HOW WE DO IT
To support startups from all corners of the world in scaling, we work with cities and corporates in various locations to provide business opportunities across many different themes, such as AI, Impact and Workforce Technologies.
What we do
Competition
The opportunity for startups to scale. In one environment, all the tools a startup needs to expand and gain exposure. Investors, mentors, corporates, etc.
Challenge
Matching corporates with startups to solve their innovation needs. Through our deep screening of the market and the startup ecosystem, we are able to identify the best match for a successful collaboration.
Global Meetup
A retreat for the best startups to come together in an unconventional environment and make business deals with corporates and investors, meet people from all corners of the world and compete for the Global Winner title.
“Through Get in the Ring we now have customers in 200 countries. Winning Get in the Ring means we can prove we have value for a global market.”
- Eric Juyoon Kim, Founder & CEO - DOT
History
Being part of the startup ecosystem for a few years with Unknown Group, we saw a big hole in the innovation industry. The number of startups failing because they did not have the right resources to succeed was infuriating. So, we made it our mission to unlock the potential of these startups by providing them with all of the tools they need to thrive, in one environment.
- 2012 - Rotterdam
Our first time in the Ring
- 2013 - Rio de Janeiro
Winning an international award
- 2014
Reaching 64 Countries
- December 2015- Saudi Arabia
Making Female History
- 2016 - Medellin
Taking a trip to Colombia
- 2017
100+ Countries
- 2019
Going thematic
- .....
Growing to 500 Cities
Our first time in the Ring
Our first time in the Ring
After considering all the elements startups need to thrive, the idea of founders battling in a ring to prove their potential originated. The idea was to make startups the focal point of the event in order for them to gain the most from this experience. The first Get in the Ring battle was in our home city of Rotterdam, at the Gorte of Sint-Laurenskerk, where the startup Risparmio Supe won.
Winning an international award
Reaching 64 Countries
Making Female History
Taking a trip to Colombia
100+ Countries
Going thematic
Growing to 500 Cities
Unknown Group is a technology scouting company that connects new solutions to the challenges of its corporate and governmental clients. Through Unknown Group, Get in the Ring was created as a global platform for founders and creators that support deals and global exposure to accelerate the realization of their ambitions.