BATON ROUGE, La. — A slate of eleven companies has been selected as semi-finalists for the BREW 2019 High-stakes Pitch Competition, which is offering a $100,000 investment prize to the winning company at a live pitch event on Friday, November 15. According to a press release, the semi-finalist companies are ACT One Health, Block Lawncare, Crimer, Debtle, Don’t Get Mad Get Paid, Gilded, Moxey, On Scene Services, Pass It Down Inc., Relief Telemed, and The Youni Company, LLC.
All eleven companies were picked from an initial pool of 44 total applicants by a panel of judges with extensive knowledge and experience in identifying investment potential. The first round of judging followed a thorough application process in which each company was required to furnish detailed information about their funding history, as well as other key details about their company’s management.
Each of the eleven companies will now submit a detailed business plan for further review before closed-door pitches to a panel of judges comprised of accredited investors, who will select the four finalists for the live pitch event. The closed-door pitch will be comprised of a 10-minute pitch and a 20-minute question and answer session. All four selected finalists will receive mentorship and coaching ahead of the live pitch event.
“We’ve truly been blown away by the quality of companies we’ve seen during this application process,” said Genevieve Silverman, president and CEO of NexusLA. “It speaks volumes to the state of entrepreneurship in our state right now, and we really don’t see the progress slowing anytime soon. This is indicative of our region’s viability in this space.”
For more detailed information on the High-stakes Pitch process, or for more information on BREW 2019, please visit www.celebratebrew.com.
BREW is produced by NexusLA. Major sponsors include Business First Bank, Stone Pigman Walther Whitman, eBay, and LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors. Media sponsors include Baton Rouge Business Report, 225 Magazine, NBC33 and Fox44. Other sponsors include Wells Fargo Advisors and Printing Source.
