Another great week! We loved the energy at the Plug and Play Tech Center Summit in Silicon Valley last week! Top innovators coming together, one-on-one meetings with new enterprise partners, the "big show" presenting in front of the masses, and of course the beautiful CA weather! And to top it off, Alō Index won the Startup Award for Travel & Hospitality! Some great photos to share from the event, and big thank you to Curtis Chan, Akvile Gustaite, Kristi Choi, FCM Travel, Daniel Senyard, Brett Copeland, Dan Skaggs, Raghava Bharadwaj of US Bank, Erica Antony and Frank Lepannetier of CWT, Cara Whitehill, Vipul Nakum, Joel Hanson, Douglas Rice, and so many more!
🗣 Summit EXPO Recap! 🎉 Last week Plug and Play Tech Center hosted 3500+ attendees for our June Summit Event. This audience of Corporate Partners, VCs, and Startups from over 20 industry verticals attended exclusive sessions centered around pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our Travel EXPO kicked off with opening remarks from our own Amir Amidi and Kristi Choi, featured a few words from our newest partner Cathay Pacific, and a special announcement from UN Tourism. The EXPO featured an engaging keynote from Stephen Snyder, Managing Director of JetBlue Ventures who drove home a powerful message on sustainability in travel, an update from our portfolio startup Airalo represented by Jhon Ruiz Partnerships Director, and an illuminating dive into innovation in Airports with Aeroporti di Roma CEO, Marco Troncone. Our show was headlined by seven startups from our batch 17 program. A big thank you to the teams from Aphy (Alex Lamotte-Hysbergue), Alō Index, Badge (Eric Senn), FinMont Global (Suby Valluri), Replicant (Latif Horst), and TripAdd (Jake Kotzer) for presenting their game-changing solutions on stage! Additionally, our partner WestJet represented by Anne-Louise Brooks took home the Partner Award for their excellence in innovation. A special congratulations goes to the team of Anna Rose Feinberg and Leanne Turner, GTP from Alō Index for winning our Batch Startup Award! We would also like to recognize the team from Lucia Grace McBride and Morgan Stensrud as recipients of our second Batch Startup Award. Lastly, a big thank you goes out to our mentors Stuart Greif, Cara Whitehill, Gilad Berenstein, Greg Pesik, Douglas Rice, Sylvia Weiler, Sachin Doshi, and Mathieu Montmessin who came in person to support our founders. Stay tuned for more updates as we gear up for our next EXPO in November! #traveltechnology #traveltech #hospitality #startups #founders #plugandplaytechcenter #aviation