What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Edwin J. Frondozo
Edwin Frondozo is an award-winning podcaster, entrepreneur, and founder of UpNext Global. He spotlights innovators shaping the future through stories, interviews, and insights from the world’s top startup stages.
UpNext World Tour
4YFN 2026: Biorce Wins + Top 20 Standouts
A look inside the 4YFN 2026 finals—featuring the winner, the runners-up, and the standout startups moving from pilots to deployment.
What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext World Tour
Techarena 2026: Epiminds Wins + TOP46 Standouts
Techarena 2026 recap: How Epiminds won with AI-native marketing automation, plus the TOP46 finalists defining Sweden's next wave of tech companies.
UpNext World Tour
WHX Xcelerate 2026: Innovation Meets Clinical Reality
A look inside the WHX Xcelerate 2026 finals—featuring the winner, the runners-up, and the standout startups shaping what's UpNext in healthcare.
What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext World Tour
Web Summit Qatar PITCH 2026
A look inside the Web Summit Qatar PITCH 2026 finals—featuring the winner, the finalists, and the standout startups shaping what’s UpNext in tech.
What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Signals for a Global 2026
A look at the founders, points of view, and signals shaping what’s coming next as we expand the UpNext World Tour and go deeper into global ecosystems.
What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: From Slush to 2026
A look back at Slush, the standout founders shaping What’s UpNext, and how we’re gearing up for a bigger, more global 2026.
UpNext World Tour
Inside Slush 100: Diffraqtion Wins It All, Plus the Finals and Standout Founders
A full recap of the Slush 100 finals including the winner, the runner ups, and the standout startups that shaped Slush 2025 and showed where global tech is headed next.
What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Web Summit to Slush
From Web Summit to Slush, this week brings us to the final stop of the 2025 UpNext World Tour. Inside: founder stories, pitch winners, signals from the road, and a look at what is coming in 2026.
UpNext World Tour
Web Summit PITCH 2025: The Finals That Point to What’s UpNext
A look inside the Web Summit PITCH 2025 finals with the winner the runners up and the standout startups shaping what happens next in tech.