The Pitch

SmartCompany is pleased to announce the shortlisted entries for the Pitch, our early stage startup competition in Melbourne.

Jun Qu is a senior associate at Main Sequence, where he helps scientists and entrepreneurs change the world with their deep tech solutions.

Christie Jenkins is an investor at Blackbird Ventures with a background as an elite athlete, where she was ranked number one in Australia in…

As 2023 has just begun, your investment wins and losses in the last year are also getting the opportunity to turn over a new leaf. 

Jodie Imam joins SmartCompany as a guest judge for the Pitch in February. She filled us in on the outlook for the year ahead and what she's hunting for.

Continuing the success of our inaugural the Pitch event in Sydney in July, SmartCompany’s doing it again — chasing your pitches, bringing our shortlisted candidates together and naming a winner.

In the wake of that event, SmartCompany senior business journalist David Adams sat down with the winner, runner-up and judges of The Pitch to explore current trends in the startup world as well as advice on the best ways to approach a pitch. Here were some of the top takeaways from the webinar.