PwC, SLASSCOM to empower start-ups

PwC Sri Lanka and SLASSCOM (Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies) will introduce Sri Lanka to one of Europe's largest and leading annual start-up and technology events, SLUSH, while also giving local start-ups an opportunity to help solve pressing challenges the world faces today and empower start-ups.

PwC Sri Lanka and SLASSCOM organised the SLUSH Global impact accelerator 2016 - local competition to select the best Sri Lankan impact oriented start-up, to take part in the international event in Helsinki, Finland from November 22 to December 2.

PwC's SLUSH partnership head, Lauri Lehtovuori said that PwC is a global sponsor for the start-up and technology conference SLUSH.

SLUSH Global Impact Accelerator is a program created with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and multiple global partners including the World Bank, to create a leading global accelerator to support start-ups.

SLUSH Global appointed PwC Sri Lanka as the exclusive hub manager for the SLUSH Sri Lanka event. The Sri Lankan leg of the competition was held last month in Colombo, where of 22 applicants, 15 of the best start-ups selected by the panel of judges took part in the local competition.

The 15 start-ups were selected based on their individual business concepts with the main criteria being that the start-up had a measurable positive impact on people, society or planet, and with the concept having the potential to scale and drive to succeed.

Three of the best teams were short-listed at the final pitching competition on September 14, and the final selection committee based in Helsinki will evaluate the best concept and choose the Sri Lankan winner after conducting interviews with the three short-listed candidates.