Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Twile wins a place in the Innovator Showdown Semi-Finals at RootsTech 2016

I received this information from Paul Brooks of Twile earlier this week:

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Twile wins a place in the Innovator Showdown Semi-Finals 
at RootsTech 2016

• UK-based tech startup will compete as one of twelve innovators from around the globe to win part of the $100,000 in total prizes. 

• First UK startup in the competition.

• Twile will showcase their family history timeline tool to over 23,000 visitors at the world’s largest genealogy event.

Doncaster, UK, 10 January, 2016 – Following the launch of their family history timeline in April 2015, Twile have made it through to the semi-finals of the Innovator Showdown at RootsTech, which runs from 3rd - 6th February 2016.

RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is a global conference with over 23,000 visitors expected at the event in Utah, USA. The semi-finals will take place during the Innovator Summit, a one-day event that forms a critical component of the RootsTech conference. 

Designed for developers and tech entrepreneurs from around the globe to explore opportunities within the family history industry, the summit will see six finalists selected to go through to the Innovator Showdown. Here they will present their cutting-edge applications in the live event on Friday 5th February, to win a share of $100,000 in prizes.

Preparing to take the stage at the Innovator Summit, Twile co-founder Paul Brooks said, “We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen for the semi-finals of the Innovator Showdown. 

"This really is the biggest competition for our industry and we think Twile perfectly matches the criteria - discovering, preserving and sharing family stories across generations. The conference is also a great opportunity for us to meet a lot of the people we’ve been talking to over the last year.”

Twile will also have a booth at the event within ‘Innovation Alley’. If you’re going to be at  RootsTech, please come along and see us.

About Twile

Twile, based in Doncaster UK, was started in 2013 by Paul Brooks and Kelly Marsden. Both with young families, they were looking for a way to give their children a record of their early years and a knowledge of their ancestors. While the website is aimed primarily at family historians, it’s also designed to encourage the rest of the family to add their own, more recent Twile launched as part of the DotForge Accelerator in Sheffield UK and has since been backed by Creative England (who bring capital through the Government’s Regional Growth Fund) and a number of UK angel investors, including Lee Strafford, one of the original co-founders of Plusnet, which was sold to BT Group in 2007.

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I posted about Twile back in August - see Twile Converts Family Tree Data into Visual Timelines - Post 1: GEDCOM Upload and Twile Converts Family Tree Data into Visual Timelines - Post 2: Photo and Document Upload.

If other RootsTech Innovator Showdown semi-finalists want me to publish their press releases, please send them via email at rjseaver@cox.net.  

I look forward to meeting Paul Brooks of Twile in the RootsTech Expo Hall and hearing his presentation at RootsTech.  

The RootsTech Expo Hall will have an Innovation Alley this year with all of the semi-finalists displaying and discussing their products.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thanks, Randy - very much looking forward to meeting you in person!