<p>PITCH, brought to you by KPMG, 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"><b>Please note: </b>Our 2026 startup program is now sold out. You can now apply for 2027.</p>
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Thank you for applying for startup tickets at Web Summit Vancouver 2027.

PITCH brought to you by KPMG

<p class="p1">PITCH, brought to you by KPMG, 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.</p>


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 2026

AlterEgos Tech

Arkivist

AssisTech SmartShower

Astron Health

Atlas Primer

Bizby

Blue Dot Motorworks

Butterfly Legal

Chamber

ClassClown

ConnectLoop

CURA

DealStack.ai

DRIVE Hockey Analytics

Eclatira

eSense Health

GeneGenius

goNEON

InPower

LimitlessAI

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

Senior Director

Ryan Youhan

Global Head of Venture Capital

Emily Fontaine

Co-Founder

Gautam Rege

CHRO (former)

Sonia Vora

Co-founder & CEO

Will Wilson

Associate Vice President

Audrey Marie-Nely

CEO & 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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​​“Just to be with other people from the ecosystem is the best part of Web Summit.”

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