APPLICATIONS CLOSED: Pitch your startup

Are you ready to pitch in front of a crowd of leading VCs? Applications are now open to the Pitch.

AWS is partnering with SmartCompany to give your startup everything it needs to scale quickly. We also thank our supporting partners VentureCrowd, Startup Victoria & The Commons. Submit your short pitch for the chance to pitch in front of leading VC firms and win up to $100K in prizes.

Submit your application

Highlights from the Pitch

Who can apply

Early venture startups that are:

1. Either seed (including pre-revenue) or early stage (generating under $100,000 in revenue after costs);
2. Under two years old; and
3. Planning to reshape their industry in an audacious way.

We want pitches from all over Australia, see previous finalists here.

Submission requirements

We’ve made submitting your application as easy as possible. All we need is your contact details and a three slide pitch deck covering:

1. Your big vision;
2. Your unique insight and market potential; and
3. Your product, or, if it’s not ready, a mock of the idea or details of the team who will help you.

Submissions now closed.

Submit your application

Prizes

Prize pack includes:

1. The ability to build and scale with up to $100,000 in AWS Activate credits.*
   AWS Activate provides startups with a host of benefits, including AWS credits, AWS support plan credits, and architecture guidance to help grow your business. Activate benefits are designed to give you the right mix of tools, resources, and expert support so you can succeed with AWS while optimizing performance, managing risk, and keeping costs under control;
2. Each finalist will have the opportunity to qualify for up to $5k in AWS credits;*
3. Every applicant will have the opportunity to qualify for up to $1k in AWS credits;*
4. Chance to pitch in front of leading VCs at The Commons, Melbourne.

More prizes to follow.

Thanks to our sponsors AWS, VentureCrowd, Startup Victoria & The Commons.

*Eligible participants must apply to the AWS Activate Portfolio Program using the Organization ID provided to them by SmartCompany. AWS Activate Credits are not guaranteed. To receive their credits, participants must separately qualify for the AWS Activate Portfolio Program under the eligibility requirements set forth at https://aws.amazon.com/activate/credits/. Participation in AWS Activate is governed by the AWS Activate Terms and Conditions and AWS Activate credits are subject to the AWS Promotional Credit Terms and Conditions.

Judges 

Five Australian startups will be invited to pitch to our judging suite of leading VCs, startup founders and media leaders.

Judging panel
John Kearney, ANZ head of startups and scaleups segment, AWS
Steve Maarbani, founder and CEO, VentureCrowd
Jun Qu, senior associate, Main Sequence Ventures
Jodie Imam, co-founder and co-CEO, Tractor Ventures
Christie Jenkins, investor, Blackbird Ventures

By applying you’ll automatically get the invite to the in-person event.

You do not have to be Melbourne-based to apply.
Finalists will be invited to pitch in-person.

If you cannot attend in-person as you are interstate, your pre-recorded pitch will be used on the night for judging.

 

Where: The Commons, Melbourne

Day: 23 February, 2023

Time: 6.30pm.