Ideas have never been more necessary than they are now!

RESTART 2021 event is an international startup and idea competition that brings ideas, projects, and solutions to make our future more livable and sustainable together on one platform. The competition's theme is not limited to the difficulties caused by the epidemic ( e.g., health, education) because it's clear that extensive changes are needed worldwide. It’s time to rethink our immediate environment, change our habits, and make it easier and more direct for innovators to collaborate.

What do you need to do for a change?

Hit 'registration,' create your profile @POZI.IO, upload your ideas, build a team, brainstorm, inspire others, work, and grow with the best!

How is RESTART different from other startup competitions and hackathons?

You can register for the competition starting on the 5th of September, 2021, in two categories: IDEA and STARTUP. With the help of excellent innovation specialists and mentors, you can create an online One-Pager to present your ideas and projects during the RESTART 2021 program. Then, our pre-jury and your friends can vote for them through an open platform (voting starts on 6th September).

The ranking is based on the votes, and a professional jury will select the best 5 ideas and 15 startups to be presented for the Demo Day. Those, who will be shortlisted on 2021.10.13 - need to create a Pitch Video - this will be streamed live. The Pitch Video has to be linked to the startup or idea page. File format: video - mp4. Please, before uploading a pitch, read carefully our Pitch Video Guideline. So, if you do the work, perhaps you’ll have a chance to get investments from our VCs and angel investors!

But the journey doesn't stop there!

RESTART 2021 mentors will provide additional advice and help with the implementation after the competition. Competitors can also validate their ideas during and after the competition period. Receiving feedback and opinions from other entrants, so they can support each other in implementing new solutions.

This is what you will get:

Acknowledged mentors and experts will review submitted projects and ideas. With the help of mentors, the TOP 10 applicants are to create a percussive pitch deck and video.

!!! The pitch videos will be introduced to the jury and run for a possible investment of 30.000$ !!!

Rewards:

• Three teams will receive a Readiness examination with the opportunity to pitch to our angel investor for the $ 30 000 investment. Provided by the NDV Innovations and Pozi.io.

• Another team will have 2 hours of consultation that will help them get ready to enter the market. Provided by The Connect East Incubator and Pozi.io.

• Another three teams will also win a Mediaspace Leadership Club subscription (995 EUR value of each account). You can meet and network with C-level executives of industry-leading companies and investors. Provided by the MediaSpace.Global.

• Exclusive interview and global media exposure. Provided by the MediaSpace.Global.

• Members’ Daily Video for the best ‘Media’ themed Startup / Idea. Provided by the MediaSpace.Global.

• One team will win the book written by our founder, Turcsán Tamás, about startups.

Schedule:

• 2021.10.08 (Friday) - Registration deadline

• 2021.10.09 (Saturday) - 2021.10.12 (Tuesday) - mentor feedbacks and public ratings.

• 2021.10.13 (Wednesday) - Selection of 10-10 idea and startup shortlists

• 2021.10.16 (Saturday) - Demo Day

Schedule of Demo Day (2021.10.16)

• 15:20 - 15:30 Venue preparation & Video streaming setup

• 15:30 - 15:35 Welcome Speech & Restart/Pozi introduction

• 15:35 - 15:50 5 x 3 Idea pitch

• 15:50 - 16:35 15 x 3 Startup pitch

• 16:35 - 16:45 Jury Introduction

• 16:45 - 17:45 Q and A - 20x3 live questions from the jury

• 17:45 - 18:30 Jury session + Slideshow

• 18:30 - 18:40 The Jury Summarize the competition + Winners announcement

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