Submitting an application does not guarantee one participation in the DSA. Applicants will receive emails on whether they were selected to participate or not to the event based on a thorough selection process. We aim for everybody to make it, however for practical reasons, no more than 8 finalists are allowed. As such, at every stage some startup ideas are judged by the mentors and jury to go to the next stage. As a matter of policy and also for variety other reasons, the jury deliberations are confidential and also the teams that do not make it to the next stage cannot be provided with any feedback or debriefing as to the reasons why they were not selected. We do wish all the teams the best and want them not to give up and keep improving on their idea and startup.