Seven startups pitched before Michael Dell and a panel of judges at Dell World and Austin-based PenPal Schools won the Pitch Days 2014 competition. “We were incredibly impressed,” with all of the startups, Dell said. “Ultimately we liked PenPal Schools as the winner.” PenPal Schools, a Capital Factory incubator company which moved to Austin three […]
Austin-based PenPal Schools Wins the Dell World 2014 Pitch Slam Competition
Guavas, Neverware and Fantoo Win Dell’s Pitch Slam
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Guavus, Neverware and Fantoo won the votes of the judges at the first Pitch Slam event at Dell World. Michael Dell cast his vote for Guavus, based in San Mateo, which has raised $48 million in three series of funding since 2006. The company has created analytics […]
Seven Companies to Pitch to Michael Dell at DellWorld
Dell’s first Pitch Slam takes place Thursday afternoon at Dell World in downtown Austin. Dell chose six companies from regional pitch events and a final company via an online pitch contest to pitch their businesses to Michael Dell, Shark Tank’s Daymond John and the UN Foundation’s Resident Entrepreneur Elizabeth Gore. The event is being livestreamed […]