Huawei Spark 2020 - Global Startup Competition
Fire up your startup and take it to new heights with Huawei!
APPLICATION PHASE
August 10 - October 4, 2020
Register on the platform and submit your proposal deck of 5 slides in English (PPT or PDF format), addressing the following:
- Background and motivation of your startup
- Your product / solution brief
- Business plan and results
- Resources needed
- Core team
1ST ONLINE VOTING
October 5 - October 18, 2020
Huawei judges to vote and select the semi-finalist Startups based on the following criteria:
- Relevancy
- Impact
- Technology innovation and USP
- Differentiation
The top 15 startups will be selected for the next round. The results announcement will be made on October 19, 2020.
MENTORING PHASE
October 19 - November 1, 2020
For the second voting phase, Startups will be asked to submit a 10 slides proposal deck in English (PPT or PDF format) including the following:
- Solution clarification sheet
- Business plan
- Demo Video
2ND ONLINE VOTING
November 2 - November 9, 2020
Huawei judges to vote and select the finalist Startups based on the following criteria:
- Market potential and solution scalability
- Core solution / product
- Team strength
- Business Model
- Market and Sales strategy and results
The top 5 Startups will be selected for the Final event. The results announcement will be made on November 10, 2020.
FINAL EVENT
December 7 - 11, 2020
The Top 5 finalists will pitch virtually to the Huawei jury panel.
More details about the details and format of the pitching to come, so stay tuned!
The Top 2 winners will be fast-tracked to compete as one of the Top 100 global startups of SLINGSHOT 2020 as part of the SLINGSHOT x SWITCH event.