The Big Pitch 2025 - Qualifier Two.
Wed Aug 13, 18:00 - Wed Aug 13, 21:00
The Homecoming Centre (Star Theatre)
ABOUT
Secure your spectator ticket for the second national qualifier of The Big Pitch 2025, the largest startup pitch series in South African history, in partnership with The South African Future Trust.
This year, twenty of the country's most promising startups will battle it out live and on-stage, for an unprecedented $1 million investment into their business (subject to due diligence and T&Cs).
After an electrifying first qualifier in April, we're heading to Cape Town on 13 August, where ten startups - selected from hundreds of applicants - will take the stage live, all vying for a spot in the grand finale at this year’s SA Future Trust Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in early November.
Don’t miss the chance to be part of this momentous event in person - and connect with some of South Africa’s top entrepreneurs, operators, investors, and enablers. Secure your spectator seat today!
The Big Pitch 2025 is supported by leading organisations: E Squared Investments, RMB Beyond Banking, FNB SA, Paystack, MakeReign, AIONS Ventures, Origen Software, Dommisse Attorneys, Jonsson Workwear, Finovate, Impact Capital Africa, Futuregrowth Asset Management and Disraptor.
Learn more about The Big Pitch 2025 here.
NEED TO KNOW
Check-in opens at 17:45pm and we start promptly at 18:30pm.
We reserve the right to admit late-comers, out of courtesy for our attendees and participating founders.
Limited street parking available, with additional paid parking available (2min walk away) at Harrington Square (Charly's Bakery). We recommend using ride-sharing if/where possible.
Complimentary canapés and bottled water. A cash bar will be available on the night.
* Tickets are mandatory and do not include plus-ones.
* Tickets are not refundable, but transferable until 5pm on 11 August 2025. To transfer your ticket, do so directly via logging into your Quicket account or emailing us ([email protected]) with the name/surname/email of your replacement.
* This is a catered and in-demand event. In order to grow a good attendance culture, "no shows" without prior notice may be excluded from future events.
STARTUP CLUB ZA
Startup Club ZA is South Africa's largest tech startup and investor community, on a mission to build a startup nation by fostering connections, growing awareness, creating access and catalysing opportunity.
We host South Africa’s premier startup events and are building the country’s first ecosystem-wide media and jobs platform - alongside the launch of our disruptive pre-seed investment fund in late 2025.
We are a network of doers that values relationships, diversity, unity and are proudly South African. If you're passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, solving hard problems and co-creating a better country, then you'll be right at home with us!
In 2025 partnership with leading organisations SA Future Trust, E Squared Investments, FNB SA, RMB Beyond Banking, Paystack, MakeReign, AIONS Ventures, Origen Software, Dommisse Attorneys, Jonsson Workwear, Finovate, Impact Capital Africa, Futuregrowth Asset Management and Disraptor.
Visit https://startupclubza.com/ to learn more.
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