Alumni | Babson ePitch
Powered by the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Babson eTower
Babson's Biggest Pitch Competition
We are excited to announce the return of Babson ePitch. Launched in 2019 to celebrate our second century, ePitch is the College's biggest pitch competition, supporting and accelerating the best and brightest entrepreneurs across our ecosystem.
Babson ePitch 2022 will take place on Friday, February 4, 2022 during Babson Connect: Worldwide in Miami, with an audience filled with alumni, students, friends, and supporters. $100,000 (with the potential for more) prize money will be awarded and chosen participants will have the opportunity to pitch live, in Miami, to a panel of investors with decades of collective experience.
Timeline:
- Wednesday, November 3 – Applications opened
- Friday, December 3 @ 11:59 pm – Applications closed
- Monday, December 13 – Semifinalists announced
- Friday, January 14 – Finalists announced
- Friday, February 4 – Babson ePitch 2022
Eligibility:
- Open to Babson alumni, students, faculty, staff and parents.
- Companies must not have raised more than $250,000 in institutional funding.
Companies will be judged on readiness for investment, potential for growth, and strength of idea and team.
Powered by preeminent Babson alumni, entrepreneurs, and investors; and Babson’s leading student entrepreneurship community: eTower.
Questions? Please contact Andrew Yashar '23, eTower Vice President or Gustavo Tindade MBA'17, Babson College Miami Director.
2019 ePitch
Opportunities for Babson Entrepreneurs
Ideation
Rocket Pitch
- Open to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and parents
- Apply to pitch your entrepreneurial endeavor, from a new idea to a project or a venture
- Pitch your idea in three minutes with three slides at a non-competetive event and receive constructive feedback from a large audience drawn from the Babson community
Incubation/Acceleration
B.E.T.A. Challenge
- Open to students and alumni
- Apply to pitch your seed or early stage venture and demonstrate the milestones you have achieved to date, your progress, and your vision
- Pitch your idea in five minutes and compete for one of three $20,000 grand prizes, as well as special awards and in-kind prizes
Growth
ePitch
- Open to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and parents
- Apply to pitch your startup and demonstrate rediness for investment, potential for growth, and strength of idea and team
- Competitors cannot have raised more than $250,000 for their startup to date
- Compete for $100,000 prize money