WDC 2014 Pitching Session 7: 23 July
Wed Jul 23, 17:00 - Wed Jul 23, 20:00
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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On the 23rd July, Cape Town Design NPC in collaboration with PwC: Vision to Reality Awards will be hosting the seventh WDC 2014 pitching session (#WDC099) where project owners will pitch to an audience of potential funders, mentors and collaborators under the banner of “Live Design. Transform Life”.
The programme team at Cape Town Design NPC (the implementation agency for WDC Cape Town 2014) has identified several projects that showcase cutting-edge design, innovation, social entrepreneurship to be part of the pitching session on 24 June.
“To realise the legacy ambitions of WDC we’d like to see as many of the recognized projects brought to fruition and growth,” says Nicky Swartz, programme director of Cape Town Design NPC. “These pitching sessions aim to showcase the projects and what they need in terms of funding, capacity and collaborations, whilst encouraging the public and business community to identify projects that they would like to support through both large investments and crowdfunding.”
Cape Town Design NPC has allocated R1-million to go to recognised projects and will award R10 000 to the best project pitch at each session. Furthermore, CTD has partnered with Thundafund to match the first R10 000 that WDC projects successfully raise through their Thundafund crowdfunding campaigns. To see some of the WDC 2014 recognised projects listed on Thundafund, visit https://www.thundafund.com/wdc2014
“Join us for both an entertaining and stimulating evening and meet the minds behind dynamic design-driven projects offering innovations that address society’s needs. Better yet, put your money behind those projects that move you,” concludes Swartz.
The pitching session will be held at PricewaterhouseCoopers,No. 1 Waterhouse Place, Century City, from 5pm to 8pm at a cost of R50 per ticket. This gets you a free craft beer and popcorn. Members of the public, media, investors, philanthropists, government planners and business representatives are all invited to attend.
For more information about the pitching sessions and other WDC events, go to http://www.wdc14.com