<p>PITCH is Web Summit Vancouver’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage.</p>
<p class="p1">Apply for our 2026 startup program, and join us in Vancouver next year.</p>
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Thank you for applying for startup tickets at Web Summit Vancouver 2026.

PITCH

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PITCH is open to ALPHA and BETA startups exhibiting at Web Summit Vancouver that have received less than CA$5 million in funding to date and have not had a discernible change in business model in the last three years.</span></p>
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What happens when I apply?

<p>All applications are recorded and passed on to a review committee for assessment.</p>
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Assessment and selection

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The top 35 startups will prepare their deck and delivery to battle it out onstage at Web Summit Vancouver. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.</span></p>
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Prepare for battle

<p>Present in front of an independent panel of influential investors and global partners for the chance to be crowned the winner of PITCH.</p>
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Time to pitch

Meet the startups selected for PITCH 2025

AVEE HEALTH

Certifi AI

eeva

Fuse Power Management

Glüxkind

Hope Innovations

Lite-1

Neurabody

PharmaServ Inc

Sigen AI

VodaSafe

Wave Connect

CODA

Favoland Canada Inc.

FutureTwin AI

Hallo

HomeBook

Hubjoy

Kaabo

Kiwi Charge

Meet our 2025 PITCH judges

General Partner

Edith Yeung

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Yasmeen Ahmed

Lisa Yu

Founder

Mike Sigal

European Union Invitee / Director of Innovation 

Ana Casaca

Emerging Growth Practice

Ryan Youhan

Global Head of Venture Capital

Emily Fontaine

Co-Founder

Gautam Rege

CHRO (former)

Sonia Vora

Will Wilson

Associate Vice President

Audrey Marie-Nely

Founder and General Partner

Bruce Hamilton

Creative Technologist

Alexis Williams

Managing Partner

Jonathan Kagle

Danielle Graham

Meet some of our past winners

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">–  Christian Pedrosa, Co-founder &amp; CEO, DigAÍ | Web Summit Rio 2025 PITCH winner</span></p>
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“We’re here to show what we’ve built, Web Summit is amazing for that."

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">–  Federico Trotta, Co-founder &amp; CEO, Metalchemy | Web Summit Qatar 2025 PITCH winner</span></p>
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"The experience at Web Summit has been amazing. We did not expect to get this far as we do not work with software."

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<p>&#8211;  João Guimarães, CEO, Intuitivo | Web Summit 2024 PITCH winner</p>
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