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PITCH PERFECT

Empowering Regional Startups

November 12th, 2025

The Southeast Wisconsin Pitch Perfect competition will bring the region’s brightest entrepreneurial talent center stage on November 12, 2025, at the newly opened Kenosha Innovation Center (KIC). This premier pitch event represents a collaborative effort by the economic development organizations of Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties to identify, elevate, and invest in promising startups fueling the future of Wisconsin’s innovation economy.

Key Deadlines

  • Applications Due: September 2, 2025 by 11:59 pm

  • Finalists Notified: October 1, 2025

  • Finalist Workshop: October 13-17, 2025, at Kenosha Innovation Center (KIC)

  • Pitch Practice Session: November 12, 2025, from 1 PM to 3 PM

  • Pitch Perfect Event: November 12, 2025, at 4 PM

Requirements

  • Must live in Kenosha, Racine or Walworth County

  • 2-Minute Pitch Video (Sample Pitch Video) 

  • Pitch deck (Sample Pitch Deck)

  • Business Plan (Sample Business Plan)​

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