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Sweet & Salty Startup Accelerator

12.5 Tuesday
INNOVATION &TECH WEEK
Free registration

The culmination of the Sweet & Salty AI accelerator program

Watch the battle for a €10,000 investment and see how artificial intelligence is changing the rules of the game. Who will win the favour of investors and the startup community?

We invite you to the final Demo Day, the result of a three-month acceleration of startups focused on AI implementation. Startups will stand directly before investors and fight for an investment of €10,000.

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Day program

17:30 – 18:00 Guest arrival and registration
18:00 Event start
18:00 – 18:06 Music and dance show
18:05 – 18:20 Innovation discussion
18:20 – 18:50 Startup pitches — Round 1
18:50 – 19:00 Singing performance — Celeste Buckingham with band
19:00 – 19:30 Startup pitches — Round 2
19:30 – 19:40 Audience award voting
19:45 – 20:00 Winner and audience award announcement
20:00 Event closing
20:00 – 22:30 VIP — networking and catering

Special guest

CelesteBuckinghamwith band
18:50 – 19:00

Celeste
Buckingham
with band

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