Founders Live Fort Lauderdale Pitch Battle Royale
The ultimate entrepreneurial experience and pitch competition returns to Fort Lauderdale!
Get ready South Florida… the ultimate entrepreneurial experience is back in Fort Lauderdale and bigger than ever! 🚀🔥
Join us for the Founders Live Fort Lauderdale Pitch Battle where innovation, creativity, and community collide. This high-energy event brings together the region’s brightest founders and most passionate supporters for an unforgettable night of networking, inspiration, and bold ideas. 🌴✨
Five incredible founders will take the stage and deliver their best 99-second pitches, followed by 4 minutes of rapid-fire audience Q&A. 🎤⏱️💡 No judges, no panels, no fluff… just real entrepreneurs sharing real visions. And the best part? YOU decide who wins.
Your vote crowns the next Founders Live South Florida champion. 🏆💥 So bring your friends and coworkers, grab a drink, enjoy the vibe, and connect with your local startup community. 🍻🤝 This is your chance to discover the next big thing built right here in South Florida while cheering on rising innovators who are shaping our AI-powered future. Don’t miss it… this is where legends start. 🌟🚀
Join us for an incredible evening…
Founders Live is an unforgettable happy hour competition sweeping the globe.
5 founders
99-second pitches
4 minutes audience Q&A
YOUR VOTES decide the winner!
So bring your friends and coworkers, grab some food and drink, get to know your local entrepreneurs, and vote for what you think will be the next big thing… built in South Florida.
Interested in pitching at this or a future event? Apply here!
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Competing Founders and Startups
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Know someone who should pitch? Open The Door
Winners
The Founders Live winners package includes:
Front Row membership with unlimited access to Backstage Intelligence and the Backchannel community
Founders Live Booster Pack over $1,000,000 in cash savings on 100+ essential apps and services for startups
An appearance in the Founders Live Prime Time regional qualifiers with a chance to advance to our Prime Time global livestream tournament
Special Guest Speaker(s)
Seetha the Comic
Seetha is a rare blend of technology professional by profession and comedian by passion, bringing together analytical thinking and sharp humor in a way few performers can. With over two decades of experience in the technology world, he understands startups, founders, AI buzzwords, corporate culture, deadlines, meetings, and the beautiful chaos that comes with building products and companies.
What sets Seetha apart is his signature PowerPoint comedy show, where real tech insights meet comedy, storytelling, and AI-generated visuals that amplify every punchline. The result is a fast-paced, highly relatable experience that tech audiences instantly connect with — because the jokes come from someone who’s lived the life, not just observed it.Originally from India and now based in South Florida, Seetha has performed for corporate events, conferences, startup communities, country clubs, and comedy clubs around the world.
His clean, inclusive style makes him a favorite with event planners who want big laughs without risk, and audiences who want entertainment that feels smart, current, and genuinely fun.By combining stand-up comedy, visual humor, and real-world experience, Seetha delivers shows that don’t just entertain — they energize rooms, spark connection, and turn complex tech realities into shared laughter.Whether it’s founders pitching in 99 seconds or teams navigating the future of AI, Seetha proves one thing every time he takes the stage:
Great technology still needs great storytelling — and laughter makes it unforgettable.
Founders Live is taking over Mondays in South Florida!
Join us at all our South Florida events this season to support and connect with local innovators:
Monday January 19th Batch FTL: https://FoundersLiveFtLauderdale.eventbrite.com
Monday February 2nd Batch DLRY: https://founderslivepalmbeaches.eventbrite.com/
Monday March 2nd Batch MIA: https://FoundersLiveMiami.eventbrite.com