The Pitch Regional Final - Birmingham
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The Pitch 2026 journey continues - next stop, Birmingham!
Join us for an evening packed with innovation, energy, and entrepreneurial drive as ten of the Midlands’ most promising founders take to the stage to pitch their startups live. Each will share their vision and compete for a coveted place at The Pitch 2026 Grand Final in London, in front of a panel of expert judges, investors, and mentors.
Hosted in the heart of Birmingham’s growing startup ecosystem, this event brings together founders, investors, and ecosystem partners for a night of ideas, inspiration, and opportunity - celebrating the creativity and ambition that define the region.
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
Whether you’re a founder, investor, or simply love hearing big ideas come to life, The Pitch Birmingham Regional Final is an event you won’t want to miss.
Meet the judges🎤
Joining the Birmingham regional finals judging panel is Venture Capital Investor Jake Connolly. Equipped with a background in investment operation administration, Jake has spent the last three years at Mercia Ventures, deploying up to £10m into early-stage companies to help drive growth and long-term success.
As CEO and Founder of Niyo Group, Oyinkansola is no stranger to building successful businesses while helping others create their own, from hair and beauty ecosystems that economically empower hairstylists through accreditation, to training over 1000 Black women to become full-stack developers and data engineers through “black codher” boot camps. These impressive feats have won her many awards, including Barclays Entrepreneur of the Year, MBCC Entrepreneur of the Year and Female Innovator of the Year.
Venue partner📍
Barclays Eagle Labs is a nationwide network supporting startups and scaleups on the road to success. Through programmes, incubators, networking opportunities and resources, the Labs are a go-to hub for entrepreneurs to connect, innovate and grow.
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.
The people-first insurance group with employee ownership at its heart.
With 23,000 employees across the globe, Howden is the UK’s 5th largest employee-owned business – and every single person is a specialist in something. This means their expertise spans the full spectrum of insurance, covering broking, reinsurance, underwriting, risk consultancy and employee benefits.
Whatever the size of your business or the industry you’re in, Howden’s dedicated teams are ready to support you and your business ambitions.
K3C
K3C are a no-nonsense team of doers helping B2B businesses grow and scale for less.
Through a combination of strategy, workflow optimisation and AI-powered go-to-market tools, K3C helps startups and scale-ups avoid critical growth challenges by building revenue growth systems designed to last.
From establishing a product-market fit to transforming sales functions, they help teams secure new clients and new revenue – all without adding fixed costs.
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