New DC Startup Pitch Venues - All Free to Pitch!
November 27, 2012

More and more free to pitch events are available each month. Leaving me to ask the question, why would any competent CEO of a credible company admit to investors they would pay for that which is free. By the way, anyone want to buy my empty water bottles, I mean bottled air?

Here's a couple of pitch events coming up that were way under my radar screen until  pointed out to me by Bob Nelson, DCs Energizer Bunny of Entrepreneurs - Bob's been going and going and going since the 90's. 

First there's my Favorite Local Organization the NVTC, DCTech's 234th best friend. NVTC is hosting a pitch event.

Here's the announcment from the NVTC Web Site:

Entrepreneur Spotlight Event

Presented by The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC

Date: November 29, 2012
Agenda 
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Registration and Networking
8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Program
 
Entrepreneur Spotlight provides startups seeking seed and early stage funding an opportunity to present their concept in front of an audience of accredited investors.
 
The Entrepreneur Spotlight program allows both experienced and potential new investors to hear the exciting and innovative ideas of startups pursuing seed funding. Entrepreneur Spotlight will focus on companies that are truly in the startup phase and may only be looking for small amounts of funding. During the event, the startups will have five minutes to present their business concepts and will be given 10 minutes to answer questions from a panel.
 
The program is intended solely to provide attendees an opportunity to learn about new emerging companies and hear directly from these entrepreneurs about what their companies do, how they do it, what markets they address and their plans for future growth. The program is informational only. No offering of securities will be made by any participants and neither this program nor the presentations by the participating companies should be deemed solicitations of interest for investment.
 
Definition of accredited investor
-- Please note that Section 413(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires that the value of your primary residence be excluded from the calculation of net worth for determining your status as an accredited investor.
 
Presenting Companies:
  • Cont3nt.com
  • Foodem.com
  • Micronic Technologies
  • Mobrise Inc.
  • Pactica

 

Location:
Deloitte
1750 Tysons Boulevard
5th Floor
McLean, VA

Cost:
Member: No Charge
Non-Member: No Charge

To Register and for more information link here:

NYC Women Connect

NYC Women.connect events. As you might be aware, NYC Women.connect is a forum for entrepreneurs, investors, industry insiders, and others involved in assisting women entrepreneurs to grow their companies. Created for industry veterans and newcomers alike, its mission is to help generate connections that spark business opportunities, inspire innovation and drive growth for women entrepreneurs.
 
We are looking to identify emerging growth companies that would be interested in presenting at one of our upcoming events in  January, March, May, July, September or November in New York City. As someone who is an investor/advisor to startups, I’m contacting you to see if you know companies who might be interested in presenting?
 
There is no cost to presenting companies and no charge for guests to attend the event.  
 
Below is the invitation to one of our recent events.
 
Additional information about NYC Women.connect, and our presenting companies can be found here: http://www.socialimpactconference.com/women-connect
 

AOL Fishbowl Labs

Fishbowl Labs DC Debut event set for November 28th 6-9pm
posted by Fletcher Jones on October 30th, 2012
 
For the past few months we've been quietly assembling a vibrant community of startups on the AOL campus in Dulles, VA. We're well on our way and thought it was time to host our first event with our friends and colleagues from the DC startup community.
 
In addition to learning more about Fishbowl and meeting the startups, we'll have AOL alumn and Revolution Ventures head Tige Savage on hand for a moderated Q&A with one of his portfolio CEOs.
 
It should be a lot of fun and we hope you can make it.

Last & Not Least StartupVA

'Tis the season of giving - that's why StartupVA selected 20 companies to pitch for a chance to win a donation to the charity of his/her choice at our 2012 Pitch for Charity event.

 

Location/Transportation:

Arlington Economic Development located on the 15th floor of 1100 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22201. (703) 228-0808. The building is identified by the CACI/Jacobs signs out front. The location is Metro accessible via the Orange Line – Ballston/MU station. Parking is also available in the garage below the building for $11.00. Parking will NOT be validated.

Schedule:

11:00 - Registration
11:15 - Event Kickoff & Opening Remarks 
11:30  - Pitches begin
12:15 - Pitches end, Scoring begins

  • Scoring is 50% judges, 50% audience
  • The audience will vote for their top pitch via sms text message codes
  • Lunch

12:45 - Keynote address
1:00  - Winners announced

Emcee: Carl Pierre, InTheCapital 

Companies (in alphabetical order):

  1. Barrel of Jobs
  2. Bookend
  3. CampEasy
  4. CasaNoVa Brewing
  5. Digital Wallet Plus
  6. EatLuv
  7. GiftRocker
  8. Globox
  9. Kinergy Health
  10. Learn
  11. LoveThatFit
  12. Maxx Potential, LLC.
  13. Micronic Technologies
  14. Seat Jumper
  15. StartSomeGood
  16. Treatment Diaries Inc.
  17. TroopID
  18. uKnow.com
  19. Venga
  20. Vinylmint

Prizes:

1. First Place -
    a. $2,000 donation to the charity of your choice
    b. Mentor session with the Panel
2. Second Place - $300 donation to the charity of your choice
3. Third Place - $200 donation to the charity of your choice
4. Door Prizes – Microsoft Windows Phone, Piola Gift Card, Medi Gift Card

Panel of Judges:

  • Jonathan Aberman, Managing Director, Amplifier Ventures
  • Aneesh Chopra, Former White House CTO, United States of America
  • Jen Consalvo, COO and Co-Editor, Tech Cocktail
  • Donna Harris, Managing Director Startup Regions, Startup America Partnership
  • Jonathon Perrelli, Founding Partner, Fortify.vc
  • Special Guest Judge(s), To be announced

Link Here For More Info

 

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