Pitch Battle on the Terrace: Milan Vol. 1

Pitch Battle on the Terrace: Milan Vol. 1 🎤
Startups on stage. Real feedback. Then drinks.
Allora, we have something new for you! 🌟
How good is your pitch when you only have 3 minutes and a real audience?
We're launching a new event format in Milan. Early-stage startups pitch on stage in front of judges, investors, and the tech community. Every pitch gets honest, useful feedback. Then we all network on the terrace, in true Italian aperitivo style.
The event is in English.

🕕 18:00 doors and drinks · 19:00 pitches start
📍 Open by Joivy, Porta Romana, Milan (the terrace)
🎟️ Free entry

HOW IT WORKS

Up to 6 startups pitch on stage
3 minutes per pitch (sharp!), then 4 minutes of questions and feedback
2 to 3 judges who are advisors in companies
Two awards: Judges' Choice and Audience Choice. You vote from your phone.
Networking on the terrace until 21:00
Afterparty at Café Madeira, right across the street (Viale Monte Nero, 3)

WHERE
Open by Joivy is a lovely coworking space in Porta Romana with a rooftop terrace. It's the same place where we host our monthly Tech Startups on the Terrace meetups. The staff know we are coming, so just ask for the Pitch Battle and you'll find us easily.

JUDGES
Giovanni Martone
Investor in AdMind · Co-founder, Skillify.ai · ex-Senior Product Manager, TUI Musement
Product leader in AI-powered digital products and SaaS.

Dario Mussi
Investor & Advisor, Startup Bakery · VP Sales & Business Development, Titan.ium Platform
20+ years in international sales. Focus: scaling tech companies, enterprise sales and AI transformation.

Giorgio Marandola
Early-stage investor (Sixth Millennium Venture Partners, NovaVista) · Mentor at Cariplo Factory
Digital marketing and innovation consultant. Focus: go-to-market, positioning and growt

YOUR HOST
Volodymyr Shynkar, CEO & Co-founder of AppRecode and CPO of CQR. AI evangelist, technology expert. Speaker at international conferences.

WANT TO PITCH?
👉 Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/262653695461062
Early-stage startups from any industry
Pitch in English
3 minutes, sharp
Deck in PDF, 16:9, up to 10 slides
Send your deck to [email protected] by October 16
We select up to 6 teams and confirm them by October 14
What pitchers get:

Feedback from judges and the room
Direct contact with investors and mentors
A pitch video for your LinkedIn
A free architecture review from AppRecode
Help deploying your product on Google Cloud, with initial hosting costs covered

WHO SHOULD COME

Founders: pitch, or watch and learn what works
Investors and mentors: discover new startups and share your experience
Tech people and the curious: meet founders, cheer and vote

HOUSE RULES

Find Volodymyr to introduce yourself so we can welcome you properly.
Please arrive before 19:00. Pitches start on time.
Keep it friendly. Honest feedback, yes. Hard selling, no.
Not drinking? No worries! You're more than welcome to come and enjoy the pitches.

ABOUT US
Tech Startups on the Terrace is the Milan chapter of Tech Startups in the Pub, a relaxed tech networking community started in London in 2022. We've hosted 11 events in Milan and 4 in Warsaw, with guests from many countries.
No panels. No hard selling. Just good people meeting over a drink.

PARTNERS
Built by AppRecode.
Want to support the Pitch Battle with a venue, drinks or prizes? Write to [email protected]
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