The Pitch Regional Final - Bristol
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The Pitch returns to its home city for The Pitch Bristol regional final - the fourth of our six regional finals.
Join us for a night of bold ideas, big ambitions, and inspiring founders as ten of the South West’s most exciting startups pitch live for a chance to secure their spot at The Pitch 2026 Grand Final in London. Each founder will take the stage to share their vision with a panel of expert judges, investors, and mentors - all ready to discover the next breakout business.
Hosted in Bristol, the birthplace of The Pitch, this regional final is more than a competition - it’s a celebration of the city’s thriving entrepreneurial community and the innovative spirit that started it all.
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
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the action!
Meet the judges🎤
After a decade in financial services, Ben set his sights on the startup scene and hasn’t looked back. Tapping into the skills gained from his time as Commercial Director, Ben launched FMCG product Shower in a Can, all the while acting as Director for Skowt Consulting, working with SMEs to identify and reach their goals. Now, as co-founder of Angel Investors Bristol, he’s ready to support and share his wisdom with the next generation of Bristolian entrepreneurs.
Having spent 20 years working with software startups, Jim now helps early-stage startups navigate key strategic decision points as they grow. He often acts as a soundboard for founders, and through strategic projects equips them with the tools and mental models to make the right choices for their companies. When not advising founders, he’s an angel investor at Ada Ventures and Ventures Together, backing businesses building a better future.
When not angel investing, Kate can be found offering a dynamic and insightful approach for scaling businesses seeking to recruit their first full-time or fractional CFO in her role as founder and Finance Director at Artemis Clarke. She helps growing businesses build a finance function they can trust, in turn helping them feel more confident, more informed and better supported as they scale.
Our host for the evening🎤
Ash Phillips
Award-winning advisor & founder of Rebellious Co
Ash Phillips is the founder of Rebellious Co, an impact organisation that creates programmes and initiatives for entrepreneurs & business leaders. Their famed Rebel Meetups have connected over 22,000 people in 10+ years and through new programmes in 2026, the Rebellious ecosystem continues to grow on it's track record of startups valued at over £120m to date.
Venue partner📍
Runway East has been fighting boring offices since 2014. And they’re relentless when it comes to team bliss. Runway East creates countless opportunities to make your team happy all day, every day. Bask in beautiful, customisable office space, where stuff gets fixed by people who care. All under membership plans as flexible as I’m a Celebrity’s definition of celebrity. Plus no hidden fees down under. For teams of 1-100 across London and Bristol.
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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