<p>Web Summit’s startup competition gathers the world’s leading early-stage startups for an onstage battle.</p>
<p>Apply for our 2026 startup programme and join us this November.</p>
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<p class="p1">You&#8217;ll receive an email with more information.</p>
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Thank you for applying for our startup programme at Web Summit 2026.

PITCH, brought to you by KPMG

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PITCH, brought to you by KPMG, is open to ALPHA and BETA startups exhibiting at Web Summit that have received less than €5 million in funding to date and have not had a discernible change in business model in the last three years.</span></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 105 startups will prepare their deck and delivery to battle it out onstage at Web Summit. 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 to PITCH 2025

Babonbo Ltd

BankStore

BeeSpeaker AB

CleoCare

Deeli AI

DeepNeuronic

DeltaGen

Digital Winery AI

dotbrand

Enhanced Fertility

Fagura

GlobalTips

Granter

Growappy

healthStay.io

iCook

imd BIOTECH GmbH

Incredible

Infrafon GmbH

kmapp

LoopOS

Manie

MYBZZ

MyContentScout

Oraczen

Meet our 2025 PITCH judges

General Partner

Maxine Minter

Author & Geopolitical Analyst

Arnaud Bertrand

Teresa Fiuza

Managing General Partner

Stephan Morais

Managing Partner

Sue Xu

Global Product Head for Commercial Solutions

Gloria Colgan

Joe Paluska

Global Head of Venture Capital

Emily Fontaine

Senior Tax Partner

Alex Hanhan

Partner

Carolina De Oliveira

Founder & Managing Partner

Larry Li

Cristina Fonseca

Cynthia Reseburg

Global Leader - Private Enterprise

Conor Moore

Meet some of our past winners

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">–  Ana Robakidze, Founder &amp; CEO, Theneo | Web Summit 2022 PITCH winner</span></p>
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“I was watching as an attendee, and I said, ‘One day, I want to be there on the stage’. … It feels surreal.”

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">–  Maria Hahn, Founder &amp; CEO, Nutrix | Web Summit 2019 PITCH winner</span></p>
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“I’ve pitched to the public before, but the size of the PITCH audience is very impressive.”

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<p>&#8211;  Alex Kendall, Co-founder &amp; CEO, Wayve | Web Summit 2018 PITCH winner</p>
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​​“The publicity of winning PITCH gave us a build in momentum as we approach our next fundraising.”

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