CC Ventures to Offer Startups Pitching Opportunities

PARIS: Taking place as part of the new Connected Creativity Forum event at MIPTV, CC Ventures provides an opportunity for selected start-up companies to pitch to leading venture capital investors, media funds and entertainment executives looking for innovations in the digital and mobile space.

Startups can apply online at connected-creativity.com for their chance at becoming a CC Ventures finalist. Contestants will be drawn from companies operating in the mobile, apps and industry and consumer digital services sectors. Deadlines for entries is February 22; finalists will be announced in March. The selected finalists will have the chance to present their projects to the CC Ventures jury and Connected Creativity Forum participants on April 6 during MIPTV. Winners will be announced at the CC Ventures Awards ceremony the following day.

“Connected Creativity is the first event of its kind to bring together the entertainment, technology and mobile media sectors,” said Anne de Kerckhove, Reed MIDEM’s Entertainment Division Director. “In the digital entertainment arena, there is a vast array of dynamic young companies that are introducing new mobile content, apps and technological solutions to meet consumer demands. These companies need clients, but they also need financing. CC Ventures will provide these companies with unique access to media corporate investors and venture capitalists.”