Pitch Elk Grove Startup Competition – US

Recognizing the need to promote area startups and spotlight the Sacramento region as a startup hub, the City of Elk Grove, in collaboration with StartupSac, launched Pitch Elk Grove in 2022. Back for its third year, Pitch Elk Grove will provide innovative, investable startups with the opportunity to showcase their companies in-person at a pitch event to take place Thursday, September 19, in Elk Grove

Up to eight of the region’s promising and innovative tech startups will take the stage and compete for $20,000 in prize money in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. Who will win the first place $10,000 prize?

Prize Money

• First Place: $10,000
• Second Place: $5,000
• Third Place: $2,500
• Best Elk Grove Startup: $2,500

Criteria

• The Pitch Elk Grove event process will include an initial selection of up to 16 semi-finalist startups who will move on to the private virtual semi-finalist pitch-off on August 14, 2024 to determine up to eight finalists that will present a 5-minute pitch in-person in Elk Grove at the final event on September 19, 2024.
• Ideal candidates will:
  • Be an emerging or scaling tech company in a tech vertical commercializing innovative products and platforms
  • Have a working prototype/MVP
  • Be generating revenue or close to it
  • Be located in one of these eight regional counties: El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
  • Be a for-profit venture (no non-profits)
  • Be able to attend the in-person event at Elk Grove on September 19, 2024
  • Submit a pitch deck as part of the application
  • Have a Website URL for their company
  • Provide permission to the City of Elk Grove and StartupSac to use their image
• Note: Companies who won a first-place prize in the 2022 or 2023 Pitch Elk Grove event are not eligible to compete in this year’s competition but are welcome to attend the September 19th event.

For more information, visit City of Elk Grove.