<p>Web Summit’s startup competition gathers the world’s leading early-stage startups for an onstage battle.</p>
<p><b data-stringify-type="bold">Please note our 2025 programme is sold out. You can apply for 2026 and join us next year when we return to Lisbon.</b></p>
<p><small class="example1" title="Small">Please note that PITCH brought to you by KPMG Private Enterprise is only open to participating startups at Web Summit 2025.</small></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 Private Enterprise

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PITCH, brought to you by KPMG Private Enterprise, 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

Yourney.io

Zariz Technologies Inc.

ZeroPact

Meet our 2024 PITCH judges

Venture Partner

Bruno Meireles de Sousa

VP of Marketing Cloud

Grazi Sbardelotto

Managing Director, Emerging Tech Practice

Jules Walker

Founder

Hattie Willis

Partner | Investor

Jason Hishmeh

Founding Partner

Til Klein

VC Investor

Ghita Targhi

Brittany Kaiser

XR Team Lead

José Rocha

Founding General Partner

Kirby Winfield

Nini Andrade Silva

Deputy Chairman Epicentr

Iryna Shynkarenko

Julija (JJ) Jegorova

Chief Technology Officer

Clemens Utschig-Utschig

Partner and Head of Strategy

Pia Sawhney

Anna Grigoryeva

SVP Mobility

Emmanuel Bain

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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