Buyer's Club Showcase
The Buyer's Club Showcase
Join us for a closed-door showcase featuring the Top 30 Semi-Finalists for this year's Best of the Midwest pitch competition. Attendees will hear pitches from companies building across six key verticals:
AgTech and Food Innovation
CleanTech and Energy
HealthTech, MedTech and Therapeutics
Industrial and Supply Chain Tech
FinTech and InsurTech
Enterprise Software
What to Expect
The day-long Buyer's Club Showcase is a series of mini-pitches from founders across the region, building in one of six key categories.
Buyer's Club ticket holders receive:
Access to the Buyer's Club Showcase
Catered breakfast, lunch and a cash-bar (happy hour) at 5pm
The opportunity to score/rank startups to help determine which companies move forward in the pitch competition
Catered breakfast (the next morning, October 1st) at Proudfood & Bird
Curated networking at the Proudfood & Bird breakfast
Startup applicant information to continue the conversation after the event
Tickest to the Best of the Midwest Pitch Competition Final: October 1st at Hoyt Sherman Place
Investors in the Room
This event brings together institutional investors alongside angel investors to hear pitches from the most promising companies building across the Midwest. The investment firms that have confirmed attendance include:
Idea Fund (LaCrosse, WI)
InvestNebraska (Omaha, NE)
Traction Capital (Minneapolis, MN)
Mairs & Power (Minneapolis, MN)
Next Level Ventures (Des Moines, IA)
Yield Lab (St. Louis, MO)
Corteva Catalyst (Des Moines, IA)
Kent Corporation (Des Moines, IA)
KCRise Fund (Kansas City, MO)
EMC Insurance (Des Moines, IA)
Delta Dental of Iowa (Veratrus) (Des Moines, IA)
Kemin Industries (Des Moines, IA)
Stine Seed (Adel, Iowa)
Sukup Innovations (Sheffield, Iowa)
Ag Startup Engine (Ames, Iowa)
Great Outdoors Foundation (Des Moines, Iowa)
Ames Seed Capital (Ames, Iowa)
AgVentures Alliance (Clear Lake, Iowa)
...and more!
*Please note: agenda is subject to change!