Venture Atlanta Startup Showcase Live
Overview
Venture Atlanta Startup Showcase Live is a unique opportunity for pre-seed and seed-stage companies to step into the spotlight at the annual Venture Atlanta conference, present to well-known investors, and compete for a $500K investment prize! Venture Atlanta has partnered with some of the Southeast’s most active funds – Catalyst by Wellstar, Front Porch Venture Partners, Knoll Ventures, Las Olas Venture Capital, and TiE Atlanta Angels to host one of the largest pitch competitions to date.
Margo Jordan, Founder of Enrichly
All software and tech-enabled service businesses are encouraged to apply. Eligible startups have a product/service that’s live or in beta form and have measurable performance indicators such as revenue, customers, successful beta results, etc. Generally speaking, companies that are generating less than $500K in revenue run-rate, have raised <$1M in external capital, and are seeking to raise $2M or less in the next 12-18 months.
See Terms and Conditions.
Greggory
Bordes
Stefanie
Diaz
Andrew
Dorman
Sid
Mookerji
Mark
Volchek
SCHEDULE
5.9.24
Company Apps Open
8.2.24
Company Apps Close
8.14.24
Companies Notified if in TechOperators Pitch Off
8.21.24
TechOperators Pitch Off
8.23.24
Companies Notified Privately If Selected
9.9.24
Companies Announced Publicly
9.17.24
Showcase Mentor Day
10.8.24 & 10.9.24
Venture Atlanta 2024
FAQS
Your application to Venture Atlanta serves as your application to the Startup Showcase Live! competition. Applications for VA 2024 are now closed.
This pitch competition is for pre-seed or seed-stage companies in the Southeast (as far west as Texas and as far north as D.C.)
In certain instances, “pre-revenue” companies may be selected to pitch if the company is building an advanced technology solution.
All software and tech-enabled service businesses are encouraged to apply. Eligible startups have a product/service that’s live or in beta form and has measurable performance indicators such as revenue, customers, successful beta results, etc.
The winner will receive a $500K investment prize and gain many valuable resources as they exchange equity to the VCs and join their portfolio. Contact us for more information.
Greggory Bordes
Prior to co-founding Front Porch, Mr. Bordes helped oversee a multibillion-dollar family office's investment strategy where he was responsible for new private market investments. Prior to this role, he was the VP/Head of Research at venture backed Fintech Unicorn YipitData in New York City.
Previously, Mr. Bordes was a Partner at Hurley Capital in New York City, where he executed a long/short equity strategy in the public markets. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bordes was a hybrid public/private equity investor at Blum Capital Partners in San Francisco, as well as a private equity investor at Stone Tower Capital (now Apollo Global Management) and AEA Investors in New York City. Gregg started his career as an Analyst in the Merger & Acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch.
Gregg received a Master's in Business Administration, with honors, from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor's degree in Finance and Economics, cum laude, from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Bordes grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
Stefanie Diaz
Andrew Dorman
Sid Mookerji
Prior, in 1994, Sid founded Software Paradigms International (SPI) and served as its CEO and Chairman. SPI provided technology solutions to 350+ retail businesses on five continents. Under Sid’s leadership, SPI completed 14 acquisitions and employed over 3000 employees across the globe. SPI delivered tech services and products to marquee retail, e-commerce, and CPG firms such as Macy’s, Saks, Walmart, P&G, and GroupOn. In September 2016, Sid stepped down from his position of SPI’s CEO after 22 years at the helm, and the company was eventually acquired by IT giant Cognizant.
Apart from business pursuits, Sid supports philanthropies in the United States and India through the Mookerji Foundation. In the U.S., he led the foundation’s relief effort for communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other natural disasters. The Mookerji Foundation made a substantial gift to the Georgia Tech Foundation in 2016 to establish a retail tech innovation program. The Mookerji Foundation also helped set up the “Mookerji Innovation Fund” for entrepreneurs at the Kennesaw State University.