teams will have 4 minutes to convince the jury:
– Julien Ducarroz (Chief Commercial Officer Orange Romania),
– Oana Viciu (Senior Marketing Manager Microsoft Romania),
– Calin Fusu (CEO Neogen),
– Cristian Udrescu (Business Advisor Trend Consult Group),
– Alexandru Lapusan (Founder Zitec),
– Cristian Olarasu (Founder Early),
– Raluca Georgescu (Co-Organizer GPeC),
– Teo Ceausu (CEO IXIA)
– and Vladimir Oane (Co-Founder UberVU)

The awards are for: Best Pitch, Best Product and Best Business.

The teams that will pitch for the Demo Day are:
1. MyPlace
2. PillBuzz
3. Engineers4Cluj
4. Plexis
5. CookPal
6. OpenMind
7. eHonk
8. Wabbit
9. MusicMaster
10. PackSender
11. Xetten
12. Joblink
13. LifeBox
14. Nivalis
15. Agrobid
16. Uprise
17. Exhale
18. SpotTune
19. TrafficVoice

Check out Innovation Labs website for more information about this event.