Innovate WithIN Pitch Competition: IU Indianapolis
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Innovate WithIN Pitch Competition: IU Indianapolis

Join us at the 2025 Innovate WithIN east central Indiana regional pitch competition!

By The STARTedUP Foundation

Date and time

Monday, April 21 · 9am - 1:15pm EDT

Location

IU Indianapolis - Campus Center Theater

420 University Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46202

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration & Check-In

9:00 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks


The event will begin with a welcome from Don Wettrick (CEO, The STARTedUP Foundation) and remarks from our host partners associated with Indiana University Indianapolis, (to be determined)

9:15 AM

Student Pitches #1-2

9:40 AM

Speaker Slot

9:45 AM

Student Pitches #3-5

10:25 AM - 10:35 AM

Intermission

10:35 AM

Student Pitches #6-7

11:05 AM

Speaker Slot

11:08 AM

Student Pitches #8-10

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch & Judges Confer


As guests enjoy lunch, the five judges will choose the winning team who will progress onto state. The judges include: Anna Dorris, Anne Marie Murphy, Izzy Branam, Joel Hungate and Zeb Wood

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Awards Presentation

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours 15 minutes
  • Paid venue parking

This year's Region 3 pitch competition will be hosted by IU Indianapolis! During the event, ten east central Indiana high school teams who have been carefully selected out of hundreds of competitors will share their innovative pitches and business ideas.

We will be joined by government officials, business leaders, local innovators, educators, and family as the students pitch their businesses and compete to be one of the top ten teams in the state. The top team will move onto the state finals and will be invited to travel to DC in June, receive thousands of dollars in scholarship, enter an exclusive alumni program, and the first place team in Indiana will receive $25,000 in funding.


Archifuturae: Tania Marquez | Herron High School

Bussl: Kieron Bishop, Leland Rowe & Liam Green | Herron High School

Car Wash App: Sol Jimenez, Dylan Brown & Fernando Hartzer | Mckenzie Career Center

CropConnect: Keshav Krishnan | Park Tudor School

EK Designs: Evelyn Hinshaw & Idalia Inman | Speedway Senior High School

Klick & Switch: Hope Hullinger | Westfield High School

compleyes.ai: Raina Maiga & Truman Greaves | PPHS Schweitzer Center at Englewood & Zionsville Community High School

Pretty Pinchers: Libby Lehr & Bee McClure | Westfield High School

Shelf Crew: Roran Figueiredo | Speedway Senior High School

Stadium Clipmate: Adrian Feltrinelli, Noah Vaughner & Braxton Terry | Westfield High School


Register today to support and experience these amazing young people and future entrepreneurs! More event details can be found at: startedupfoundation.org/region-3

Thank you to our Region 3 sponsors!

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