Showcasing 22 outstanding startups, the BoomStartup’s PitchUp Two Finals was an exciting and successful event. Designed to intensify awareness of new business startups and contribute some cash to their cause, the PitchUp competition put each of the candidates up against each other to win the prize.
Featuring seven different categories, each canidate was judged and rated based on five things. Professionalism, Traction, Innovation, Viability, and Reach.
Our global, open pitch competition encourages and highlights Doers and Dreamers whose ideas have earned under $250K in the past 12-months. 20 counties, 200+ enteries, 22 finalists and 7 winners, this PitchUp competition gave ambitious, early-stage founders the chance to introduce their startups to people around the world.
We received applications from many countries including Albania, Belgium, Canada, Congo, Chile, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA and Vietnam.
BoomStartup surveyed those who completed PitchUp Two submission asking about a variety of attributes covering preparation and effort that each person put forth into the PitchUp competition.
An average of 21 hours were spent on each entry.
Out of a scale of 1-10, the difficulty of this competition was a 7.2
Lastly, an impressive 72% would publicly endorse PitchUp competition and would encourage others to participate because it was such a helpful learning experience.
PitchUp Two Final Sponsors
Thank you to the following sponsors that generously provided prizes for our competition’s winners!
Congratulations to the following PitchUp Two Winners!
STRT Community Uplift Award
Greenbox – Brazzaville, Congo
Presented By: Divin Kouebatouka
impact
AYES – Antwerpen, Belgium
Presented By: Willem Van De Mierop,
ENERGY
Padma Agrobotics – Chandler, Arizona, USA
Presented By: Cole Brauer
Productivity
Schedulehead – Dallas, Texas, USA
Presented By: Derick Dorner
Health & Wellness
NeuEsse Inc. – Dunbar, Pennsylvania, USA
Presented By: Joe Connell
Financial
PayRent – Lehi, Utah, USA
Presented By: Carlton Van Putten
Education
Spinndle Inc. – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Presented By: Jacqueline Evanecz
Humanity
Jipe – Fruit Heights, Utah, USA
Presented By: Brenda Anderson