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Lebanese Angela Salamoun and her ‘Jaleesa’ startup second in the Seedstars world competition

25-9-2017

The Beirut-based co-working space for entrepreneurs and freelancers, Antwork, hosted on Saturday the Seedstars World competition for startups. Angela Salamoun and her ‘Jaleesa’ startup won the second place as a social impact business that connects busy parents with experienced and trusted child care institutions in Beirut. It is to be noted that the winner for Lebanon, was Sammy Khoury’s for his Vision in Motion startup, and was selected among 10 competing startups after deliberation by a jury of Lebanese and regional business owners. Khoury will represent his country in Switzerland next April 2018 where he will participate in one week of training with the opportunity to meet winners from other countries, in addition to world investors and mentors. The top team will be awarded USD 1 million in investments and prizes. Khoury, a statement by Seedstars noted, was shortlisted for his innovative idea B2B that helps businesses track customers tastes through an installed camera or close circuit television. (Al Hayat, September 25, 2017)

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