I'M INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AS AN INVESTOR @ THE UK FOOD & DRINK EXPO - STARTUP INVESTOR PITCH LOUNGE, SIGN ME UP!
“Startup Investor Pitch Event - The UK Food & Drink Expo”, produced by Pitch Lounge, Marketing Strategiser, the UK Food & Drink Expo, is taking place between 29th April to 1st May 2024 based at NEC, Birmingham and provides investors with online exposure, in-person panelist & speaker slots, and introduction to exciting F&B startup business and investment opportunities.
Fundraising startups will present to you live in 3-minute lightning pitches at the "UK Food & Drink Expo” on 29th April 2024 at the "Grocer's Stage", and will be showcased online to community members of all the event partners, including your company. We can also connect you with the applying and shortlisted startups, and involve you in the shortlisting process if you so wish. We are receiving high interest from quality startups and aim to shortlist the best eight.
If you also wish to secure exposure as a pitch event panelist and have the opportunity to ask the startups questions live during the pitch event in a short Q&A round immediately following each pitch, then apply to be a panelist (or simply express interest on the adjacent form to the right).
Apply now to be a part of the investor audience at the “Startup Investor Pitch Lounge - The UK Food & Drink Expo”, and secure online exposure, in-person platform and connection to F&B startups, and further opportunities.
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WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN OUR PITCH EVENT AUDIENCE?
WIDESPREAD EXPOSURE
You will sponsor the live event as well as it being recorded, and shared to our partner communities. Plus, you will benefit from a 2-month sponsor promotion package in relation to this well-attended and connected event and community:
✅ "The UK Food & Drinks - Startup Investor Pitch Event" is taking place on the "Grocers Stage", one of the stages at an Expo seeing 8-10k footfall over three days.
✅ 1000s of food & drink professionals on the email list for “UK Food & Drinks Expo" and across their social media pages.
✅ 50k on the Pitch Lounge startup-investor database and mailing list, approx. 1500 on LinkedIn, 650+ on Facebook, and 100,000+ impressions per month
CONNECTION TO FUNDRAISING F&B STARTUPS
In addition to the 6 pitching startups, we will also connect you with all the startups who apply for the pitch event and promote you to hundreds of businesses in the Expo exhibition area. And also celebrate your sponsorship with our 300+ pitching alumni from our previous F&B startup-investor pitch events.
✅ Post-event, in-person informal networking with startups and others from the F&B industry
✅ Post-event registration and attendee list and introductions to our deal flow of fundraising F&B startups.
✅ Access to our wider F&B Pitch Event community of 1000+ F&B founders and partners
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
We produce F&B online and hybrid events on a monthly basis - pitch, panel, and networking formats. There are future opportunities for your company to be actively involved in our events and secure continued access to our community as well as closer bespoke arrangements we can discuss.
✅ Prioritised access to our pitch panels (event series dependent)
✅ Discounted sponsorship/ partner opportunities for subsequent Pitch Lounge and partner events
✅ Bespoke marketing, event production and other services (available on request)
