Our Caribbean Startup History

OUR FIRSTS, SO FAR AS WE SUPPORTED CARIBBEAN ENTREPRENEURS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN TECH STARTUP ECOSYSTEM.

• First and longest-running Tech Startup Community Meetup in Jamaica and the Caribbean, Kingston BETA  and we kickstarted the Jamaican Tech Startup Scene and been helping to build out the Caribbean Tech Ecosystem and drive DIgital Caribbean. (February 2007)
  -Had over 200 Tech Meetups that have seen over 100,000 people directly impacted, and over 350 Entrepreneurs from 10 Caribbean countries plus the US, UK, and Canadian who’ve pitched at our events.
• First Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Conference, Caribbean BETA ( 2011)
• Had 2 Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Conferences ( Caribbean BETA) that had 32 teams pitch their ideas, 500 attendees from 6 Caribbean countries attendees. This Caribbean Tech Conference brought Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley investors and entrepreneurs to Jamaica.
• First Startup Weekend Jamaica ( 2013)
• Technical Managed the Caribbean’s first Agriculture Hackathon called AgriHack Caribbean across 6 Caribbean countries.

SILICONCARIBE AWARDS

• Our Founder Ingrid Riley wins The PSOJ/Gleaner Game Changer award “50UnderFifty Business Leaders Shaping Jamaica’s future”. ( 2012)
• Our Founder Ingrid Riley makes CaribJournal.com list of the Caribbean’s 25 Most Interesting people based on those who were considered newsmakers. ( 2013)
• Our Founder Ingrid Riley wins TechLink Caribbean Innovator Award Winner The Game Changer Award for Social Entrepreneurship
• SiliconCaribe.com wins Best Technology Blog 2011 (Jamaica Blog Awards)
• SiliconCaribe.com wins Best Technology Blog 2010 ( Jamaica Blog Awards)
• SiliconCaribe.com wins Blog of the Year 2010 ( Jamaica Blog Awards)

SELECTED PRESS & RECOGNITION

1.“We kickstarted a community…” – A Conversation with Ingrid Riley on the Kingston BETA Finale ( Jamaicans.com)

2.  CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN JAMAICA, WITH INGRID RILEY ( ICT Pulse Podcast)

3. A Conversation With Ingrid Riley, Jamaican Tech Guru ( Jamaica Gleaner)

4.  Pitch Perfect: Kingston Beta  ( Caribbean Beat Magazine)

5.  Our Founder Ingrid Riley Featured in a SiliconValley TedxTalk by Gary Whitehill

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