mexico day 2013 brochure

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Schedule

12:30 1:00 pm Registration

1:00 1:20 pm Opening Remarks: Saeed Amidi

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1:30 pm Keynote Presentation

1:30 3:10 pm Startup Pitches

3:10 3:20 pm Voting

3:20 3:30 pm Top 3 Startup Winners Announced

3:30 4:30 pm Networking Reception

Session I1. elepago

2. ReTweeti

3. cottonTracks

4. Inbenta5. ustraap

6. easyParking

7. mobilender.mx

Session II8. Envizio

9. Folgom

10. PingStamp

11. Biixa12. PaeDae

13. Tweet2GO

14. ParkE

15. SEOEngine

Companies

Special thanks to Reto Zapopan for

helping Mexican entrepreneurs come to

Silicon Valley.


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Plug and Play Tech Center

Plug and Play Ventures is a seed and an early-stage Investment

firm focused on investing in emerging growth companies. Plug

and Play Ventures has over 150 portfolio companies in the areas

of Web 2.0, software (SaaS), Social Networking, Social Media,

Gaming, Enterprise, Cloud and telecom verticals.

SEED ROUND

Plug and Play Ventures participates in seed round investing through a program called

Startup Camp.

ANGEL ROUND

Plug and Play Angels (PAPA) makes angel round investments throughout the year,

sourced from monthly sessions. They are partnered with local angel investors in

Silicon Valley who participate in PAPA to find the most promising startups and best

new technologies.

SERIES A

This round capitalizes the company as it develops its products, performs initial

marketing and branding, acquires talent, and conducts other early-stage businessoperations. At this stage Plug and Play Ventures will co-invest with over 180 venture

capital partners.

In the past, Plug and Play has helped to create markets and technology leaders such

as PayPal, Danger, Google and now they have DropBox, LendingClub, Zoosk,

SoundHound, CreditSesame, Skytree and over 100 more hot startups in their portfolio

family.

Investments

Plug and Play Tech Center is a global accelerator that specializes

in growing tech startups. Plug and Plays network includes over

300 tech startups, 180 investors and a community of leadingUniversities and Corporate partners.


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Startup One-Liners

Offers a unique process for users to securely pay from the

comfort of their mobile phone.

Marketplace that allows Twitter users to earn money by Tweeting

about the companies and brands they love.

The journal of your online discoveries that replaces your

browsers history, bookmarks and cookies with a contextual,

automated and unified solution.

Natural language processing & semantic search solution for the

enterprise that allows your online customers to find relevant

answers to their questions without having to use keywords.

A wearable proximity device in the form of a wristband

designed to help visually impaired people; it also comes with awireless earphone and a tag device.

An application that allows users to pay for parking in malls,

airports, show centers, etc., with your smartphone.

Peer-to-peer mobile lending platform for emergency, short-term,micro loans young college sector.

Instant mobile platform that enables secure mobile transactions

at the Point of Sale (POS) giving brands and retailers real-time

redemption data and lower coupon processing costs.


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Startup One-Liners

We developed an easy to use customer loyalty platform that

allows SMEs to generate insights to improve their customer

relation strategies.

Communication platform that allows chatting and texting

interaction between speakers of different languages without

needing to learn a second language by using contextual

translation and idiomatic expressions.

Transforming ads into cool, targeted and engaging rewards for

your audience.

A web-based platform that lets businesses and local stores

take food delivery orders or reservations with a simple tweet.

An app that helps users to find an available parking space

close to their destination on a faster, easier and convenient

way.

Patented a unique search engine - combining big data with

analytics to deliver never-before-seen search metrics to CMOs.

Enterprise social match-making network for SMBs that

automatically connects potential clients (Purchasing

requirements) and possible Suppliers based on their Businessprofile to help them increase sales, reduce cost and time.


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Tom Grossi

Asst. Director

Business Development

Vikas Aggarwal

CEO

Bismark Lepe

Co-Founder

Tom Kosnik

Consulting ProfessorStanford University

Carlos Baradello

Managing Partner

Guest Judges


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Saeed Amidi

Founder & CEO

Charlie Steinberg

Advisor in Residence

Canice Wu

President

Alireza MasrourManaging Partner

Alejandro Cobos

Business RelationshipManager

Jackie Hernandez

VP of Operations &

Customer Engagement

Plug and Play Judges

Plug and Play Hosts


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Whats Hot?Mexico: Gateway to Latin

American MarketsMexico is the second largest economy in Latin

America and is considered the most relevant to the

United States due to its geographical proximity andeconomic homologation. U.S. business leaders and

investors are seriously considering that a strong

U.S. technological industry can benefit from a

foothold in Mexico. Those who move quickly can

gain a competitive advantage in a growing Latin

American market.

The Mexican tech scene

will thrive and make the

best out of itsgeographic closeness to

both Silicon Valley and

NYC. Learn more at:

mexico.plugandplaytechcenter.com

Connect with Plug and Play

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Partners

Participating

Startup ProgramsTo become a

member, please

contact:

MEXICO:

Alejandro [email protected]

USA:

Jackie Hernandez

[email protected]
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