Partners & Sponsors

Build early relationships with the world’s strongest seed-stage founders

Build early relationships with the world’s strongest seed-stage founders The Pitch is a founder-first global tournament created with top operators and investors to find high-signal startups before they break out.

Partners engage at every stage, gaining direct access to founders as they progress from application to global recognition.

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Sponsored By

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Program scale

Why partner with 
The Pitch by Deel

The Pitch by Deel offers partners early, differentiated access to emerging innovation and meaningful ways to engage founders at scale.

  • 20,000+ global applicants across seven regions
  • AI 500 Golden Tier startups with partner visibility and investor access
  • 100+ Regional Winners, each receiving $50,000
  • 10 Global Champions receiving $1,000,000 each
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our partners

Partnership tiers

Global Partner

Primary brand placement, guaranteed judging roles, dedicated office hours, and co-created programming at the Global Championship.

Regional Partner

Brand visibility and judging roles in one geography, access to regional finalist pools, and co-branded regional activations.

Ecosystem Partner

Brand amplification, digital participation, founder distribution and discovery opportunities.

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THE COMPETITION

How the tournament works

Seed-stage startups apply through a single global platform with AI scoring and human review.

Priority access

Partner benefits

  • Early visibility into Golden Tier startups and finalists
  • Exposure to high-signal founders before traditional networks
  • Association with a globally recognized, merit-based competition
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engage with the world’s top founders

One-to-one engagement with the world’s next batch of elite startups

  • Judging roles across online and in-person rounds
  • Direct engagement with founders as the field narrows
  • Opportunities to shape evaluation and challenge ideas
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Why the pitch is different

A world-class selection engine

  • Global-scale discovery across a worldwide applicant pool
  • Merit-based advancement: Progress driven by performance, not pedigree
  • Meaningful funding at both regional and global stages
  • Faster signal than accelerators or demo days
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