Tips and Tricks to Perfect your Defense Startup Pitch
Deadline to submit a pitch is midnight September 30th (was originally the 20th, but we extended it!) We have 45 companies pitching so far!
Hopefully you have seen info already about October 26th Joint Military Pitch Day, which will be a virtual event for companies to pitch their company capabilities to raise capital, find clients, partner with primes, and get acquired. For the pitch event, America’s Future Series is partnered with Blueprint Labs to review pitches and provide additional value to companies who are participating. If you are thinking about attending the event, or just want some free help to learn more about pitching your company, check out the resources from Blueprints Lab below:
Blueprints Lab serves the technology commercialization ecosystem through its comprehensive set of SiMPL™ tools and processes that enable strategic data-driven decision-making where academia, industry and military converge on the acquisition, development, and deployment of technology and intellectual property. We utilize big data and a vast network of experts to accelerate technology mapping, marketplace pull, and R&D of on-target solutions. We connect inventors and IP to investors and industry in a uniquely designed unity-of-effort developer role that is highly focused on satisfying end-user needs and priorities in the technology space and in the marketplace. As a sponsor of the Americas Future Series event we are providing pitch preparation and review tools to make it simple for buyers and sellers to find highly aligned matches. Check them out here:
1. Video explaining the process and demonstrating our pitch design process (YoutTube)
2. A sample slide deck (pdf)
3. Tips for pitching (pdf)
We wish you much success and look forward to hearing from you!
The Blueprints Lab Team
More info on the event…
This is a free sneak peak of the virtual house party for America's Future Series Joint Military Pitch Day and Defense Innovation Summit on October 26-27 available on desktop, mobile, and VR:
The virtual house party will include:
Embedded videos by pitching companies
Live teleconferences for virtual hospitality suites with investors, tech scouts, entrepreneurs, and contracting partners
Interactive and integrated platforms for social and professional networking
Short video updates from influencers and leaders across the defense innovation ecosystem
Lots of ways to get involved and discover opportunities
If you would like to participate as a pitching company, be sure to register soon at America’s Future Series and look for instructions to submit your pitch in the confirmation email. Deadline to submit a pitch is midnight September 30th (was originally the 20th, but we extended it!). Most pitches will be included in the event, and grouped according to the “ask”. Any pitches not included in the event will have registration fees refunded. We already have 45 companies signed up, but have room for more!
If you would like to become a sponsor, be sure to contact Michelle Pearson and sign up. We just confirmed Raytheon as our lead sponsor, and we are looking forward to announcing several other sponsors soon!
If you would like to invest in startups who will be pitching, be sure to contact Clifton Colbert from the (Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)) and get the discount code for investor registration.