And then there were ten.
After a whirlwind day of pitching and mentoring sessions in Midtown Atlanta, a list of 40 promising pre-seed and seed-stage startups was narrowed down to just 10 companies that will go on stage to compete for $500,000 next month.
Startup Showcase Live, which started at last year’s Venture Atlanta, is poised to be a highlight of the upcoming venture capital conference. Selected early-stage companies will pitch in front of local venture capital firms, corporate VCs, and angel groups for an investment prize.
This year’s $500,000 prize check will come from Catalyst by Wellstar, Front Porch Venture Partners, Knoll Ventures, Las Olas Venture Capital, and TiE Atlanta Angels.
The ten startups were announced during a lively event at Catalyst by Wellstar’s office in Atlanta’s Tech Square Tuesday night. The ten startups will now spend their time preparing for Venture Atlanta and the Startup Showcase Live stage on October 8th and 9th.
Get To Know The Selected Showcase Startups
From AgTech to SaaS, this year’s Showcase Live participants show the breadth of startup talent building across the Southeast. Be sure to keep your eyes on these ten companies during next month’s festivities at Venture Atlanta:
- Mavity (Miami, Florida) – Mavity provides a comprehensive solution, merging design, project management, and marketing into one platform
- WickedFile (Dallas, Texas) – With WickedFile, auto repair shops can streamline their bookkeeping processes and gain valuable insights to optimize their financial performance
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SupportNow (Atlanta, Georgia) – Reduce the overwhelm during major life moments… updates, fundraising, meals, chores, and whatever life brings. Read about SupportNow on Hypepotamus here.
- Shappi (Chattanooga, Tennessee) – Shappi is building the biggest ‘Travelogistic’ solution for the international delivery of U.S. products to LatAm. Hypepotamus covered Shappi last year as the startup moved into the Chattanooga accelerator Brickyard.
- Propense.ai (Miami, Florida) – Propense.ai is a SaaS platform that identifies new revenue streams for businesses, augmented with AI technology
- 360 Direct Video – 360 Direct Video delivers inclusive customer service solutions to ensure that the deaf community has optimal satisfaction within all consumer interactions
- SmartWiz.io (Birmingham, Alabama) –SmartWiz is the leading name in automated software solutions designed for tax professionals
- Good Agriculture (Atlanta, Georgia) – A startup suporting regenerative farmers with business services so they can focus on what they do best. We highlighted Good Agriculture in a recent Get To Know The CEO article
- crewOS (Bessemer, Alabama) – crewOS is a software platform built to streamline the challenges that field service companies face on a daily basis
- Ultraview AI (Austin, Texas) – UltraView mission is to enhance safety and operational efficiency in the aviation industry by delivering cutting-edge drone inspection technologies, to reduce aircraft downtime and promote a safer and more sustainable future
* Editor’s Note: This list was updated on Sept 26 with the current list of startups
