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2026 Fast Pitch Finalists

The 2026 Fast Pitch finalists will be announced the week of July 6th. Applications for this year's pitch competition will be accepted through 5/31/26. Learn more and apply here.

Pitch Coaches 2025

Amantha Bagdon

Founder & CEO
RxPost

Fast Pitch Alumni

2025

Jodie Dolan

DOLAN Scrubs

Sarah Dillingham

Sarah Dillingham

Grace & Able

Ashley Waldman

Jubilee's Flavored Milk

Manali Yavatkar

Manali Yavatkar

Palm

Keren Dorner

Smoodies

Polina Haryacha

Polina Haryacha

Cloutboost

Anne Andrews, Ph.D.

Anne Andrews, Ph.D.

FemSync

Heather Rankow

Rely

Connie Kwan

SparkAI

Elyse Myrans

Tenax ai

2024

Anna Vladymyrska

Anna Vladymyrska

AI Merch

Adele Smolansky

Adele Smolansky

AI-Learners

Jessica Postiglione

Jessica Postiglione

Bonny

Lila Sullivan

Flourish Plant

Mika Leah

Goomi Group

Valerie Emanuel

Valerie Emanuel

Rif Care

Amantha Bagdon

RxPost

Stefanie Garcia Turner

Stefanie Garcia Turner

TUYYO Foods

Karin Lin

Unisoy Plant Based Jerky

Teisha Vandekop

Teisha Vandekop

Well Water Finders

2023

Gabrielle Fitzpatrick

Gabrielle Fitzpatrick

Damn Right Cocktails

Tina Provost

Five Star Fans

Lanie Yeung

Hydro Gummy

Christine Wang

Keenly

Alex Mcleod

Parlay

Roya Azimi

RemediAI

Kayla Wooley

StaffOnTap

Elyse Eilerman

The BAD Tea Co

Remington Fraser

Remington Fraser

The Revury

Ahriana Edwards

Ahriana Edwards

Vaila Shoes

2022

Ashley Nickelsen

Ashley Nickelsen

B.T.R. NATION

Mia Umanos

Clickvoyant

Nonny de la Peña

Nonny de la Peña

Emblematic Group

Swatee Surve

Litesprite

Dr. Elise Brisco

Dr. Elise Brisco

NearSight

Allison Howard

Nollapelli

Thuong Tan

Noodelist

Karima El-Hakkaoui

Karima El-Hakkaoui

Six Gldn

Kathy Silva

TAINR

Margaret Maizel

Margaret Maizel

Visual Farms

2021

Selin Tamer

Cubtale

Jenn Epstein

Incredilab

Chasity Wright

Infiltron Software Suite

Kaitlin Mogentale

Kaitlin Mogentale

Pulp Pantry

Annie Sloan

The Host Co

Mridula Saini

Zillions.ai

2020

Reetu Gupta

Cirkled In

Kate Dilligan

Cooler Heads

Celine Tien

Flowly

Monica D. Higgins

Monica D. Higgins

Garagify

Jen Yu

Jaxon Lane

2019

Kiah Tolliver

C-Trax

Paris Sabo, MD

Dr. Brite

Koh Kim

EVENPRIME

Hannah Hong & Mollie Cho

Hannah Hong & Mollie Cho

Must Love (formerly Hakuna Brands)

Erin Levine

Hello Divorce

Sandra Smith

Immersive Systems

Akshita Iyer

Ome Kitchen

Shayanne Wright

Shayanne Wright

LEFT

Zora Chung

ReJoule

Sarah Tamilarasan

Sarah Tamilarasan

SOTAog

2018

Catherine Geanuracos

Catherine Geanuracos

CityGrows

Sabena Suri

BOXFOX

Rana Lustyan

Edoughble

Crystal Etienne

Crystal Etienne

Ruby Love (formerly Panty Prop)

Rachelle Snyder

Rachelle Snyder

Arrive Outdoors (formerly Coozie Gear)

Gloria Hwang

Thousand

Sheera Goren

Zygo

Farah Allen

The Labz

Chelsie Lee

Shipsi

Kim Stiefel

Repeat (formerly PRZM)

2017

Sashee Chandran

Sashee Chandran

Tea Drops

Anna Skaya

Basepaws

Daniela Corrente

Daniela Corrente

Reel

Stephanie Lampkin

Stephanie Lampkin

Blendoor

Greta McAnany & Lauren Tracy

Greta McAnany & Lauren Tracy

Blue Fever

Audrey Wu

CONVRG

Lucy Danziger

Hinted

Pat Keady

Aerosol Devices

Amy Wan

Bootstrap Legal

2016

Jill Angelo

Gennev

Jen Saxton

Tot Squad

LouMa Marguet

EmoJam

Tracy Fredkin

SoCal Moms (formerly City Moms)

Marigold Muppala

Marigold Muppala

We Reach

Angel Anderson

Minx (formerly NailSnaps)

Mari Bower

Kitterly

Pamela Donnelly

Pamela Donnelly

GATE College System

Jennifer Tracy

Jennifer Tracy

Verde Circle

Erin Pederson

Blockchain Beach (previous company Markett)

2015

Fran Dunaway

TomboyX

Jill Bigelow

PELV-ICE - Mama Strut

Gitte Pederson

Genomic Expression

Nina Luu

Shippabo

Anais Tadlaoui

Anais Tadlaoui

Ezkie

Cassie Betts

District2.Co

Bethany Edwards

Bethany Edwards

Lia Diagnostics

Elisabeth Vezzani

Elisabeth Vezzani

Sugarwish

Susan Dost

Nurse At Your Door

Marjorie Jaffe Goldner

Marjorie Jaffe Goldner

PregPrep

2014

Leslie Kimerling

Leslie Kimerling

Double Helix

Lauren Gropper

Repurpose

Diane Prince

Diane Prince Co. (previously Winnie & Kat)

Jinger Zeng

Jinger Zeng

Skyworks Aerial Systems (Dronesmith Technologies)

Elvina Beck

Podshare

Joanna McFarland

Joanna McFarland

HopSkipDrive

Aparna Pande

Kidstir

Ann Wang

Enrou

Yael Swerdlow

Yael Swerdlow

Snapcious

I Heart Savvy Team

I Heart Savvy Team

Bridie Lee, CEO

2013

Stacey Goldstein

Stacey Goldstein

Lola Getts

Meridith Valiando Rojas

Meridith Valiando Rojas

DigiTour Media

Kelsey Doorey

Kelsey Doorey

Vow To Be Chic

Cynthia Wylie

Cynthia Wylie

Bloomers Edutainment

Dorian Howard

Dorian Howard

Milk & Honey Shoes

Ariel Kaye

Parachute Home

Cooper Harris

Klickly

Delilah Panio

Stiletto Dash

Julie Thorne Engels

Julie Thorne Engels

Bettyvision

P.K. Fields

Eldersense

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