Sixteen local startups selected to advance to the semi-finals round of the Pitch Elk Grove competition. 

The Pitch Elk Grove 2023 competition received 53 valid applications from startups based in the counties of Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba. The sixteen semi-finalists will compete in a virtual pitch-off on April 28, 2023 to determine eight finalists.

The eight finalists will present to a panel of experts at the in-person event on May 18, 2023. Prizes will be awarded for best startup ($10,000), second best startup ($5,000), and best Elk Grove-based startup ($2,500).

Meet the 2023 Pitch Elk Grove Semi-finalists

  • 4pm AI (Sacramento): An AI sales assistant that automates 1 hour per day of admin tasks.
  • Adload Technologies (Elk Grove): AdTech platform leveraging the trucking industry.
  • Biosense, Inc. (El Dorado Hills): Developing saliva-based glucose sensors.
  • Boummeringue (Elk Grove):  A return & re-inventory API for fast fashion retailers.
  • Core Impact, Inc. (Elk Grove): Real time insights for athletes to optimize performance.
  • Elven Technologies (Sacramento): Li-ion battery safety enclosure for E-transportation.
  • EnlitenAI (Tracy): Personalizing seizure treatment using wearables & AI platform.
  • Foodom (Folsom): A marketplace for personalized meals cooked in your home by local chefs, starting at $5 a portion, to prevent and reverse diabetes.
  • HuLoop Automation, Inc (Auburn): AI-Powered Intelligent Automation Platform.
  • LogRx (Sacramento): A native app that allows first responders to track medications.
  • Matrubials (Davis): Antimicrobial peptides from milk for combating bacterial infections.
  • Neural Lab, Inc. (El Dorado Hills): Touchless user interface for any camera and any device.
  • PairAnythng  (Davis): Helping businesses sell more through food & beverage pairings.
  • QuakeLogic (Roseville): AI-powered earthquake risk management solutions.
  • Ravata Solutions Inc (Davis): Builds sensors to quantify embryo health for the IVF industry.
  • Tiami Networks (Elk Grove): Bringing sensing intelligence to every wireless device in the world.

The Semi-Finalist Judges

  • Brian Bell, Team Ignite Ventures, Founder and Managing Partner
  • May Chinavanichkit, Alumni Ventures, Fellow
  • Janine Elliot, UC Davis Venture Catalyst, Interim Director
  • Mariah Lichtenstern, DiverseCity Ventures, Managing Partner
  • JDM Miller, The Right Box, Founder

Attend Pitch Elk Grove

When: Thursday, May 18, 2023, from 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: The Center at District56, 8230 Civic Center Dr, Elk Grove, CA 95757

Cost: No charge to attend but please RSVP

Appetizers and wine & beer from Elk Grove establishments will be served.

RSVP HERE

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Pitch Elk Grove is a program of the City of Elk Grove’s 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.