StartUp India and IIM Bangalore Invite Social or Environmental Ideas for Pitcher Perfect Season 3

Pitcher Perfect is IIM Bangalore's version of Shark Tank designed for early-stage social start-ups to pitch their ideas in front of top-notch investors/VCs and raise funding. This year’s theme is designed to push our collective thinking, encourage start-ups and investors to take risks, and explore innovative ideas to solve societal and environmental issues. The goal is to fuel and reward the entrepreneurial spirit in a fun, safe setting by suspending the typical grantor/grantee dynamics and make the world a better place.

Eligibility Criteria

The competition is open to both individuals/teams over the age of 15 from anywhere in the world. The startup should be working in the social impact sector (only for-profit start-ups are eligible). It should have validated the business model with proof of revenue (only revenue-generating start-ups are eligible).

How to participate

Each participating social startup will need to submit a pitch deck. Total of 11 slides in the main section as specified below (any additional details can be added in the Appendix section).

1. Cover Slide

2. Team

3. Product/Service (address the problem, solution/offerings)

4. Customers (customer segments, customer validation done (if any)

5. Market Assessment (market size/potential)

6. Competitive Assessment (competitors, value proposition/USP)

7. Business Model (operating model, revenue model, sales & distribution model)

8. Financials (cost, revenue, break-even, future projections, financing required)

9. Current Start-up Status

10. Execution Plan/Go-forward Strategy

11. Social Impact Assessment & Measurement

Please note that any deviation in the below format will lead to disqualification.

Prizes

Post final pitch, shortlisted startups will be provided with funding by the investors. However, this will be at the complete discretion of investors. Last year, the following investors had reached preliminary funding commitments of INR 13.55 Crores.

You can log in here and participate.