VentureOut Finalists

Finalists of VentureOut Mobile App Competition Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. Thirteen international startups have been selected by the VentureOut Challenge an initiative of infoDev and CRDF Globalto compete before a live audience and a panel of mobile experts in Chisinau, Moldova on November 1, 2013. The VentureOut initiative was launched to help mobile app entrepreneurs to expand internationally. The finalists include ventures from Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia and represent mobile applications ranging from mobile health focusing on patient-centric health applications to location-based services and different sorts of entertainment including music, gaming and television. GoMetro is a transit app for emerging markets that combines trains, buses, rapid transit and taxis into one app using multiple data sources.
Grikly is a business networking application that allows users to share contact details easily.

Alicia Ernstzen

South Africa

gometroapp.com

Dwayne Samuels

Jamaica

grik.ly

Idram Mobile Wallet empowers users to make payments and transfer money using only their phone.
M.A.D.E. is a disaster- and emergency-focused native mobile app providing users with information about what to do before, during, and after natural disasters and national emergencies faced by the Caribbean.

Narek Vardanyan

Armenia

mobile.idram.am

Ade InnissKing

Trinidad & Tobago

Manifesto instantly records video or audio with one tap and shares it seamlessly.

Dorian Postevca

Moldova

seemanifesto.com

Marodi.tv is a replay TV platform for mobile and web playing TV programs from channels in Senegal and Cameroon. Nearest Locator helps you easily find the nearest ATMs, banks, eateries, hospitals, pharmacies and more.

Jimmy KUMAKO

Senegal

marodi.tv

Ayoola ajebeku

Nigeria

getnearest.com

Prowork empowers businesses by bringing Francis project management and collaboration together Onwumere on one platform.
SweetSOA offers web services to businesses. Jerome Campbell

Nigeria

prowork.me

Jamaica

sweetandsoa.com

Teddy the Guardian is a teddy that uses state-ofthe-art medical sensors to capture, report on and share a child's vital signs like heart rate, body

Ana Burica

Croatia

teddytheguardian.com

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temperature and oxygen saturation. Tuning Fork is karaoke with real-time pitch verification. Dilara RustamZadeh King'ori Maina Azerbaijan tuningfork.az

Waabeh is Africa's audio market place helping with discovery and distribution of audio content from the continent.
X-Rift is a location-based augmented reality game for mobile devices.

Kenya

waabeh.com

Daniel Tonkopiy

Ukraine

x-rift.com

All finalists will receive ongoing mentoring from exceptional entrepreneurs and investors from around the globe who have experience building companies and taking them global. Beyond mentoring the finalists, infoDev and CRDF Global will offer resources for any growing mobile startup to learn necessary skills, make connections, and find inspiration to go global. The conference in Moldova will also include hands-on training sessions to help entrepreneurs identify and develop their customer base and learn other critical aspects of business modeling. About infoDev infoDev is a global partnership program within The World Bank Group. Its Mobile Innovation Program supports growth-oriented mobile app businesses by enabling entrepreneurship, building mobile innovation communities, and researching the app economy of emerging and frontier markets. www.infodev.org About CRDF Global Founded in 1995, CRDF Global is an independent nonprofit organization that promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through grants, technical resources, training and services. www.crdfglobal.org

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