Welcome to the BSW 2024 Pitch Competition! Our goal is to provide a place for founders to pitch their startup, gain exposure for their company, and compete for a cash prize to help accelerate the company’s growth! The prize is non-dilutive but must be used towards the business.

50 startups will make the first round of qualification and 6 finalists will be chosen by our panel of 3 judges to pitch their startup at a live event in front of the BSW community on May 16th! Non-finalists will still have the opportunity to showcase their startup at BSW prior to the pitch event.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 22nd.

Your startup is either pre-funding or have raised a maximum of $150k in angel investments or $250k in grants. Must be in-person for live Pitch Competition.

Pitch must have the following slides (additional slides are allowed). You may order them however you’d like.

• Problem
• Solution
• Business model (how you will make money)
• Competition
• 5 year projection
• Use of funds from this competition
• Timeline (work-to-date, funding, roadmap)
• Team

Recommendations:

• 0-4 text bullets per slide
• Each bullet = one simplified statement (about 6 words)

Must be limited to 15 slides MAXIMUM.
Presentation time at the event will be limited to 7 MINUTES.

Pitch judges may eliminate entries based on deck requirement fulfillment.

Notice of First Round: May 6th
Notice of Second Round: May 10th
Individual Coaching: May 10-13th
Live Pitch Competition Event at Boulder Startup Week: May 16th