These 5 finalists will present their startups in elevator pitch format, on Thursday 14 December 2017, day of the Grand Final in front of the members of the jury and the rest of the participants. After the presentation, the jury will deliberate behind closed doors in order to choose the winner. Once the selection has been done, the prize will be given.
The best sport startup of iSport Forum will receive a prize valued at €150.000:
McCann Worldgroup Prize:
McCann will develop the communication strategy for the winner. This award includes the definition of the communication strategy and creative concept development and brand claim (excluding the communication pieces production). McCann is famous for pioneering many of the brand communications practices that have become today’s essential approaches. Through its bedrock commitment to Truth Well Told, McCann has evolved advertising into a strategic business expertise that can deliver effective, high-impact creativity anywhere in the world, and in any media format, from mass-market traditional to leading-edge digital.
Sport Prize
Broadcast worth 40.000€ in paper and digital media of Sport. SPORT Journal is a daily payment sports information and morning distribution published in Barcelona. It is the first best-selling daily sports journal in Barcelona and the third in Spain.The Sport journal is part of the Grupo Zeta, publisher of El Periódico de Cataluña and magazines like Woman, Cuore or Interviú.
Johan Cruyff Institute Prize
Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Marketing Online. The Johan Cruyff Institute educates athletes, sport and business professionals to become Leaders in Sport Management. According to Johan Cruyff: “My vision on sport management is quite simple. I think people with a passion for sport are the best to lead sports organizations”.
Baker McKenzie Prize
Pack of 10 hours in consultancy in the areas covered by the office (commercial, tax, labor, intellectual property, litigation, data protection, etc.).Baker & McKenzie is the largest law firm in the world with 77 offices in 47 countries. Three out of four companies of Fortune 500 are clients of the firm. It is also the international law firm with more tradition in Spain which has a team of over 220 lawyers. Among other sectors, advises large startups that were originated in Silicon Valley like Google.
Dorna Prize
2 tickets with access to the paddock for any GP of the season. Dorna Sports was established in 1988 as an international Sports Management and marketing company. Headquarters are in Madrid, with offices in Barcelona, London and Tokyo. MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and Dorna’s star product. It is the oldest motorsport world championship in the world, with 59 years of history to its name, and the current premier class pits the best riders and manufacturers in the world against each other.
GSIC by Microsoft Prize
Access to the Global Sports Innovation Centre for 6 months, visibility in the media and the possibility of exhibiting their products in the GSIC showroom. Microsoft is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers and Xbox game consoles.
