Start up opportunities at FCIS
Do you want to pitch your innovation to our audience of investors and strategic partners?
This year we are providing even more chances to help you secure investment.
- Elevate your brand awareness and unlock essential growth investments.
- Showcase your innovation to our audience of M&A scouts and investors.
- Connect with solution providers that can ensure your companies growth by helping you overcome the biggest challenges facing startups including marketing and data challenges.
- Gain crucial insights into market opportunities for innovation to ensure your longevity in the market.
Innovation Showcase and Demo hour
We are bringing back our demo hour, plus, new for this year, the selected finalist brands chosen by our prestigious selection committee will pitch onstage for 4 minutes in a quick fire round followed by a Q&A with our Judging Panel of investors.
How it works:
- Our panel will select ten finalists who will take to the stage to present their future vision.
- Each finalist will have four minutes to pitch their innovation and answer questions from our entire audience of potential investors and business partners, as well as our panel of judges.
- Audience members will then have their say in a live vote and the Showcase Winner will be announced!
- Finalists will have a branded table to demonstrate their innovation during our demo hour to our audience of investors partners and peers.
Applications are now closed. Who will be our winner?
Speaking Investors
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Sara Eshelman
Partner
Spero Ventures
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Naseem Sayani
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Emmeline Ventures
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Maria De Santis
Principal
Muse Capital
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Mimi Ghosh
Middle Market Financial Sponsors Group
Bank of America
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Mia Farnham
Steel Sky Venture
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Abbie Strabala
Investment Associate
True Wealth VC
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Catherine Le
Venture Partner
Top Corner Capital e