Startup Pitch Competition that
rewards brilliant ideas!
IBC 2022-23 will bring together top line start-up innovations and ideas converging on a single platform. Here is your opportunity to compete with the best projects, showcase your ideas and network with top industry players.
Goal
20 global Startup competitions
in 5 years - Resulting in 1000
Startups in emerging tech
Tracks
Solution
Focus Areas
Web2.0 to Web3.0 migration use cases
Native Web3.0 use cases
Solution
Stages
Ideation stage
MVP stage
MVP deployed with Beta customers
Revenue stage
Prize Upto
*T&C Apply
HOW IT WORKS
Your eyes are definitely on the prize! A prize money of $160,000 is waiting for you at the IBC Main Conference in January, 2023. You have a lot of auditions that will help you get there!
Audition 1
Audition 2
Audition 3
Audition 4
Build on the Polkadot blockchain and get rewarded!
IBC Emerge Round-1 Schedule (Tentative)
STAGE
ACtivity
Start date (2022)
End date (2022)
STAGE 1
IBC Emerge 1 Registration
12th Aug
25th Sep
STAGE 2
Business idea proposal/Solutioning deck submission
12th Aug
26th Sep
STAGE 2
Round 1 evaluation from IBC
14th Sep
30th Sep
STAGE 3
Submission of video Pitch with product demo
15th Sep
15th Oct
STAGE 4
Demo day
22nd Oct
22nd Oct
STAGE 4
Winner announcement + AMA (Online)
25th Oct
10th Oct
IBC Emerge Round-2 Schedule (Tentative)
STAGE
ACtivity
Start date (2022)
End date (2022)
STAGE 0
Registration
1st Oct
15th Nov
STAGE 1
Business idea proposal/Solutioning deck submission
1st Oct
16th Nov
STAGE 2
Round 1 evaluation from IBC
19th Oct
18th Nov
STAGE 3
Submission of video Pitch with product demo
20th Oct
25th Nov
STAGE 4
Demo day
30th Nov
30th Nov
FINAL STAGE
Winner announcement + AMA
6th Dec
6th Dec
IBC Emerge Round-3 Schedule (Tentative)
STAGE
ACtivity
Start date (2022)
End date (2022)
STAGE 0
Registration
19th Nov
12th Dec
STAGE 1
Business idea proposal/Solutioning deck submission
19th Nov
12th Dec
STAGE 2
Round 1 evaluation from IBC
21st Nov
13th Dec
STAGE 3
Submission of video Pitch with product demo
29th Nov
19th Dec
STAGE 4
Demo day
23rd Dec
23rd Dec
FINAL STAGE
Winner announcement + AMA
27th Dec
27th Dec
Our Mentors and jurors
Radhakrishna Dasari
Technical Education LeadWeb3 Foundation
Steve Degosserie
Web3 Engineering ManagerWeb3 Foundation
Anushank Dagar
Web3 Product managerChingari
Nikolaos K.
Javascript Application DeveloperParity Technologies
Gautam Dhameja
Director of Solution DeliveryParity Technologies
Pavel Hilman
CEOSensilize
Omri Lachman
Cofounder and CEO,LEAP
Andrey Nayman
Founder and CEO,Magic Square
Ashok Ranadive
Director of Professional Services,CasperLabs
Uri Ferruccio
VP for Business Development,Binance
Hartej Sawhney
Founder and CEO,Zokyo
Chris Lavery
Chief Financial Officer,Ava Labs
H.E. Gabriel Abed
Ambassador of Barbados to UAE
Jagadeesh Prasad Vegi
Blockchain Architect , UAE Trade Connect
Chennakesavan Selvaraju
Blockchain Researcher, goharness
Vijay Bawra
Director, Startup Innovation, T-Hub
Sugandh Rakha
Principal Product Manager, ServiceNow
Kartikey Kashyap
Blockchain Consultant , KPMG India
Dharmen Dhulla
Global Lead, Blockchain Practice, Tech Mahindra
Shveta Verma Nagraj
Design Evangelist, Microsoft
Prasanna Lohar
CIO, DCB Bank-Inderjeet-Singh.png)
Col Inderjeet Singh
Chief Cyber Officer, Vara Associates
Sharat Chandra
Vice President, EarthId
Srinivas Mahankali
Chief Business Officer, SecureKloud Technologies
Avneesh Bhatnagar
Senior Principal Product Manager, ServiceNow
Ramesh Swaminathan
Director Product Management, Informatica
Mukesh Marodia
Product Manager, Google
Laura Weindorf
Genesis Validator and Investor, SCG Ventures
Rachit Srivastava
Solidity Developer, Nethermind
Simon Bogdanowicz
Founder, Catalyst Global
Jeffrey Elliott
Head of Community Marketing, CUDOS
Jeff J Hunter
Founder, Virtual Assistants
Sumit Manocha
Ex-Senior Manager, HPCL
Vladimir Velmeshev
Partner, Kosmos Ventures
Yara Elder
Event Marketing, Mailchimp
Prasanth Kalangi
Founder, RealtoApps
Zach Miller
Marketing Coordinator, Popcorn
Maud Honner
Associate Director, Wachsman
Kim Savul
Founder, HELIX
Sasha Tsiatsera
Director, BlockFi
Bryce Gilleland
CEO, Asha Capital Partners
Delz Erinle
Founder, Astra Metaverse
Tim Martinez
Founder, The Inside Man
Igor Bershadsky
Head Of Client Relations, Hacken Cybersecurity Services
Jack B.
Product Marketing Lead, Input Output (IOHK)
Oliver Gilbey
Blockchain Developer Relations Lead, Cudo
Lisa Rubin
Fintech Associate (Blockchain), Paul Hastings
Alex Rusnak
Co-founder, Proxima
Anitha Vadavatha
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, AB Plus Ventures
CJ Hetherington
Co-Founder, Atlantis World
Conrad Brown
Account Executive, Embroker
Constantin Kogan
Co-Founder, GamesPa
Samir Bandali
Chief Business Development Officer, Alty.com
Subhash Karri
Co-Founder, QuestBook by CreatorOS (YC W21)
Abhilash Inumella
Co-Founder, QuestBook by CreatorOS (YC W21)
Sriharsha Karamchati
Co-Founder, QuestBook by CreatorOS (YC W21)
Madhavanmalolan .eth
Co-Founder, QuestBook by CreatorOS (YC W21)
Sergey Okishev
Team Lead, USE TECH
Sergey Kozlov
Frontend Developer
Nikolay Pasynkov
Delivery DirectorOur Sponsors and Partners
