Pitch Elk Grove is an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to showcase their business, receive mentorship, and win prize money for their business.
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 second 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, May 18, 2023 in Elk Grove
Eight of the region’s promising and innovative tech startups will take the stage and compete for $17,500 in prize money in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. Who will win the $10,000 prize? See who won last year!
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 4:30pm – 8:15pm
Location: The Center at District56, 8230 Civic Center Dr, Elk Grove, CA 95757
Cost: Free
Ideal candidates are emerging or scaling tech companies in a tech vertical commercializing innovative products and platforms. They will have a working prototype or MVP and generating revenue or close to it. They must be located in one of the seven regional counties: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, Yuba, San Joaquin.
The Pitch Elk Grove event process included an initial selection of 16 semi-finalist startups who competed in a private virtual semi-finalist pitch-off on April 28, 2023. View the 16 Semi-finalists here.
Applications Closed on April 17, 2023.
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. This program is part of Invest Elk Grove.