Pitch Perfect Sign-up Extended

Southeast Wisconsin Pitch-Perfect Competition Deadline Extended to September 17th 2025

KENOSHA, WI — 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 – Learn More about the 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.

Applications are open now through September 17, 2025, at 11:59 PM, for early￾stage companies ready to showcase their groundbreaking ideas. Selected finalists will be notified by October 1, followed by a multi-day workshop series October 13–17 to refine business models, sharpen pitches, and connect with experienced mentors and investors. Finalists will return to KIC for a Pitch Practice Session on November 12, 2025, from 1–3 PM, just hours before taking the stage. Participants must be a resident or work within Kenosha, Racine, or Walworth County; be 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen. Applications and more information can be found at www.kin-kenosha.org/pitchperfect.

Prize Breakdown
o First $5,000
o Second $3000
o Third $1500
o Audience Favorite $500

The event is designed to be more than a competition—it’s a launchpad.

Apply Here: https://www.innovatekin.org/pitchperfect

• Tech-Prize: We are about helping ideas find fulfillment and we’re all about moving futures forward. We seek out great ideas in our various Competitions, and Founders Night Out events where we bring opportunities to learn more about the entrepreneurial process, access to resources available to help you through integrate them into your business and a place where you can network with like-minded individuals already on the path. Whether just thinking about starting the entrepreneurial journey or looking for funding, Tech-Prize is here to help you get there.  We’re more than an incubator and idea aggregator. We involve all participants in our mentorship and success process, meeting them wherever they’re at in their professional journey. We work on providing the secret sauce to success – the things they don’t teach you in the classroom. In our last competition series we awarded over $80,000 in scholarships and cash to local and global participants. Learn more: www.tech-prize.org.