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SmartCompany is pleased to announce the shortlisted entries for the Pitch, our early stage startup competition hosted in partnership with AWS, The Commons, VentureCrowd and Startup Victoria.
Once again we received hundreds of fantastic pitches from around the country and are excited to welcome these founders.
Next Thursday night in Melbourne, members of the startup and VC communities will hear their pitches. Our guest judging panel: Jodie Imam of Tractor Ventures, Christie Jenkins of Blackbird VC, Jun Qu of Main Sequence Ventures, Steve Maarbani of VentureCrowd and John Kearney of AWS, will choose one winner.
The winner will receive a $100,000 boost in AWS credits.
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