19 Sep 2011

Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2011

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Last week, I was honoured to be invited to host the 4th annual Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition in Amsterdam over two days at Picnic 2011.
 
Mobile Clicks is the world's largest startup competition and this year there were 7 finalists from the Netherlands, UK, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Turkey and Germany. The prize: a whopping €225,000 (third place receives €25,000, second place takes home €50,000 and first place walks away with €150,000).

Thankfully, I wasn't one of the judges because all the finalists did an amazing job presenting their pitches. The following day, the winners were revealed in front of hundreds of attendees and presented with fat cheques.

Third place (€25,000) went to Germany's Wunderlist, a productivity app that supports over-the-air sync and unlimited sharing for free.

Second place (€50,000 prize) went to the UK's ParcelGenie, an Instant Gift Messaging service that sends real gifts to friends and family via an email or a text message.

And the winner (€150,000) was Spain's FrogTek, which is an Android app that allows shopkeepers in the developing world to set up a financial system to run their business.
 

Congrats to all the winners and the finalists! Everyone had so much passion and energy and I wish all the startups loads of success.

Here's a video of the finalists & competition: