The Pitch Regional Final - Glasgow
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Innovation meets ambition at the second stop of The Pitch 2026 tour - Glasgow!
Join us for an unforgettable evening as ten standout Scottish founders take the spotlight to share their big ideas, bold visions, and breakthrough businesses. Each will pitch live to a panel of expert investors - all vying for a place at The Pitch 2026 Grand Final in London.
Hosted in the heart of Glasgow’s thriving startup scene, this event is more than a competition - it’s a celebration of creativity, connection, and the entrepreneurial spirit driving Scotland forward.
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 and the people building the future, The Pitch Glasgow Regional Final is the place to be.
Meet the judges🎤
Manjit Mooker is a seasoned founder, investor and commercial strategist with over 25 years’ experience across healthtech, AI and digital platforms. He has supported over 60 startups and university spinouts through CodeBase Techscaler, Barclays Eagle Labs, and Strathclyde Inspire, helping founders raise investment, build products and reach scale.
Victoria is an Investment Manager at Maven Capital Partners and is based in the Edinburgh office. Her role involves sourcing and completing equity investment deals, with a focus on Scottish companies and opportunities for the Investment Fund for Scotland across a wide range of industry sectors.
A chartered accountant with a background in finance, Daniel made the switch to investment management in 2022 after eight years at PwC. Now, as Investment Manager at business angel syndicate Archangels, he provides fundraising support and helps create exit strategies for Scottish technology and life science companies.
Our host for the evening🎤
Anthony Rose
Co-founder & CEO, SeedLegals
Known as “The man behind BBC iPlayer”, Anthony Rose is a seasoned entrepreneur and the driving force behind SeedLegals, the platform powering a third of all early-stage SEIS/EIS funding rounds in the UK.
With a background in internet video, P2P tech, and social platforms — plus a patent portfolio spanning content discovery and interactive TV — Anthony brings a rare mix of technical depth and commercial know-how to the startup world.
Venue partner📍
Based in the historic heart of Glasgow, Barclays Eagle Labs offers a range of support services, including access to expert mentoring and funding opportunities, to help businesses start up and scale.
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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