TAG Heuer partners with Seedstars World, supporting new Entrepreneurs

Women founded, innovative and time saviour solutions get support from the Swiss Watch Brand at Seedstars Summit. Three prizes have been awarded by TAG Heuer. Best Woman Entrepreneur, to Medsaf, from Nigeria Time Saviour to Alquilando from Argentina Innovation to CMED from Bangladesh.

Yesterday, TAG Heuer, as Official Timekeeper of Seedstars World, was very proud to participate in the Seedstars Summit and to award three prizes to different startups during the award ceremony.

Best Woman Entrepreneur prize was awarded to Medsaf, from Nigeria, for its medication platform that is connecting pharmacies and hospitals in Africa with safe and cost effective medications and the way the female co-founders succeeded in an industry which can benefit so much from technology. Innovation prize went to CMED from Bangladesh for the disruptive way they tackle lack of access to health management resources. And lastly, the Time Saviour Prize, to Alquilando, from Argentina, for the way their product pays tribute to the importance of time in people’s lives.

The day after the summit, the three winners had the chance to visit the TAG Heuer Manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds. They met with the artisan’s watchmakers, engineers and team who showed them the brand’s avant-garde production method. They then travelled back through time exploring the TAG Heuer 360 Museum and its 300-piece collection connecting the company's 150-year history.

TAG Heuer, the swiss avant-garde watchmaker stands for innovation and disruption from its product design to its communication in each of its pillars: Sport, Lifestyle and Heritage. Don’t Crack Under Pressure, the company’s mantra fits perfectly the collaboration with Seedstars, supporting risk taking projects with a mindset of openness and respect for consumers. In this context, TAG Heuer has decided to reward especially relevant project to the company’s culture. Sylvain Verdon, Swiss Market General Manager, declared “We are proud to support Seedstars World and Seedstars Summit and 3 powerful initiatives in categories of Best Woman Entrepreneur, Innovation and Time Saviour Prize, all close to TAG Heuer’s culture.”

For five years now, Seedstars World has been organizing a competition to find the most promising start-ups in the developing world. After a year of competition, 70 start-ups from 50 countries were selected to take part in the Seedstars Summit - a creative emulation and networking platform. Over three days, in contact with mentors and

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Seedstars World is the first global startup competition focused on emerging and fast-growing markets. For five years now, it has built a network in 65+ countries, with the teams traveling the world to source innovative startup investment opportunities. We run 80+ local competitions to identify the best seed-stage startups and host an inspirational set of disruptive tech and networking sessions. We also organise 5 regional Summits, reuniting all local winners of each region to network with speakers, investors, corporates, incubators, accelerators, governments and all other relevant stakeholders. Finally, Seedstars Summit, the competition’s final, is our exciting flagship event filled with breakout sessions, panel discussions, specialized workshops and the best minds from emerging markets, where local winners compete to be crowned Seedstars World Global Winner and win up to $1M in investment. In parallel, our virtual three month growth program focuses on improving the growth and traction for 10-20 startups selected from the local winners. More info here.