Attention Sacramento area startups! Get Prepared to Pitch for Funding!

Following the success of our previous three StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch events, we’re hosting another Warm-Up Pitch event to help you prepare for presenting to investors. If you are close to being investment-ready (have a working MVP and revenue or are very close to it), this competition will hone your presentation skills and teach you what investors are looking for in potential portfolio companies. In addition to the opportunity to present on stage in front of coaches and investors, qualified candidates will attend a pitch workshop and two pitch practice sessions prior to the Warm-Up Pitch.

While this is not an investment pitch, winners will receive a non-cash prize package that includes services that will help them prepare their startup to be investment ready. Prizes will be awarded for First Place, Second Place and Audience Favorite.

Investment Readiness Checklist:

  • Do you have a working MVP?
  • Do you have revenue or other traction?
  • Are you available for all the practice session dates?

Event Details:

StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch
Thursday, September 12, 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Location
Sacramento region

 

Mandatory Workshop Dates — all workshops from 6:00-8:00 pm

  • Wednesday, August 21 Presentation Workshop
  • Wednesday, September 4 Pitch Practice
  • Monday, September 9 Final Pitch Practice

Note: You must attend all the workshops to be eligible to pitch on September 12

 

The deadline to apply for StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch has passed. We will be holding another event in the fall so stay tuned!

 

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Laura Good for details.

Check out this overview of our most recent pitch event.

StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch Partners

 

 

Granite City Coworking

About StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch

Overview
StartupSac Warm-Up Pitch is an event designed to help near investment-ready startups hone their presentations skills and pitch decks. A cohort of Sacramento region startups is selected to attend an Investment Pitch Preparation workshop and then compete for a prize package in front of a panel of judges and an audience of investors, mentors and other key players in Sacramento startup ecosystem. A First Place, Second Place and Audience Choice are selected and awarded a non-cash prize packages of services that will help them advance their company. The presenting startups do not offer investment opportunities–this is a Demo event only. The events help participants develop presentation skills, provide valuable feedback for future pitches to investors, and connect startups with mentors and coaches.

Objective
Improve Sacramento’s economic trajectory through innovation by improving the viability, visibility, and scalability of Sacramento startups by holding a series of community startup pitch competition events each year.

The Need
A 2018 report by the Brookings Institution found significant gaps in our innovation ecosystem – that Sacramento lags our peers in business dynamism and that to improve our economic trajectory requires actions to help young innovative firms start and scale.

Founders and investors report a need for more pitch events in the region to better prepare startups for pitching to investors for funding, to gain access to high level advisors in order to help them scale and succeed. Additionally, many startups lack connections with experienced advisors and mentors that can provide invaluable insight, guidance, and experience.