The Largest Startup Pitch
Competition in Procurement
Grand Finale I 23 September, 2020 I Live Online
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DEMO VIRTUAL has become a benchmark for Innovation in procurement, which brings together the world’s leading startups for a live online battle.
Pitch to leading business leaders and investors and provide more visibility to your startup, win new clients, get funding, or build new strategic partnerships.
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Meet Our MC and Judges
Peter Hopwood
MC & Host DEMO Virtual 2020
Cyril Pourrat
CPO BT Group
Tobias Anger
Senior Solution Leader & Associate Partner McKinsey & Company
Nina Nelms
SVP, Procurement Executive Bank of America
Nico Bac
Former Senior Director Digital Procurement Transformation Procter & Gamble
Jason Busch
MD Spend Matters Nexus Azul Partners
Eva Bandelj
Head of Innovation Ecosystem Startupbootcamp & Innoleaps
Markus Hoerr
Senior Business Developer, Procurement & Finance Analytics expert Orpheus, a McKinsey company
Mike Kienitz
Former SVP Operations YETI
Pieter Paul van Oerle
Founder nlmtd & Strategy Director TNW nlmtd & TNW
Elvan Akalin
Head of Procurement Europe UCB Pharma
Nikolaus Kirner
Former CPO Thomas Cook Group
Felix Plapperer
Principal PAUA VENTURES
Juliet Bailin
Associate Partner Mosaic Ventures
Ulrike Salb
SVP Procurement Osram
Lance Younger
Digital Procurement Leader
Slav Vasilevski
Former Digital Transformation Lead Syngenta
Neil Cocker
Director & Senior Partner TOMORROW STREET
Herbert Fonseca
Head of Disruptive Innovation Novartis
Sara Harding
Head of Global Procurement & Shared Services Aegon
Sam de Frates
Global VP - Commercial Performance, Capabilities & Services Mars
Michaela Mayrhofer
CPO A1 Telekom Austria
José Vidal de Sousa
VP GTO Partners
Virginie Vast
Head of Procurement Innovation and Sustainability Amazon
Tomas Wiemer
Digital Procurement Transformation & US Indirect Lead Juniper Networks
Mélani Flores
Procurement & P2P Advisory Practice Leader EMEA The Hackett Group
Christophe Quiquempoix
VP Digital Procurement Strategy Schneider Electric
Elouise Epstein
Digital Procurement Futurist & VP Kearney
Geraint John
VP Supply Chain Research & Advisory Gartner
Eligibility Criteria
DEMO VIRTUAL is open to all startups around the world who fulfill the following requirements:
- You’ve got to have a tech-related product and no service
- You are beyond the ideation stage, having launched with some market traction (e.g. paying customers, downloads, signups, etc)
- You have been operating for 5 years or less
Competition Timeline
- 7 August – Application Deadline
- 21 August – 12 Semifinalists Announced
- 2 September – Semifinalists Pitches
- 4 September – 6 Finalists Announced
- 9 September – Mandatory Pitch Training for All Finalists
- 16 September – Grand Finale & Winners Announced
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DEMO Alumni Network
Check out our alumni of emerging technologies from past DEMO sessions that disrupt old and define new procurement.
"Winning DEMO 2019 was great and helped expose our solution to a very senior international procurement community."
Past DEMO Startups
Some fun facts about the 2019 roster:
- 10 startups from 7 countries present: USA, Netherlands, Germany, UK, France, Sweden, Ireland
- Procurement themes from A to Z: Compliance & Fraud Detection, CSR, Negotiation, Statement of Work, Spend Analysis, Supplier Discovery, Supplier Performance.
Past DEMO Judges
Noah Eisner
Founder Coupa Software & CEO Seed to Scale Advisors
Jason Busch
MD Spend Matters Nexus Azul Partners
Jacob Gorm Larsen
Head of Digital Procurement Maersk
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