startup pitch competition for female and minority entrepreneurs.
To elevate and support women and minority-owned businesses in Chicago, Chicago Innovation, the Chicago Cubs, and Wintrust are partnering on this new program --- and applications open today! Applications close on July 15th.
Finalists will pitch their companies to local innovation
business leaders and venture capitalists, with the top three
companies winning prizes, including:
Throw out the first pitch
at a Chicago Cubs home game in September
(one grand prize winner)
Chicago Cubs hospitality suite (one grand prize winner), and tickets (2nd and 3rd place finalists)
Meeting with Cubs, Wintrust and Chicago Innovation executives
Promotion at Wrigley Field, and on official Cubs, Chicago Innovation, and Wintrust social media channels
Full scholarship to attend Chicago Innovation’s “Practical Innovator” Executive MBA course hosted in partnership
with faculty from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management
Get paired with mentors to support your business’s growth, through “Chicago Innovation Women’s Mentoring Co-op” for women founders and “The Ladder,” for Black and Latine innovators
