KEY DATES FOR PITCH DAY 2024 FINALISTS

5/15 - Applications open

6/28 - Applications due

7/16 & 7/17 - Selection committee

7/24 - Mandatory Finalist Orientation Meeting

Coaching Dates- all from 8 am to 12:30 pm

Wednesday, 7/31
Wednesday, 8/14
Wednesday. 8/28
Wednesday, 9/11
Wednesday, 9/25

9/9 - Chance Meetings: Pitch Day Preview

10/9 - Pitch Day

Pitch day 2023 recording

PITCH DAY PROGRAM

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

Thank you to all of our wonderful finalists for the vision and courage to create a company that fulfills your values and dreams. So much hard work went into this event.

Our 2023 Pitch Day winners are:

Panelist Choice Award

James McJunkin, SOSystems

Audience Choice Award

Tana Hoffman, ILLA

Bob Arndt Community Caretaker Award

Robb Sgroi, Teton Bear Products

Top-Notch Companies Selected As Pitch Day Finalists

Silicon Couloir’s 12th Annual Pitch Day, our FREE signature event of the year, will be held on Wednesday, October 4th from 5:00 to 7:30 PM MT at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY. Reception to follow the main event.

Pitch Day is open to the public and free to attend.

Pitch Day— “Like that ‘Shark Show’ Teton Style” — features local entrepreneurs showcasing their innovative and creative businesses to a panel of esteemed judges and a live audience. Cash prizes, double in amount this year, will be awarded in three categories. Pitch Day is an intensive program that provides expert coaching to participants and is a celebration of the highly successful entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Teton region fostered by Silicon Couloir. Selected entrepreneurs will have five to six coaching sessions with a team of successful and experienced business experts leading up to the main event. A critical and high-value feature of the program, coaching helps entrepreneurs hone their delivery and synthesize their concept, financials, and presentation.

Selection for our six finalists was extremely competitive this year. We thank the many high quality companies and their founding entrepreneurs who applied. and are pleased to announce our 2023 finalists.

PRIZES

SELECTION COMMITTEE PROVEN INNOVATOR AWARD:

New this year, this award features a stand-out company featuring a venture designated by the Committee as a stand-out company led by a serial entrepreneur who has previously had a successful exit. The company also has considerable potential to impact communities on a local and national scale. The designated company is further along in growth, valuation, and fundraising than other finalists. This entrepreneur will enjoy the same coaching and presentation experience as other finalists, but will not be eligible for prize money.

Panelist Choice Award:

$20,000

This award is given to the company that our experienced entrepreneur judges determine has (1) the most compelling business idea, (2) the best chance for business success, (3) the highest likelihood of getting funded, and (4) the strongest presentation.

Audience Choice Award:

$10,000 + 1 year free use at The Cowork Space

This award is given to the entrepreneur who “wows” the audience with their presentation and company vision.

Bob Arndt Community Caretaker Award:

$5,000 + Invitation to join the TEAMS Program + 6 months free use at the Cowork Space

In its fourth year, the Bob Arndt Community Caretaker Award is presented to that entrepreneur or venture whose person/team and company best embodies the core values and mission of Silicon Couloir. Just as Bob lived his life guided by the value of community caretaking, this company will exemplify growing a culture of stewardship, leadership, participation, collaboration, and citizenship that inspires and enriches our tight-knit, welcoming mountain town.

2023 FINALISTS

Aldea

Founder, Brenton Gunning

At Aldea we’re building the best blockchain for app developers so that every creative person can unleash their full potential.

Cruxley Field Goods

Founder, Griffin Post

At Cruxley Field Goods we make the world's lightest, most portable solar panels to power anything, anywhere.

ILLA

Founder, Tana Hoffman

ILLA: an AI-powered adventure platform for women+

Mazzy Health

Selection Committee Proven Innovator Award

Founder, Shawn O’Connor

Mazzy Health is a virtual platform that offers tweens, teens, and young adults access to evidence-based adolescent teletherapy, expert academic coaching, and live and recorded content.

SOSystems

Founder, James McJunkin

Sep.OS consolidates and automates septic system design and compliance for government offices and civil engineers, all on a single web-based platform. By reducing the time-to-permit by 80% and eliminating critical design errors, Sep.OS provides our customers with the efficiency, accuracy, and structure necessary to deploy $55B in historic federal funding to permanently fix septic pollution.

Teton Bear Products

Founder, Robb Sgroi

Teton Bear Products, creator of the Grizzly Guard Composter, seeks to support diversion of organics from the waste stream, and to increase human wildlife coexistence. We make wildlife and scavenger resistant composters to keep food and yard waste secure.