I’m thrilled to announce the Startup Battlefield 20 firms, pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. After final yr’s large hit, TechCrunch editorial hand-selected 200 startups, out of hundreds of candidates, to comprise the Startup Battlefield 200. This yr, TechCrunch noticed the very best variety of purposes throughout the biggest unfold of nations and industries. Of the 200, these high 20 firms will pitch on the Disrupt Stage. Come watch these firms compete for the Disrupt Cup and $100,000 equity-free grand prize.
Disrupt runs Tuesday via Thursday, September 19–21 in San Francisco. The agenda is full of tech legends, newsmakers, innovators, founders and extra. This yr, Disrupt is supercharged with not two however seven business phases — Disrupt, Builders, AI, Fintech, {Hardware}, Sustainability, and Safety. Every stage is targeted on highlighting the highest information in every business, with the Builders Stage centered on how-tos for founders trying to construct and scale startups.
For the Startup Battlefield 200, TechCrunch hosts this curated cohort of founders at TechCrunch Disrupt, offering particular programming and coaching prematurely of and through the occasion. The highest firms will observe within the footsteps of Startup Battlefield legends on the Disrupt Stage. With over 1,300+ alumni taking part in this system, Startup Battlefield Alumni firms raised over $29 billion in funding with about 200 profitable exits (IPOs or acquisitions).
The Startup Battlefield 20 firms remedy vital technological and international issues. From agri-labor administration instruments to fintech platforms, sewage well being trackers, and phage-based customized therapeutics, this cohort of startups is able to impress. Founders remedy vital world issues within the areas of illness remedy, blood testing, compostable batteries and even moral social media platforms for youth. Plus, it wouldn’t be a TechCrunch occasion with out developer instruments, safety infrastructure and {hardware} to spherical out the batch.
Beginning immediately, the highest 20 firms will pitch on the Disrupt Stage for six minutes adopted by a six-minute Q&A with our professional panel of judges. These top-tier VCs embrace of us like Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Sam Blond (Founders Fund), Guru Chahal (Lightspeed), Po Bronson (SOSV), and Tess Hatch (Bessemer) to call just some.
TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 20 schedule
Tuesday, September 19, Disrupt Stage
- Semi-Finals (Session 1): 9:35 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Semi-Finals (Session 2): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 20, Disrupt Stage
- Semi-Finals (Session 3): 10:05 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
- Semi-Finals (Session 4): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 21, Disrupt Stage
- Alumni Information Bulletins: 11:10 a.m.–11:20 a.m.
- Finals: 11:20 p.m.–12:50 p.m.
- Winner Introduced: 3:25 p.m.
In the event you can’t be part of us in particular person, tune into the livestream on TechCrunch.com.
Corporations pitching within the Startup Battlefield 20
Tuesday, September 19, Disrupt Stage
Semi-Finals (Session 1): 9:35 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- In Diagnostics: Developed the primary disposable spectrophotometer. Initially concentrating on the veterinary and animal testing business, the primary product is Quic ALT+AST, a 20 microliter liver enzymes check.
- Narval: Makes use of synthetic intelligence to design artificial antibody mimetic proteins to switch typical antibodies in novel first-in-class therapeutics.
- Flint: Pioneering an ecofriendly, safer, and cost-effective different to lithium batteries utilizing battery know-how comprised of pure and unhazardous supplies.
- BioticsAI: Makes use of AI to detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasounds to unravel fetal malformation misdiagnosis attributable to ultrasound operator error.
- Electrified Thermal Options: Decarbonizes heavy business with new electrical heating and storage know-how — the “e-brick.”
Semi-Finals (Session 2): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- Avalo: Accelerates the creation of latest crop varieties utilizing machine studying, expediting the transition to a sustainable, climate-resilient meals system.
- Past Aero: Creates the primary certifiable and worthwhile the enterprise plane designed for hydrogen-electric propulsion.
- Nolej: Generates personalised paths to any studying objective, along with chew sized academic content material and networks of specialists to study from.
- Phalanx: Light-weight information loss prevention (DLP) and doc mapping answer that robotically secures and tracks delicate paperwork in current workspaces.
- Magnestar: Liable to interference, stempo providers depend on spectrum. This software program platform for satellite tv for pc operators, regulators and navy will map and monitor all communications between Earth and area to foretell interference and guarantee clear pathways of communication in contested and congested environments.
Wednesday, September 20, Disrupt Stage
Semi-Finals (Session 3): 10:05 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
- Untap Well being: Detecting sicknesses earlier than signs in communities by remotely analyzing collective sewage.
- Allie Methods: An business 4.0 infrastructure firm makes use of novel {hardware} and software program to deliver heavy business and manufacturing in rising markets into the related world with predictive upkeep, asset administration, and upkeep to extend productiveness metrics and permit native producers to seize probably the most worth from near-shoring via effectivity will increase.
- Mainstack: A no-code software and API that permits entrepreneurs and creators to current and promote their work effortlessly with international fee choices.
- Parallel Well being: A precision well being firm leveraging microbiome science, genomic sequencing, and large information, paving the best way to personalised care and medication.
- Moveable Diagnostic Methods: Makes an correct and moveable multidrug testing machine for forensic testing and regulation enforcement with novel microfluidic {hardware} infrastructure.
Semi-Finals (Session 4): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- Reekon Instruments: Upgrades building job websites with a set of interconnected software program and {hardware} instruments designed to work seamlessly to streamline operations and maximize effectivity.
- AppFactor: An clever, AI-powered modernization platform to empower architects and engineers to extra quickly and simply refactor and re-architect purposes to unravel legacy infrastructure issues and utility supply.
- Agri-Trak: A software program platform that manages farm labor and tracks productiveness and harvest information, offering farmers with the info they should keep in compliance with ever-changing federal packages.
- MakersHub: A knowledge-enriched accounts payable operation for firms that care about scaling accounts payable smarter; contextualizing all incoming invoice data, all the way down to the road merchandise; eliminating guide information entry; and saving hours of time weekly.
- Betweened: A accountable, empowered social media for teenagers to attach and create, in addition to for manufacturers and influencers to increase their household viewers attain.
Thursday, September 21, Disrupt Stage
Alumni Information Bulletins: 11:10 a.m.–11:20 a.m.
- Forethought.AI: A generative AI for buyer help software and the winner of Startup Battlefield 2018 at TechCrunch Disrupt. Presenting for Forethought is CEO and co-founder, Deon Nicholas.
- Siren Care: Reduces the danger of foot ulcers for sufferers with diabetes via the early detection of potential accidents and the winner of {Hardware} Battlefield 2016 at CES.
Finals: 11:20 p.m.–12:50 p.m.
Winner Introduced: 3:25 p.m.
