PITCH partnership

An overview

PITCH is Collision’s startup competition, which brings the world’s most promising early-stage startups onstage for an exciting, live pitching battle. You will be the exclusive PITCH partner for the entire three-day event. The top 56 startups will present their businesses in front of thousands of attendees and a panel of esteemed judges comprising our multinational partners, investment funds and VCs.

As the exclusive PITCH partner, your brand will be at the centre of the competition and all media coverage associated with it. The competition will be referred to as “PITCH powered by [PARTNER]”, or will use alternative options, such as “supported by” or “in partnership with”.

Branding

Onstage branding including:

Branded PITCH stage at Collision on Day 1:
- One wall featuring the partner’s logo in a step and repeat style.
- Dual-branded partner logo will feature on one screen mounted on the wall.
- Partner logo will feature on two dual-branded hanging banners above the PITCH stage.
- Partner logo will feature on the partner registration board.
- Partner logo will feature on dual-branded seat covers on the stage (Deadline for receiving the logo for the seat cover mock up is 4 April, 2022).

Semi-final and Final on Centre Stage during Day 2 and Day 3:

Partner logo will feature on digital stage loop running during Q&A, and in between pitches and judges’ scorecards (used for backup).
Partner logo will feature on a dual-branded banner at the entrance of Centre stage.

Examples of PITCH stage branding from Collision 2019 are available here and here.

Digital branding including:

Partner logo will appear on the PITCH landing page.
Partner logo on the PITCH collateral sent to startups and judges.
Partner logo on event website and mobile app, and in newsletter.

Please submit your logo and company details via the partner comms form provided.

PITCH competition format

Group rounds (Tuesday, June 21)

56 startups will compete in the group rounds. Each startup will have three minutes to pitch their company onstage, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Startups are divided into seven groups of eight startups, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-final, which takes place on Centre Stage. Each group is overseen by a panel of five judges.

Semi-final (Wednesday, June 22)

Our seven group-stage winners will be joined by five fast-tracked startups on Centre Stage. Semi-finalists will have three minutes to pitch their businesses to the Centre Stage audience and a panel of 12 esteemed judges. Our judges will then deliberate and choose three finalists to battle it out in the PITCH final.

Final (Thursday, June 23)

The PITCH final will take place on Centre Stage. Our three finalists will deliver another three-minute pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our four judges. In the PITCH final, the audience becomes the fifth judge. Following the finalists’ presentations, the audience will have the chance to vote for their favourite startup through the Collision app. The audience vote makes up 20 percent of the total score, giving the audience as much influence as any of our judges.

The finalist with the highest combined score will be crowned the winner of PITCH at Collision 2022.

Get involved

PITCH judge slots

As the exclusive PITCH partner for Collision, you will play an active part in choosing who moves forward in the competition. You will have the following PITCH judging slots:

1 x PITCH final judge position (Global C-level position)
2 x PITCH semi-final judge positions
5 x PITCH group stage judge positions

Your partner success manager will send you unique links to book these PITCH judge slots.

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