The Thinking Digital Startup Competition welcomes the North East startup community to join us..

Tuesday, 19th May - 14:00 to 17:00

Campus North, 5 Carliol Square, NE1 6UF

4th Annual TDC Startup Competition

In our 4th year in a row running a Thinking Digital Startup Competitoin, the number and quality of entries is better than ever. This year we had more than double the number of entries and the quality was so good we had to increase the total number of semifinalists from 10 to 12. Join our MC Tristan Watson as the 12 semifinalists pitch for your support.

Here are the 12 that'll be presenting on Tuesday..

• Bristlr
• Bunting
• Clowdy
• Deliverd
• Fruitful
• Juliand DIgital
• Knocker
• Lifebox
• PiP Payments`
• Receptive
• skignz
• Yen

At least two will be going through to the Finals on Wednesday, 20th May that occur during the Thinking Digital Conference at the Sage Gateshead. Who should be our Finalists? Join us and help us decide the outcome. The audience will be picking one Finalist and our expert panel will be picking the other. Our Panel includes this year..

• Doug Scott - angel investor & "loud mouth" Geordie in the Midlands
• Claire Braithwaite - new Head of Tech North
• Stephen Price - Northstar Ventures
• Matthew Rippon - Particular Legal

A big thank you to..

• Thinking Digital partners Particular Legal and Northstar Ventures for helping underwrite this year's Startup Competition
• The Ignite Accelerator and Campus North for hosting
• SendGrid for their prize contribution
• Richard Exley for helping us determine the shortlist

• 24 full passes to Thinking Digital
• £100 in travel subsidies for startups travelling from outside the North East
• £500 cash prize to the winner
• Package of free legal advice to the winner
• SendGrid packages worth £2500 for the winner and all teams
• Free registration to Thinking Digital 2016 for the winning team

Join us with the team from Ignite at Campus North on Carliol Square for what promises to be a great session.