Startups
Meet Multi-Million Dollar Investors
Startups: Pitch your startup to meet accredited investors with millions in funding from $100K to $20M. You register yourself on our website to pitch, that's all you have to do.
Investors: Hear from the hottest and most promising early and advanced global startups from North America and Europe with revenue streams, customers, traction and partners.
Don't miss out on the next opportunity!
Connecting Silicon Valley investors to global startups for high level networking and deal-making to build successful ventures
Exhibit in Demo Showcase
Startups or vendors can exhibit in the Demo Showcase area to meet investors, partners and customers for dealmaking and maximize exposure.
The Demo Showcase is open for two 30 minute periods before and after the pitching sessions and two one hour perods during lunch and Awards reception for networking 1 on 1 meetings. We also have a meeting area which you can use throughout the day.
STARTUPS PITCH 50+ ACCREDITED INVESTORS FROM SILICON VALEY AND OTHER REGIONS
- Accredited Angels
- VCs
- Family offices
- Corporate
- Strategic
- Accelerators
- Incubators
- Government agencies
- Hedge Funds
There is no selection process to pitch, startups simply self register on our site. Pitches are open to seed stage, early and advanced growth startups seeking to scale. We offer "Perfect Pitch" Training sessions online in advance to presenting startups.
You can register to pitch for 4 or 6 minutes followed by a rapid-fire question and answer session from the investor judge panel. You also exhibit in Demo Showcase. Many startups have received millions in funding from past events over the 12 years.
We also select top startups for our special awards announced at the closing party.
Startups Pitch From Stage
Pitch and demo opportunities for startups
Sponsorship opportunities for service providers, corporate partners and regions/states
• Pitch Silicon Valley investors and potential corporate partners by registering for your pitch spot on stage
• Discover how to raise funding for your startup
• Exhibit at the Demo Showcase area during networking breaks to meet investors and potential corporate partners for 1 on 1 meetings
• Network over lunch with partners, investors and key industry players
• Understand tech trends and emerging technologies across all industries
• Pitching tickets include investor lunch with investors at your table, Awards reception, demo tables, pitch from stage to investor judges for 4 to 8 minutes followed by investor/judge questions.
• Awards (in kind and in cash) for the top 5 winners.
And we offer a few passes to attend CES 2023 in person or on-demand for the speakers, judges, sponsors, and startups subject to our discretion.
INVESTORS SEEK EARLY OR ADVANCED STAGE STARTUPS IN THESE MARKETS:
CONSUMER
- Advertising
- Connected cars
- Consumer electronics
- Consumer apps
- Digital media
- Ed Tech
- eCommerce
- Entertainment
- Fashion
- Games, AR, VR
- Hardware
- Internet of Things
- Lifestyle
- Media/Publishing
- Metaverse
- Mobile
- Music /Audio
- Streaming/TV
- Wearables
ENTERPRISE
- Al
- Robotics
- Automotive
- Big Data
- Clean tech
- Cybersecurity
- Deep tech
- Drones
- eCommerce
- Energy and water
- Frontier Tech/Space
- Homeland Security
- Internet of Things
- Sensors
- Metaverse
- Mobile and telecom
- Retail
- Security
- Semiconductors
- Smart City
- Transportation
- Workplace
BIOTECH/
HEALTHTECH
- AgTech
- Cannabis
- Digital Health Solutions
- Diagnostics
- Fitness
- Food products
- Food tech
- Healthcare
- Health and wellness
- Medical devices
- Sports tech
FINTECH/WEB3
- Accounting
- Analytics
- Banking
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain
- Crypto
- Def Fi
- Digital currency
- eCommerce
- Finance
- Hedge Funds
- Insurance
- NFT
- Personal Finance
- Payment and billing
- Stocks and trading
- Web 3
MEET LAST YEAR’s INVESTORS
Samira Gholami
EIT Hub
Director USA
Matthias Niklowitz
HZ Insurance
Owner
Howell Niren
MLVDVD
CEO
Iqbal Khowaja
State of Hawaii
CTO and Angel Investor
James Shen
Pioneer Ventures
Managing Director
Robson Longwell
RTL Management
Analyst
Kenneth Lee
PXG Capital
CEO
Caroline Wachteister
IndustriFonden
Investor
Mohit Bathija Angel Investor
So Wata
Kanematsu Corp
Business Dev. Strategist
Edoardo Guidice
Asset Street SA
Director
AND MORE
STARTUPS pitching
Startups register to pitch on our site.
The final selection of startups is announced in the detailed agenda.
AGENDA
All startups pitch for total of 6 to 12 minutes (4 to 8 minutes pitch and 2 to 4 minutes q/a) to panel of startup ecosystem stakeholders partnering with ENRICH Hubs, investors (angels, acceleraors, VCs and CVCs) and audience members.
8:30 - 9:00 am Registration
9:15 am - 12:15 pm Session 1
NVESTING TRENDS ACROSS TECH MARKETS - SPECIAL AI FOCUS
Moderated Panel followed by pitches
12:15- 1:15 pm DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN & NETWORKING LUNCH
All startups presenting (am or pm) meet with investors and corporate partners and audience in the Demo Showcase
1:15 - 4:15 pm Session 2 - Dedicated to EIC Beneficiaries
RAISING FUNDING & CAPITAL THROUGH UNIVERSITY ECOSYSTEMS INCLUDING ANGEL NETWORKS AND INSTITUTIONAL/CORP INVESTORS
Moderated Panels followed by pitches
3:30 - 5:30 pm AWARDS DEMO SHOWCASE AND RECEPTION
DETAILED AGENDA
PUBLISHED DEC, 1ST, 2023
Investors Attend or Judge Sessions
We invite investors to speak on introduction panels and judge startups pitching for 90 minute sessions.
We select investors who apply as judges. They will introduce themselves in panels and then listen to pitches, and give their feedback to the entrepreneurs. They will also vote for the top 5 presentations.
Investors judging must be actively engaged in investing their own funds or making decisions for their firms, and not solely advisors.
- Angels
- Strategic investors
- Family offices
- Venture capitalist
- Private equity
- Investment bankers
- Incubators or Accelerators
- Micro-funds
- Crypto investors
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