Google To Hold Its First Demo Day In Asia

The year 2018 is a thing for firsts. Google, for the first time ever, is bringing the highly coveted Demo Day to Asia this September! To take things up a notch, the search engine opened its doors for all startups who want to make their mark felt and take part in this event. The Google Demo Day event is a shorter version of an early startup program. As the name suggests, the event is a single day, without all the programs leading up to the grand finale.

Instead of drawing out the application process, the Company identifies promising startups and works with them ahead of the Demo Day to mentor, coach and to perfect a pitch that is delivered to VCs and others from Google’s entrepreneurship network who attend the demo day. Apart from learning the tricks of the trade from one of the most successful startups, the event helps in providing budding entrepreneurs and enthusiasts a platform to connect and grow not just its audience, but in attracting future investors as well!

The Google Demo Day event has been held in places like North America and Europe in the past. Marking the first time entrance in Asia, the event will be held in Shanghai on 20 September. While there, the startups selected get a one month, all expenses paid internship. Furthermore, these startups also get to experience an immersion program in China to learn about its startup ecosystem from some of the most successful startup founders.

What makes this event all the more exciting is the fact that the startups who have taken part in the Google Day event collectively raised $ 259 million from investors! This further emphasizes the growing presence of the tech world in the Asian startup ecosystem, especially in China. The deadline for the startups applying to the Google Day event are required to apply before 1 July, 2018 (GST.) With Google’s increasing presence in major Asian countries makes this event all the more exciting, increasing the presence of the tech world in our day to day lives.