What happens when I apply?
PITCH is open to ALPHA and BETA startups exhibiting at Web Summit that have received less than €5 million in funding to date and have not had a discernible change in business model in the last three years.
PITCH
PITCH is Web Summit’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage.
Apply for our 2025 startup program, and join us next year in Lisbon.
CEO, Intuitivo
Assessment and selection
All applications are recorded and passed on to an independent panel of influential judges for assessment.
Prepare for battle
The top 105 startups will prepare their deck and delivery to battle it out onstage at Web Summit. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Time to pitch
Present in front of a panel of investors and global partners for the chance to be crowned the winner of PITCH.
Startups and investors
Porto edutech startup Intuitivo wins Web Summit PITCH Competition
Intuitivo CEO João Guimarães received the PITCH trophy on Web Summit’s Centre Stage after winning...
November 14, 2024 - 2 min read
Meet the startups selected to PITCH 2024
AiSeed Tech
Mobility, transportation & logistics
Besample
Data & analytics
Bitwala GmbH
Fintech & financial services
BookWater Tech Private Limited
Sustainability & cleantech
BRAINR
Industrials, manufacturing & consumer goods
Campanyon
Travel & hospitality
Checkbox
E-commerce & retail
Cyrannus
Venture capital & private equity
Dash
Gaming, VR & AR
DeepNeuronic
AI & machine learning
Dwinity
Web3
Firsty
Telecommunications & IT
Glooma
Healthtech & wellness
Human Trusted Cyber Defense
Security
Innerworks
AI & machine learning
Innoloft GmbH
SaaS
LEMON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LTD
AI & machine learning
Lisan AI
AI & machine learning
Maven.Pet
Healthtech & wellness
Mindset AI
AI & machine learningMeet our 2024 PITCH judges
Bruno Meireles de Sousa
Venture PartnerBidra Ventures & Rockstart
Grazi Sbardelotto
VP of Marketing CloudPmweb
Jules Walker
Managing Director, Emerging Tech PracticeKPMG
Hattie Willis
FounderGuessWorks
Jason Hishmeh
Partner | Investor | CTOGet Startup Funding
🏳️🌈 Til Klein
Founding Partneridentity.vc
Brittany Kaiser
President & Co-FounderOwn Your Data Foundation
José Rocha
XR Team LeadCCG/ZGDV
Kirby Winfield
Founding General PartnerAscend.vc
Nini Andrade Silva
FounderAtelier Nini Andrade Silva
Iryna Shynkarenko
Deputy Chairman EpicentrEpicentr
Julija (JJ) Jegorova
FounderBlack Unicorn PR
Clemens Utschig-Utschig
Chief Technology OfficerBoehringer Ingelheim group
Pia Sawhney
Partner and Head of StrategyArmory Square Ventures
Anna Grigoryeva
VPPSG
Emmanuel Bain
SVP MobilityCONSOLE CONNECT
Edith Yeung
General PartnerRace CapitalMeet some of our past winners
“I was watching as an attendee, and I said, ‘One day, I want to be there on the stage’. … It feels surreal.”
– Ana Robakidze, Founder & CEO, Theneo | Web Summit 2022 PITCH winner
“I’ve pitched to the public before, but the size of the PITCH audience is very impressive.”
– Maria Hahn, Founder & CEO, Nutrix | Web Summit 2019 PITCH winner
“The publicity of winning PITCH gave us a build in momentum as we approach our next fundraising.”
– Alex Kendall, Co-founder & CEO, Wayve | Web Summit 2018 PITCH winner
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