Make It In Brooklyn - Smart Cities Pitch Contest

The Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities pitch contest showcases a top selection of NYC’s startups working to improve urban infrastructure and create smarter more resource-efficient cities through innovations in urban technologies.

Five finalists will pitch to a panel of judges. One winner will take home a $5,000 cash prize, and in-kind legal services provided by the Brooklyn Law Incubator and Policy Clinic (BLIP) and the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE) at Brooklyn Law School.

A $5 ticket gets you beer from Sixpoint Brewery, noodles from Yaso Tangbao, and time to network with NYC startups and entrepreneurs, investors, and folks from the Brooklyn tech ecosystem.

6pm - Doors Open

6:15pm - Opening Remarks & Event Kickoff

6:30-7pm - Pitches

7:30pm - Winner Announced

7-8pm - Networking Reception

OPENING REMARKS

• Eric L. Adams - Brooklyn Borough President
• Ed O'Donnell - Executive Director, Business Banking for Brooklyn, JPMorgan Chase

PITCHES

• Bixby
• CARMERA
• GoKid
• Hylas
• NGEMS

EMCEE

• Tyler Woods - Lead Reporter, Technical.ly Brooklyn

JUDGE'S PANEL

• Shaina Horowitz - ‎Urban Tech Hub Director, New Lab
• David Post - Global Enterprise Public Sector Leader, IBM
• Miriam Roure - Program Director, URBAN-X
• Joe Silver - Program Manager, Urban Future Lab, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
• Jacob Yormak - Partner, Story Ventures

If you’d like to stay tuned about our next pitch contest and our work with the startup community sign up at makeitinbk.com

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The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership sits at the heart of Brooklyn's innovation economy. The Make It In Brooklyn initiative seeks to highlight and showcase the thriving entrepreneurship community on our doorstep.

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