And the Startup Smackdown Winner Is…er, Us!
Chalk it up to home court advantage.
The Kosmix doubles team won last night’s Startup Smackdown tournament, after four rounds of some of the most intense ping pong the Valley has ever seen.
Nine teams competed for the Smackdown title, and the competitive spirit was palpable right from the beginning. After cruising through the first two rounds, TheFind’s formidible pair, Ranjith “Ranji” Subramanian and Krishna “DaKriz” Ganti, narrowly defeated SkyFire in the semi-finals to face off against Kosmix in the championship game.
The Kosmix team almost didn’t make it to the final round, and had to battle hard to beat Meebo’s awesome doubles team in the semi-finals. In the final round, TheFind and Kosmix waged a heated match to the finish. Ankur “Neo” Jain and Nikesh “The Wall” Garera unleashed all they had, and triumphed by going (staying??) home with the coveted Kosmix Kup.
The fact that Kosmix won our own Kup means only one thing: Next year, we’re toast. While we were finishing up the leftover beer and pizza last night, the other teams already started training for Startup Smackdown II.
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