Pitch Elk Grove is an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to showcase their business, receive mentorship, and win prize money for their business.

Startups need to be able to communicate their innovative business to investors and customers. The opportunity for founders to hone their presentation skills can go far in preparing them to pitch to investors. It also helps provide visibility of their business to the community at large.

Are you a Sacramento region startup looking to spotlight your startup, get valuable coaching, and get the chance to win some serious prize money? Pitch Elk Grove is a startup pitch contest that provides innovative, investable startups in the Greater Sacramento region with the opportunity to showcase their companies in-person at a public pitch event.

$17,500 Prize Money to be Awarded!

Prize money of $17,500, provided by the City of Elk Grove, will be awarded.

  • Best Startup: $10,000
  • Second Best Startup: $5,000
  • Best Elk Grove-based Startup: $2,500

Final Competition Event Details

Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023
Time: 4:30pm – 7:30 pm
Location: The Center at District56 in Elk Grove
RSVP to be an audience member at the event.

How to Apply

Startups based in the following counties are eligible to apply: Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba. See eligibiity requirements below for additional qualifications.

Up to sixteen semi-finalists will be selected from all applications received. Semi-finalists will compete in a private virtual pitch-off on April 28, 2023 to determine up to eight finalists. Finalists will present a 5-minute pitch to a panel of experts and a public audience at the in-person event on May 18, 2023.

Applications are Due April 17

Applications are now being accepted on F6S. You will need to create a login on the F6S platform to apply. The application deadline is 5:00 PM PDT on Monday, April 17, 2023.

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Eligibility Requirements

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 the seven regional counties: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, Yuba, San Joaquin
  • Submit a pitch deck as part of the application
  • Be able to attend a virtual pitch-off on April 28, 2023, an in-person practice in Elk Grove on May 9, 2023, and the in-person competition on May 18, 2023 in Elk Grove.

For more information and details, view the Pitch Elk Grove Landing Page.

Note: Companies who won a prize at last year’s Pitch Elk Grove event are not eligible to participate in this year’s competition. Link to last year’s final results.

 

EV Life Wins $10,000 Prize in 2022 Pitch Elk Grove Competition.

EV Life Wins $10,000 Prize in 2022 Pitch Elk Grove Competition.

Pitch Deck Requirement

A pitch deck is a required part of the application for Pitch Elk Grove. If you don’t have a deck yet, join StartupSac and Josh David Miller on Tuesday, April 11 at 11:30 AM on Zoom for a workshop on creating or improving your investor pitch deck. RSVP

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Pitch Elk Grove is a program of the Startup Elk Grove Incentive Program and is powered by StartupSac and Explore Elk Grove.

About Startup Elk Grove Incentive Program

The Startup Elk Grove Incentive Program provides technical and financial assistance to launching and scaling startups, and for co-working and incubator facilities that support them. To qualify, startups must operate in Elk Grove and be an emerging or scaling company commercializing innovative products and platforms in most tech verticals.