The Pitch Regional Final - Manchester
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The energy, ideas, and ambition of The Pitch 2026 arrive in Manchester for the third regional final of the year.
Join us for an inspiring evening as ten of the North West’s most exciting founders take to the stage to showcase their businesses, share their stories, and compete for a place at The Pitch 2026 Grand Final in London. Each founder will pitch live to a panel of expert judges, investors, and mentors - all ready to discover the next big success story.
Hosted in one of the UK’s most dynamic startup cities, the Manchester Regional Final brings together the local innovation community for a night of creativity, connection, and opportunity.
What to expect:
Live pitches from 10 exceptional startups
Insight and feedback from top industry judges
A buzzing crowd of founders, investors, and ecosystem partners
Networking, drinks, and plenty of inspiration
If you’re passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship, and the future of business, The Pitch Manchester Regional Final is the event you won’t want to miss.
Venue partner📍
Since 2022, Barclays Eagle Labs Manchester has been the home of DiSH, Greater Manchester’s Digital Security Hub. By bringing together experts in digital and cyber security from public, private and academic sectors, DiSH offers growing digital security startups and scaleups access to business support, mentoring, training and more.
Event sponsor🤝
Seapoint
Seapoint is the financial home for startups and scale-ups: combining multi-currency business banking, payments, and finance automation in one platform.
Startups can open business accounts in both EUR and GBP, send and receive payments across borders, and manage day-to-day finance operations from a single dashboard, including payroll, company cards, collaboration and more.
Replacing the fragmented finance stack most startups rely on, Seapoint helps early-stage teams move faster, stay compliant and gain real-time visibility across all their accounts.
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