- Business application deadline
- March 3, 2025
- Judge sign-up deadline
- March 4, 2025
- Entry fee
- Free
Description
🏀 Gamechangers & Champions Pitch Competition: The Ultimate Bracket Bash! 🏀
Where Startups Take the Stage & Investors Pick the Winners!
This high-energy, bracket-style pitch competition is built for Kansas-based, pre-seed and seed-stage startups looking to gain visibility, make connections, and compete for the top spot! Founders pitch. Judges and the audience decide who moves forward.
🚀 Who Should Apply?
Kansas-based startups at the pre-seed and seed stages—whether you’re building early traction, refining your product, or gearing up for growth. If you’ve got a bold idea and the drive to win, this is your chance to stand out!
Who will rise through the brackets and claim victory? The competition is on...
Schedule and key dates
🔥 Game On! 🔥
🚀 Applications close on March 3rd—don’t miss your shot!
🏀 March 4th: The Round of 32 is revealed—who’s in the game?
🔥 March 11th: Judges cut the field to the Sweet Sixteen—only the strongest survive!
🎤 March 21st (Morning): The Elite Eight step up for a high-energy, 1-minute lightning pitch in front of a live audience.
🏆 Final Four Face-Off: After the lightning round, judges select the top Final Four startups—each earning the chance to take the stage, showcase their slides, and pitch for five intense minutes!
Who will rise to the top? Who will own the moment? March 21st will decide it all!
Organized by
Presented by NXTUS and the Kansas Department of CommerceDate and time
Address and location
150 N Main St.Wichita, KS 67202
Components
1 Minute Pitch
The goal of an 1-minute "Elevator Pitch" should be to provide a general overview...
Weight: 50%
Edit 1 Minute Pitch
5-minute Pitch Deck
The Pitch Deck presentation is where each entrepreneur will share their deck for...
Weight: 50%
Edit 5-minute Pitch Deck
Headshot/Profile Picture
Leaderboard
Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition’s host.
The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.
= Not scored = In progress = Complete
| Rank | Business | Overall score | 1 Minute Pitch | 5-minute Pitch Deck | Headshot/Profile Picture | |
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| 1 | AO NOLA PRALINE CANDY LLC | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
| AO NOLA PRALINE CANDY LLC judge scores |
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| 2 | Authentiya | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 3 | Candid Health Advisors | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 4 | FutureGen Digital Agency | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 5 | George Coffman Electric | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 6 | George Consulting and Engineering | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
| George Consulting and Engineering judge scores |
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| 7 | Interplay | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 8 | Linda’s Afrikan Kreations | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
| Linda’s Afrikan Kreations judge scores |
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| 9 | Midwest Hemp Technology | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 10 | Nitride Global Inc. | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
| Nitride Global Inc. judge scores |
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| 11 | NPWR Training | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 12 | Nyalia's Software Solutions | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 13 | Optegrity Solutions LLC | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 14 | PLOT | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 15 | POURPIS | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 16 | Rebound Jerseys | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 17 | Roz | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 18 | Seismi, Inc. | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 19 | Sharing Solace | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 20 | Sheepdog Therapeutics | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 21 | Simple2Clean, Inc. | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 22 | Wrax | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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| 23 | Yes! Athletics | – / 50 | – / 15 | – / 25 | – / 0 | |
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