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New North presenting local and regional entrepreneurial pitch contests with local partners extends deadline to apply

StartUp Week in Wisconsin is November 11-18, 2020. Many events will be occurring, both in person and virtually, across Northeast Wisconsin. Among them are local pitch events that lead up to a regional pitch event presented by New North, Inc.

In preparation for the regional pitch event, local partners are hosting qualifying events. The deadline to upload a pitch idea is November 3. Those interested can go to www.thestartuphub.org/pitch and select the one registration link that is closest to them.

“New North is proud to be working with local partners again this year to provide an opportunity for creative business ideas to be shared through these pitch competitions,” Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North, Inc., said. “We thank the Greater Green Bay Chamber for hosting the application website.”

The local contests are open to all residents located in Northeast Wisconsin. Contestants must be at least 18 years of age and the business must have generated less than $300,000 in either capital raised and/or revenue received.

Details on the Fond du Lac event are:
Fond du Lac County – Envision Greater Fond du Lac – IGNITE Fond du Lac County Pitch Event
Date: Nov. 18, 2020; Deadline to register: Nov. 3, 2020 
Time: 5:30-8 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Contact: Sarah Spang, [email protected]

A pitch workshop will be held for all contestants on November 9. The top two winners from each of these seven local contests will receive prize money – $1,000 cash for first place, $500 for second place – with the top winners advancing to the NEW Launch Alliance Hatch Event on December 3, where they will compete for additional funding for their business ideas and broad investor attention. Prize money at the regional event is $3,000 for first place and $2,000 for second place.

 The winners also will be invited to pitch again at the New North Summit, held at Lambeau Field on March 11, 2021. We thank BrightStar Foundation and WBD, Inc., for their local and regional event sponsorships.

 For more information about this contest please visit the New North website, www.thenewnorth.com.