Calling All Robotics Startups: Pitchfire 2019 Wants You!

An entrepreneur pitches his robotics startup throughout Pitchfire 2018.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Robotics trade professionals all really feel that the following 10 years might be a good time for marketers to start out a robotics corporate, seeing as call for for robotics around the business and commercial panorama continues because of a just right financial system, exertions shortages in particular markets, and endured challenge capital investment passion. So as to obtain investment, then again, marketers want to meet with traders, friends, attainable companions, and consumers.

Now in its 8th yr, the Pitchfire startup festival might be held at RoboBusiness 2019, the premier match that brings in combination roboticists, providers, integrators, analysts, the media, and finish customers within the robotics group. RoboBusiness itself is now in its 15th yr, with the 2019 model set to be hung on Oct. 1-3, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Robotics Trade Evaluation, which produces the RoboBusiness match, has opened up submissions for the 2019 version of Pitchfire, one of the crucial standard portions of the development. The Pitchfire match supplies startup corporate finalists to give a five-minute pitch on their merchandise or services and products to a panel of judges and RoboBusiness target audience. Whilst different pitch competitions exist for startups, Pitchfire exists only for the ones startups growing merchandise within the ecosystem of robotics, synthetic intelligence, and automation.

“The Pitchfire festival provides startups within the robotics house an excellent chance to fulfill with attainable companions, traders, and consumers,” mentioned Keith Shaw, editor-in-chief at Robotics Trade Evaluation. “As well as, being on level is excellent enjoy for plenty of of those marketers as they give the impression of being to make their pitches to traders, and listen to their comments instantaneously.”

Standards for 2019 Pitchfire submissions

Robotics startups are welcome to put up to use to Pitchfire 2019 now. To be regarded as for Pitchfire 2019, corporations will have to meet the next standards:

• Not more than 4 years outdated (Founding in 2015 or later)
• Should no longer have not begun won Collection A investment for his or her corporate. Seed financing and angel financing is OK.
• Should no longer be a member of the RBR50 for 2019.
• Have a services or products supposed for business or commercial use case.
• Be capable to found in individual at RoboBusiness 2019.

There is not any value to put up to Pitchfire, and all the submissions are reviewed through a panel of professionals at Robotics Trade Evaluation.

Advantages for Pitchfire submissions, winners

No longer simplest do Pitchfire submissions get a unfastened record within the Robotics Trade Evaluation Startup Listing, semifinalists selected to give at RoboBusiness 2019 will obtain a unfastened complete convention go to the development. Along with the convention, they’re going to have the ability to attend the expo flooring reveals and attend theater classes and networking occasions.

The corporate selected because the Pitchfire 2019 winner will obtain the next:

• A $5,000 money prize.
• Global and social media publicity.
• Introductions to and personal conferences with traders and trade professionals to talk about your online business technique.
• Protection inside of Robotics Trade Evaluation, together with investment and product bulletins.
• A unfastened subscription to the RBR Insider phase of Robotics Trade Evaluation (a $995 worth).

Previous winners and semi-finalists

Pitchfire 2018 winner Southie Autonomy.

Notable Pitchfire semifinalists have incorporated RBR50 2019 winners inVia Robotics, Cushy Robotics, and RightHand Robotics. Previous Pitchfire winners come with nLink, Self reliant Marine Programs, and The Kobi Co. As well as, a number of corporations have won investment after taking part within the Pitchfire festival.

Remaining yr’s winner used to be Boston-based Southie Autonomy, which develops an clever robotic device platform to make automation possible for any dimension material-handling utility while not having specialised programming experience. Southie Autonomy founder Rahul Chipalkatty might be one of the vital judges for the 2019 festival.

Input and sign up now!

If you happen to paintings at a robotics startup, submit your entry for Pitchfire now. The panel of judges might be reviewing submissions, and simplest the most efficient gets to give at RoboBusiness 2019! The time limit for submissions is finish of commercial on Friday, July 26, 2019.

Despite the fact that you’re no longer at a startup, you will have to sign up to attend RoboBusiness today. Our flagship convention and expo is designed that can assist you find out about the most recent robotics developments, information consumers throughout robotics packages, and get ready your personal trade to get essentially the most out of automation.