Update: Nutrix Named Winner of Web Summit’s 2019 PITCH Competition
PITCH is a startup competition at Web Summit, taking place in Lisbon November 4-7, which brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups for a live on-stage battle. PITCH is open to exhibiting startups that have raised under €3 million in funding to date. The top 135 startups will battle it out across three days to be crowned the winner.
In addition, 20 startups have been selected to present at Machine Demo, a showcase of the top products created by exhibiting startups in the hardware, IoT, AI, machine learning, gaming, AR and VR industries.
Startups will present in front of panels of distinguished investors, influential media, and global partners. This year’s judges include:
| Fatima Zaidi, Quill Lucy Liu, Airwallex Arthur Hu, Lenovo Stefan Walter, Cavalry Ventures Cristina Fonseca, Indico Capital Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 Sander Geels, A-Players Tim Rehder, Earlybird Malin Holmberg, Target Global Claude Ritter, Cavalry Ventures Nicolas Goulet, Adara Ventures Ramin Behzadi, 7 Gate Ventures Juan Pablo Ortega, Rappi | Vanessa Wright, Pernod Ricard Mischa Wetzel, innogy Ventures Tahira Rehmatullah, T3 Ventures David Braga Malta, Vesalius Biocapital Reza Malekzadeh, Partech Jens Lapinski, Angel Invest Ventures Erik Mostenicky, Eight Roads Roham Gharegozlou, Dapper Labs Rouven Dresselhaus, Cavalry Ventures Sergio Raposo Frade, Crédito Agricola Melissa Larson Youngblood, Venn Ventures Ansgar Chorhummel, Siemens IOT Services |
This year, over 900 startups applied to present at PITCH and only the top 135 were selected. This year’s startups include:
| Advertising, content & marketing AlphaVoice, United States CopyRobin, Netherlands Modatta, Portugal SeeHow, Switzerland The Futures, United Kingdom AI & machine learning Brighter AI Technologies, Germany Sentient Machines, United Kingdom o.vision, United Kingdom Autotech EVA, Portugal Altermobilim, Germany PYLOT, Germany Big data & analytics SlicingDice, Brazil SPIN Analytics, United Kingdom DataChemist, Ireland Nium, Luxembourg Placeme, Poland Consumer goods reachtag, Germany eCommerce & retail AVI Retail Intelligence, Brazil Furniprice, Cyprus GIZTIX Digital Trucking, Thailand Hytchers, Belgium PIELERS, Germany Aarim (Magva Tecnologia), Brazil goodbag, Austria London Trade Art, United Kingdom Salesbeat, United Kingdom Show My Size, Austria Snatchit.shop, Australia Tabla Time, Ireland Trace Collective, United Kingdom TRIFFT, Slovakia Education Puzzle English, Netherlands Mishka AI, Russia Enterprise software solutions Ayoa, United Kingdom BANDWITT, Turkey Demodesk, Germany Ease, United States Finboot, Spain Fractal Mind, Portugal IMBURSE, Switzerland Insider Navigation, Austria Klaus, Estonia LinkApi, Brazil Stipop, South Korea tagSpace, Australia VROMO, Ireland AskAPro, Canada IC Pen, Poland STACK, Netherlands Standuply, United States Entertainment & media LAMA, Germany Frame, United States HEADLINE, France Hololink, Denmark StreamCrux, Denmark Environment, energy & clean tech GoPlant.me, Estonia Conceptu Protótipos & Sistemas, Brazil ECO2blocks, Portugal Energozapas, Russia MaaStran, United Kingdom Peafowl Solar Power, Sweden Perlitti bygg, Norway Qwarzo, France Ripple Energy, United Kingdom | Fintech Betmarkets, Portugal GoParity, Portugal Ikbenfrits.nl, Netherlands PayCore.io, United Kingdom RAISON.AI, Estonia Bippit, United Kingdom Cash Coach, United Kingdom Eversend, France Pynk.io, United Kingdom reinvest24.com, Estonia Tezsure, United States VTransFair, United Kingdom Gaming, VR & AR AR MARKET, Italy ARGO, France Doppio Games, Portugal Bertina, Germany CityGuyd, United States Hardware & IoT Petmate, United States Unistellar, France UVL-Shelfalytics, Russia bitsensing, South Korea Bloq.it, Portugal CORKBRICK, Portugal DriveTrust, France JUCE⁺, Belgium HR & recruitment BLACKBEAR, Netherlands ChallengeRocket, Poland IMPRESSO, Switzerland Kusilo, Spain Legal & consultancy HUGO.legal, Estonia Lifestyle & fashion Runnr, United Kingdom Medtech & pharma Appy, Angola Chronomics, United Kingdom AudioTherapy, Switzerland FIOCRUZ, Brazil Nutrix, Switzerland PIXEL Display, South Korea Sonist, South Korea Security EAGLYS, Japan BRAVE Corporation, Spain Nettoken, United Kingdom Titans24, Poland Social media & networking Cittart, Ukraine Surfboard, United States WokenUp, United Kingdom Sports, fitness & wellness Cyberfishing Inc, United States Diet Doctor, Sweden Eastnine, United Kingdom Blu Health, United Kingdom Go Jauntly, United Kingdom JoinSet, Italy KeepAppy, Ireland neroes, Portugal Telecommunications & utilities Hakuna Group, Netherlands Minima, United Kingdom Travel & hospitality Invineo, Belgium Stay22, Canada Go4Spin, France Localie, Netherlands Monocle Reality, UAE ripatrip, Portugal Ubirider, Portugal |
Previous winners of Web Summit’s PITCH competition include Wayve, AirHelp, and Lifeina. Watch as Alex Kendall, co-founder of Wayve, wins the 2018 PITCH competition below.