Competition for industry’s 'foggiest' startup

The call for entries is underway for startup companies to present to a panel of prominent venture capitalists and in front of hundreds of participants at the world’s largest conference on fog computing. The deadline to enter is 15th August.

This year’s Fog World Congress will be held in San Francisco from 2nd - 3rd October, with a pre-conference day of technical tutorials plus a research track on 1st October. The Fog Tank is the closing keynote session of the conference.

Flavio Bonomi, CEO of Nebbiolo Technologies, last year’s Fog Tank winner, stated: “For a startup such as ourselves, the Fog Tank was a significant opportunity to get on a global stage in front of influential VCs and a packed audience of those interested in fog computing. Fog World Congress is a great event focused on the transformational abilities of fog – and those technologies, applications and services that support it.” 

Fog Tank is a graded competition where five finalists are each provided the opportunity to present their fog-related solutions and technologies on stage to a panel of tech centric VCs. The finalists are ranked and selected by a seven member judging panel. Each startup has ten minutes to concisely present its technology or solution and describe its business plan. The VC panel will select one winner for the $25,000 prize that it deems to be the ‘foggiest,’ or having the right mix of innovation, biggest impact to the market and ability to execute. 

Sam Bhattarai, Master of Ceremonies for the Fog Tank and Director of Technology & Business Enablement, Toshiba Digital Solutions, commented: “The response to Fog Tank from the greater fog community has been excellent. It’s a terrific opportunity for these early stage innovators to showcase their efforts and for those of us in the field to gain insight into the mind-boggling innovation that is happening by these entrepreneurs. It also delivers strategic value to all early-stage companies as the experience provides insights into the mindset of VCs.” 

Companies interested in being considered as a Fog Tank participant are asked to submit a short statement about their offerings and company. Finalists will be announced at the end of August. 

More information on submission requirements can he found here.