It’s tournament time.
We’re getting ready to kick off our inaugural Bay Area Inno Madness competition, which aims to build awareness and excitement for the region’s early-stage innovation ecosystem. Nothing wrong with a little fun-and-friendly competition, right?
So we’re building the bracket — and we’d love your input.
Here’s what we want from you: Nominate your contenders. We’re looking for innovative startups that are bootstrapping themselves or have received friends-and-family, pre-seed or seed stage funding. We’re accepting submissions until Feb. 6. Any startup whose founders are based in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solana and Sonoma counties are eligible (but if you've already scored a Series A, you're not).
Then we’ll put together the roster. Companies advance through the matchups based on your votes.
At that point, we’ll ask you: Who would you invest in? Think about the enterprises you’d back — for the fastest return, the safest bet or the long game. Pick the models you think will succeed, or the missions you want to see succeed. Vote for your own company, the ones you’ve rooted for from afar, or the ones you’re just now discovering.
We’ll keep you posted each week and reveal the winner at the end!
Could yours be next?
