PITCH is Collision’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage.
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PITCH winner Azrah Manji-Savin, Syzl, with the PITCH trophy backstage at Centre Stage during day three of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada

PITCH

Syzl is a fast growing platform, revolutionizing the food industry by connecting food makers with underutilized commercial kitchen spaces. The app currently caters to over one thousand users, and has 70 kitchens in the platform.

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SYZL wins PITCH competition at Collision 2023

PITCH is open to any ALPHA and BETA startups exhibiting at Collision that have received less than $5 million in funding to date and have not had a discernible change in business model in the last three years.

What happens when I apply?

All applications are recorded and passed on to an independent panel of influential judges for assessment.

Assessment and selection

The top 70 startups will prepare their deck and delivery to battle it out onstage at Collision. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Prepare for battle

Present in front of a panel of investors, speakers and global partners for the chance to be crowned the winner of PITCH.

Time to pitch

meet the startups shortlisted for PITCH 2023

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Admit Offer

Between.co

Bidmii

Bloomflow

Blue Planet Ecosystems

Bonocle

Climative

Cyder

DYNE

FitPeo

Hark

iLoF

Kajoo.ai

Leadfy

MoveMate

Neptune Nanotechnologies Inc.

Nyble

Petnow Inc.

SHUPPERZ

Skinopathy

StartupFuel

The Villa Life

Ulula

VoxCell BioInnovation

Meet some of our past winners

Meet some of our 2023 PITCH judges

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Wesley Chan

Co-founder + CEO

Kassandra Linklater

General Partner

Chad Rogers

Partner

Mary D’Onofrio

President and CEO

Faisal Kazi

Founder

Silvina Moschini

Global Head of Strategic and Corporate Affairs

Peter Pernot-Day

Vice President

Ivanna Biloshytska

David Meltzer

Co-founder & CEO

Matt Biilmann

Co-founder & Managing Partner 

Pocket Sun

Emerging Growth Practice

Ryan Youhan

Co-founder, President & Partner 

Jai Das

Cindy Chen

Laurent Grill

Daniel Armali

Professional services Director

Laila Al-Jefairi

Co-founder & General Partner

Sheel Mohnot

Zhong Xu

Chelsea F. Briganti, CEO, Loliware | Collision 2019 PITCH winner

"With Collision's support, we're advancing our mission to heal the planet by making single-use plastic obsolete."

Maria Hahn, Founder &amp; CEO, Nutrix | Web Summit 2019 PITCH winner

“I’ve pitched to the public before, but the size of the PITCH audience is very impressive.”

Cameron Yarbrough, Torch | Collision 2028 PITCH winner

"PITCH provided me an electrifying opportunity to evangelise my startup in front of thousands of technologists, VCs and media."

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