Congratulations to the 2025 State Farm Startup Pitch Competition winner, Elysian!

The State Farm Startup Pitch Competition winner, Grace Hanson, CEO of Elysian, took to the main stage to pitch to a live audience at ITC Vegas 2025.

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

How it works

1) PITCH

The ITC team and State Farm will select 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 winning startup will present and celebrate on the ITC Vegas Main stage (home to legendary keynotes like Jesse Cole, Gary Vee, etc.) on October 1, 2026, and will receive a complimentary kiosk at ITC Vegas 2027.

Startup Pitch Competition by the numbers

10
startup finalists selected
5
minutes to pitch to a live ITC Vegas audience
1
winner crowned

2025 finalists

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Adjusto

Adjusto

Chestnut

Chestnut

ClaimPartner

ClaimPartner

Elysian

Elysian

Marvelxai

Marvelxai

Multimodal

Multimodal

Reinsurance Analytics

Reinsurance Analytics

Retell

Retell

Symphony

Symphony

Vue Robotics

Vue Robotics

    2024 Winner: Faura

    Valkyrie Holmes

    Valkyrie Holmes
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Faura

     

    2024 Finalists

    • Agentech

    • Domu

    • ForceField

    • Miss Moneypenny Technologies

    • Pathwork

    • Property Lens

    • RecordLinker

    • Schaefer City Technologies

    • Tumbleweed

    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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