Haarlem, 6 July 2021 – Omni WInd is named as the winner of Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021. The event took place at the Philharmonie in Haarlem and was hosted by Mike Rijkers, Present Your Startup Leader. Entrepreneur Pranav Tetali, founder of Omni WInd impressed the panel with a powerful pitch, a solid business plan, and confident answers.
Pranav Tetali said after the show: “After winning the competition, it felt like all our efforts in the last six months has met with success. We feel more inspired to continue working hard on Omni Wind. The experience with the program has been way above our expectations. We received good quality training at the boot camp, valuable feedback from the jury, and vital support from the network of PYS. The team of PYS truly does care about the entrepreneurs”.
The judging line-up included: Rixt Herklots (The Next Women), Tessa Wanders (Peak Capital), and Jurriaan Duivenvoorden (Born05). “Great to see how all the founders made very impressive growth, during the PYS programme, both on personal as on a business level. Very excited to see what the future brings for the winner and the other competitors”, said the chair of the jury panel, Jurriaan Duivenvoorden.
Our program in Haarlem
The organization of this program has been possible thanks to our partners. We are proud to work together with Gemeente Haarlem, Cupola XS, Tape, Innovate Today, and Köster Advocaten.
We had an Introduction day in February, and after a week of training at our Academy in March, startups presented their businesses to investors, experts, partners, and an online crowd. The event took place in the Hotel Van den Valk in Haarlem. The jury members evaluated every pitch and business plan, at the end of the event, they selected the finalists. “The Academy week brought us a lot of new insights and inspiration. It was great meeting everyone”, said Cammy Breeveld, Founder of Movely.
All finalists of the program tested their pitch with investors on May 27th in the Exclusive Investors Lunch at Brouwerskolkje Exclusief. We made sure they got connected to a part of our network of investors and experts. After the pitch of each of the finalists, and during the lunch, entrepreneurs received feedback from the investors. “An investor’s lunch sounds scary at the beginning. Everything needs to be perfect. But in reality, it is just a gathering of likely-minded people trying to help each other reach goals. This is what I loved about this afternoon, the vibes were amazing!”- said Tymo, finalist from startup LIMEG.
Afterward, all finalists had an online meeting with our team to received feedback and the last tips to get ready for the Finals. “It has been a pleasure to participate in the PYS program. We will implement the feedback to the best of our abilities so as to improve our product and business concept”, said Sherzod Khoshimov, Founder of OneApp
Everyone was invited to vote for their favorite startup on June 28th at our website. Tonight, the voting stopped. We will be announcing the Public Choice Award tomorrow, the 7th of July surprising the winner.
If you would like to see all about our program during this edition, click here. Tomorrow, we will share the photo album, stay tuned to our social media channels.
