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State Farm Startup Pitch Competition

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State Farm Startup Pitch Competition

Congratulations to the 2024 State Farm Startup Pitch Competition winner, Faura!

The State Farm Startup Pitch Competition winner, Valkyrie Holmes, CEO & Co-Founder of Faura, took to the main stage to pitch to a live audience at ITC Vegas 2024.

 

What is the State Farm Startup Pitch Competition?

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Launched in 2022, the competition highlights groundbreaking innovation in insurtech and gives an elevated edge to the fierce startup competition across the insurance industry.

Valkyrie Holmes

Startup Pitch Competition by the numbers

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10

startup finalists selected

5

minutes to pitch to a live ITC Vegas audience

1

winner crowned!

Finalists

The 2024 finalists:

  • Agentech

  • Domu

  • Faura

  • ForceField

  • Miss Moneypenny Technologies 

  • Property Lens
  • RecordLinker
  • Schaefer City Technologies

  • Tumbleweed

  • Pathwork

How it works

1) PITCH

The ITC team and State Farm have selected ten top finalists from thousands of hopeful applicants.

The ten finalists will pitch LIVE at ITC Vegas.

Each will have 5 minutes to present, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. 

2) VOTE

The top pitch is selected via in-person voting by the audience.

All ITC Vegas attendees are welcome to attend and participate in the voting process.

3) WIN! 

The winner is crowned!

The selected startup is invited to present on the celebrated ITC Vegas Main Stage (home to legendary keynotes like Gary Vee) in 2024, and receives a complimentary kiosk at ITC Vegas 2025.

Past Startup Pitch Competitions

2023 Winner: SnapRefund

Cody Eddings
CEO & Co-Founder
SnapRefund

 

2023 Finalists

  • Centinel
  • DigsFact
  • Exponential Exchange
  • Pilotbird
  • Shur
  • Sola Insurance
  • Thumbscore
  • Uprise 
  • Vecto

2022 Winner: Stream


Eric Yen
CEO & Co-Founder
Stream

 

2022 Finalists

  • CogniSure
  • coverdash
  • Healthee
  • Madronus
  • Manifest
  • Optimalex
  • Prisidio
  • Urban Sky
  • Urbanico

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