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Reopening
Necker Island with the Extreme Tech Challenge - 20th August 2018
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Richard Branson
Delighted
that Necker Island will soon be open again as we continue the recovery from Hurricane
Irma. I’m looking forward to welcoming our first guests of 2018 back to Necker
– the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC). The
XTC finals were due to take place earlier this year, but the team moved the dates
so they could still hold the event on Necker. The final will take place on October
19th, and I’m proud to be helping to judge the winner again. This
year’s finalists have already got through three stages to reach Necker, winning
through a nerve-wracking public pitch at CES, the world’s biggest technology
trade show in Las Vegas. They are: Power Ledger a blockchain-based peer-to-peer
energy trading platform from Perth, Australia; Owlet Baby Care, a healthcare platform
and baby monitoring system from the Utah; and Revl, a smart action, AI-powered
camera system from San Francisco. All three have been selected for their innovative
concepts and potential to have a positive impact – I look forward to seeing
them in action. In
previous years, start-ups including Canva, Sphero, Doctor on Demand, Wanderu,
Cresilon and Bloomlife have all featured in XTC. As well as the chance to pitch
in the final on Necker, they get money-can’t buy access to training and support
throughout the incubation process. It’s a unique chance to get unique visibility,
mentorship, resources and the potential to reach scale quickly. *click
here for full article (Virgin.com
- Richard Branson) (Virgin.com)
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