Pinata Pitch 2026 x Startupfest

​$10,000 in cash. One giant piñata. Five student teams swinging for it. 🪅

​Thank you to TD Canada for sponsoring Piñata Pitch!

​Piñata Pitch is the student pitch competition that runs right inside Startupfest, Canada's biggest startup festival, on the Grand Quai in the Old Port of Montreal. Sign up through us and you get a free ticket to Startupfest itself, so you're not just there for the pitch finals, you've got the run of the whole festival. 🎟️

​Here's the setup: five finalist teams, pulled from a global pool of student founders, hit the stage and pitch live to a panel of judges and a festival packed with investors and operators. Best pitch wins, grabs the bat, smashes the piñata, and walks off with the cash. Then they run it back on the main Startupfest showcase stage. 💥

​What to expect: 🎟️ A free Startupfest Open House pass when you register through Piñata Pitch 🎤 Founder talks from people actually building companies, not slideware 🏆 Five live pitches, five minutes each, then judges grilling them in Q&A 🪅 The piñata break, where the winner actually swings 🤝 The Startupfest floor afterward, crawling with founders worth meeting

​Free to get in. Pick a team, bring your crew, and come watch students crack it open.

​📍 Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal, 200 R. de la Commune O 🗓️ July 10, 2026, during Startupfest 🔗 pinatapitch.tech