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13-15 Oct 2025 | Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
14-16 Oct 2024 | Royal Dublin Society, Dublin

Global Pitch
Competition

“The pitch competition was an exceptional experience.”

Alex David, Co-founder & COO, Corrily
Date

13-15 Oct 2025

Venue

Royal Dublin Society

Time

Various

2024 Sponsor

Win €500,000 of Investment!

SaaStock is pleased to announce our biggest Pitch Competition prize to date! This is MASSIVE.

The prize for the winner will be an investment package worth €500,000.

We wish you the best of luck – apply today to have a chance to win this phenomenal prize.

2024 VC Partners

Thank you to all our VC partners. 

These partners offered an equity investment totalling up to €500,000 for the 2024 prize (subject to T&Cs) 

Launch Partners

Thank you to our Launch Partners

What is the Global Pitch Competition?

The Global Pitch Competition is an opportunity to show off your up-and-coming SaaS in front of the region’s most influential VCs and funds, as well as the wider SaaS community. By participating in the competition, you’ll gain invaluable exposure to our audience, generating brand awareness and positioning your business as one-to-watch. 

The initial pitching rounds taking place at the pre-conference Startup Day, the semi-finals will take place on Day One of the conference, with the finals live on Day Two.

Applications for 2025 will go live soon

Who is it for?

The Global Pitch Competition is for B2B SaaS startups who want to position their business in front of the SaaS community. If you’re actively fundraising and looking to generate industry and investor awareness of your offering, the Global Pitch Competition can shine a light on your SaaS.

 

To be eligible, your company must have less than 35 employees and no more than $1.5M ARR.

Previous Startup Program Participants

2024 Judges

Adam

Shepherd

Investment Partner 

/COO – TempoCap

Akshata

Agarwal

Investor

Frog Capital

Alex

Reed

Founding Partner

Mountside Ventures

Ana

Fernandez

Investor

Nauta Capital

Andrea 

Gurnari

Partner

2100 VC

Andrew 

Drylie

Partner

Quadri Ventures

Ciara

Gumsheimer

Associate

Project A

Cristian

Dina

Co-founder

Tekpon

Cristobal

Alonso

Investor

Startup Wise Guys

Dan Pandeni

Idhenga

Founder | London

Venture Capital Network

David

Hohl

Partner

Interface

Dimitri

Sedashev

Investor

Cherry Ventures

Freya

Wordworth

Associate

Ascension

George

Mensah

Principal

Sure Valley Ventures

Hilmar

Eggertsson

Senior Associate

6DC

Jack

Stenson

Ireland Lead

Plug & Play

Lucas

Kuziv

Investor

Beacon Capital

Marc

Cohen

Founding Partner

Unbundled

Munder

Shuhumi

Partner

Pearls Capital

Naseem

Moumene

Investor

Northzone

Nuan

Zhang

VC

Breega

Ryan

Clements

VP Early Stage Banking

HSBC Innovation Banking

Sam

Nasrolahi

Principal

InMotion Ventures

Stephen

Fahy

Partner

Salica Investments

Tom

Jameson

Partner

CMS

Massimo

Arrigoni

CEO

BeeFree

Dag

Ainsoo

Investor

Startup Wise Guys

Camilla

Yahaya

Associate

BlackRock

Jebran

Raashed

Investment Manager

Octupus Ventures

Ryan

Barnett

Vice President

JP Morgan

Edwin

Appiah

Partner

Cornerstone VC

Cliona

Jordan

Startup Acquisition

Google Cloud

Jeff

Lurie

Head of Business

Development- AppSumo

Alexander

Zemlyak

Principal

Geek Ventures

What happens when I apply?

Step 1

Fill out the application form. Applications close 11 September 2024. Please be prepared to share information on your SaaS solution and why it’s ready for this investment.

Step 2

If you qualify, a team member will be in touch to book a call. All successful applicants will be notified by 18 September 2024.

Step 3

If you’re happy to proceed, we will confirm your participation and get you onboarded. Pitching decks will need to be submitted by 7 October 2024. All successful applicants must purchase a ticket to attend the Pitching Competition.

Step 4

You’re all set to showcase your SaaS. Initial pitching rounds take place at Startup Day (100 shortlisted applications), pitching semi-finals (25 semi-finalists) take place on day one, and the five finalists will pitch live on the main stage on day two.

This year’s show surpassed all our expectations. It helped us solidify our messaging, we made a shed load of new connections and had a blast at networking events after hours… count us in for next year!”

Emmet Florish
CEO, Ctrl.io

"[The Startup Program] helped us find early adopters amongst the companies that were attending the event. It gave us massive validation... Being able to say that we are SaaStock Global Pitch Competition winners helps companies, and certainly those early adopters, trust us and onboard to Cledara."

Cristina Vila Vives
Founder & CEO, Cledara

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“The pitch competition was an exceptional experience. We were able to showcase our company – creating leads for our business – and meet and network with the other contestants. Winning the competition was the cherry on top, along with the fundraising support that it helped drive!”

Alex David, Co-founder & COO, Corrily

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