🥊 French–German Pitch Battle at Web Summit

Two startups, two slides, 90 seconds each. Web Summit's French–German Pitch Battle is exactly as ruthless as it sounds — and Youzu went head-to-head with Revers.io, a Paris-based after-sales platform.

The pitch

"E-commerce is stuck in the past, and it's costing them billions. If you think of any e-commerce, it's basically static photos, a search bar, and a product description. But consumer behavior has changed dramatically."

That was the opening line. The rest of the 90 seconds walked through the three pillars — Discover, Visualize, Engage — and the case for owning all three from a single platform instead of buying point tools.

The questions that came back

The jury didn't ask about the demo. They asked about the team.

"How many people are working in your company, and how is the gender balance?" "We're four people in the founding team. We worked together at Sportotal — that's how we started this business. We started in April. We don't have any women on the team yet, but we hope to as we expand."

"What's your biggest challenge?" "Honestly, it's not technology. It's mindset. What we're offering is a completely new way to organize e-commerce. Right now, when people think about shopping online, they type. But the next generation lives in photos and videos — and we're giving that power to every e-commerce in the world, not just Google."

"Will you white-label, or build your own consumer brand on top?" "Right now we're pure B2B SaaS. But longer-term — imagine all these retailers in one place. There's a real product to build there."

A short, sharp eight minutes on stage. We'd do it again tomorrow.