International Robotics Competition for Startups

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The robotics tech cluster, and Robohub, the global robotics news site, are partnering to launch the first online robot startup competition.

Organizer Andra Keay from Silicon Valley Robotics hopes to see hundreds of early stage robotics startups entering the competition. With prizes that include personal VC interviews and mentoring, industrial design reviews, free startup legal services and lean startup coaching, the competition will help startups get the early attention of investors.

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All the startups will have publicly searchable online summaries and the Top 30 will be showcased on Robohub. The finals will be conducted live online, with the top 3 startups getting a showcase at O’Reilly’s new hardware/software conference.

“Robot Launch 2014 is opening up a very important outlet to help identify and showcase some groundbreaking business and technology ideas, not only in the Silicon Valley but throughout the world. It also provides an opportunity to develop them into highly successful ventures.