{"id":5392,"date":"2026-07-30T09:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=5392"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:50:57","slug":"pre-selected-teams-for-the-startup-category","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/pre-selected-teams-for-the-startup-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Selected Teams for the Startup Category"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a thorough evaluation by jurors, we are thrilled to announce that five pre-selected teams have been chosen to advance to the final stage of the UN Citiverse Challenge. These outstanding teams will present their projects during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/metaverse\/virtual-worlds\/1st-un-citiverse-challenge\/webinar-startup\/\">upcoming webinar, \u201cUN Citiverse Challenge: Project Showcase &amp; Competition\u201d<\/a>, taking place on 4 September 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pre-Selected Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>AVANTWIN<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>Cluster, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>Kharitah<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>Sipremo<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>WEO<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">(*<em>Listed in alphabetical order; this does not reflect any ranking<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5391\" style=\"width:1350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3-1024x342.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1st-UN-Citiverse-Challenge_Social-Media_Twitter-2048x683-3-1536x512.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/1st-un-citiverse-challenge\/\">Back to the 1st UN Citiverse Challenge homepage><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}