Seedcamp

VouChaCha were selected as finalists from over 1,500 applicants to take part in both the Mini and Full Seedcamp Events in 2009. Seedcamp acts as a micro seed fund to invest in start-up companies, mainly through the flagship event Seedcamp Week which takes place in September every year. Partners and sponsors include the UKTI, PayPal and Microsoft. Teams across Europe compete to win a place at Seedcamp, withonly 20 making it to the actual event. You can find more information about Seedcamp at seedcamp.com.

TechCunchGeek n’ Rolla

VouChaCha was launched publicly at the TechcrunchGeek n’ Rolla pitch event to an audience of over 250 technology entrepreneurs and a judging panel including Doug Richard, Julie Meyer, Alex Hoye, Michael Smith. Geek n’ Rolla is an event organised by Techcrunch Europe for passionate entrepreneurs who love being disruptive and thinking big. It is supported by supported by UK Trade and Investment, as well as NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts.

Vodafone Mobile Clicks

Vodafone Mobile Clicks is a yearly event with the aim of inspiring technology entrepreneurs to create the next generation of mobile services and products. They look for the following when choosing teams to take part:

• Originality, creativity and innovativeness.
• Technical and operational ability.
• Economic and financial viability.
• Feasibility of realising the product or service within a period of two years.
• The quality of the members of the (management) team (e.g. their experience, knowledge, skills, relationships)

VouChaCha were selected to take part and made it through to the final stages of the competition. Prior to mobile clicks we have worked with Vodafone and other leading location based companies to create industry standards and a code of ethics for location based services.