Join us for an engaging and interactive discussion with investors, technologists, and this year’s StateUp 21 startup founders at our two-part launch event for StateUp 21 2022, the leading international resource for public-purpose technology.

Register here.

Part 1: Ask-Me-Anything with StateUp 21 Startup Founders

Time: 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. GMT

How do you build a startup that addresses big public needs? In partnership with King’s Entrepreneurship Lab and CUSPE (Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange), StateUp will host an informal forum for aspiring entrepreneurs and young professionals aiming to work in public-purpose technology to learn from StateUp 21 startup founders’ stories. Bring all your burning questions!

• Yau Ben-Or, CEO and Co-founder of Rural Senses
• Annette Jezierska, CEO and Co-founder of The Future Fox
• Moderator: Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes, Judge Business School and King’s Entrepreneurship Lab, University of Cambridge

Part 2: Key Ideas from StateUp 21and the State of Global Public-Purpose Tech

Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. GMT

What role is there for technology innovation in addressing major public needs? Who are today’s public-purpose tech startups forging the brightest future, and how are they innovating? What is their relationship to government and policy?

Join us to discuss the opportunities and challenges that startups that address big public needs are facing in 2022, and how leading founders, investors, and policy experts view them. Audience participation and Q&A will be encouraged.

• Greg Bybee, CEO and Co-founder of Avela
• Dr. Cristina Peñasco, University of Cambridge
• Dr. Tanya Filer, CEO and Founder of StateUp

More speaker announcements coming soon!

Zoom details to be shared closer to the date. We look forward to seeing you there!