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The Splice Beta Startup Pitch Stage

Ten pitches. Five minutes. Five slides. Five thousand dollars.

Huge congratulations to Catur Ratna Wulandari for making the winning pitch on the Startup Pitch Stage! She won the Google-sponsored prize of $5,000.

The logo for The Splice Beta Startup Pitch Stage in a pink circle with a yellow border
The Google logo in pink

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Congratulations to Catur Ratna Wulandari of digitalMamaID for making the winning pitch!

Say hello to our ten pitchers!

  • Nang Nyi in a yellow and pink circle

    Nang Nyi is pitching a support program in Burmese covering mental health issues through workshops and podcasts

    Myanmar

  • Catur Ratna Wulandari in a yellow and pink circle

    Catur Ratna Wulandari is pitching reviews of children content by moms to create a safe digital space for kids

    Indonesia

  • Grace Thu in a pink and yellow circle

    Grace Thu is pitching a video education program delivered free for Burmese students taking matriculation exams

    Myanmar

  • Kiana Duncan in a yellow and pink circle

    Kiana Duncan is pitching an education program by Myanmar academics in exile to teach Burmese history and language

    United States of America

  • Voranai Vanijaka in a pink and yellow circle

    Voranai Vanijaka is pitching a research-based initiative to help citizens scrutinise environmental projects in Thailand

    Thailand

  • Ekaterina Voronova in a pink and yellow circle

    Ekaterina Voronova is pitching a mentorship program to train the next generation of independent journalists in Russia

    Russia

  • Yao Hua Law in a yellow and pink circle

    Yao Hua Law is pitching AI-generated summaries to explain complex environmental assessment reports to local neighbourhoods in Malaysia

    Malaysia

  • Uyanga Altantuya in a yellow and pink circle

    Uyanga Altantuya is pitching a therapy program teaching podcasting to help teenage girls talk about sexual abuse in Mongolia

    Mongolia

  • Panha Theng in a yellow and pink circle

    Panha Theng is pitching a private online space to where Cambodian youth can learn about safe sex

    Cambodia

  • Ankur Paliwal in a pink and yellow circle

    Ankur Paliwal is pitching affirmative stories about LGBTQIA+ lives so that this community in India is seen and heard

    India

How it works

Pitchers get on stage in front of the Beta audience, pitch their media product or business in five slides and five minutes.

The winner gets the Google-sponsored prize of $5,000.

The Beta 2023 program

The Beta program covered creators, gender, journalism, product, mental health, AI, audience, tools, community, and identity.

Beta 2023 resources

All the Beta 2023 resources you need

Pics, slide decks, articles, the Beta book, links.

We’ll add to it as we go.

“Splice Beta gave me a way to connect with a diversity of media startups while learning about their needs so that we at the Google News Initiative can better support their growth.”

— Filip Shen, Google
Splice Beta Pitch Stage, Beta 2022