Pitch Elk Grove Startup Competition

Attend Pitch Elk Grove Startup Pitch Competition on May 18

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!

Prize Money

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

Experience Pitch Elk Grove – Register to Attend!

Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 4:30pm – 8:15pm

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

Cost: Free

Register Now!

Or register to attend on F6S

Event Agenda 

  • 4:30 pm Check in and Networking
  • 5:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  • 5:15 Startup Presentations
  • 7:15 Judge Deliberation
  • 7:30 Winners Announced and Concluding Remarks
  • 7:45 Reception/Networking

The Judges

  • Kim Emerson, Sacramento Angels
  • Jon Gregory, Five Star Bank
  • Pam Kaur, Bank Tech Ventures
  • Michael Knittel, APED Capital
  • Kumar Senthil, Sacramento Angels

The Finalists

  1. 4pm AI (Sacramento): An AI sales assistant that automates 1 hour per day of admin tasks.
  2. Adload Technologies (Elk Grove): AdTech platform leveraging the trucking industry.
  3. Foodom (Folsom):A marketplace for personalized meals cooked in your home by local chefs, starting at $5 a portion, to prevent and reverse diabetes.
  4. HuLoop Automation, Inc (Folsom): An AI-powered intelligent automation platform.
  5. Matrubials (Davis): Antimicrobial peptides from milk for combating severe bacterial infections.
  6. Neural Lab, Inc. (El Dorado Hills): Touchless user interface for any camera and any device.
  7. Ravata Solutions, Inc. (Davis): Builds sensors to quantify embryo health for the IVF industry.
  8. Tiami Networks (Elk Grove): Bringing sensing intelligence to every wireless device in the world.

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.

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. This program is part of Invest Elk Grove.