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Pitch Mayhem
Pitch Mayhem is a pitch tournament where innovative founders present their ideas to seasoned investors, competing for a grand prize. It combines elements of competitive pitching with investor exposure in a high-stakes environment.
Overview
What Pitch Mayhem does
What Pitch Mayhem is
Pitch Mayhem is a pitch tournament where innovative founders present their ideas to seasoned investors, competing for a grand prize. It combines elements of competitive pitching with investor exposure in a high-stakes environment.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Structured capabilities
- Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 11, 2026
Official channels
Find Pitch Mayhem elsewhere
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Capability profile
Pitch Mayhem as an event host
Event focus
Pitch Mayhem invests in and showcases startups across various sectors, including Fun Economy (Entertainment/Media), Sports Tech + eSports, Hospitality + Tourism, Advanced Manufacturing, Smart City, Life Sciences and Biotech, Autonomous Vehicles, Supply Chain + Logistics, and ClimateTech + CleanTech. The organization is particularly interested in startups that are at the forefront of innovation within these sectors.
Format narrative
Pitch Mayhem operates a pitch competition that features a tournament-style format. Startups apply to participate, and selected candidates compete in various rounds, culminating in a grand finale where they pitch to a panel of judges and a live audience.
Participant value
Pitch Mayhem aims to propel aspiring entrepreneurs by offering opportunities to attract investment and strategic partnerships.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- pitch-night
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Selection criteria
- application
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Series A
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Sectors
- Consumer · Media · Sports Tech · Travel · Industrial · Healthcare · Mobility · Logistics · Climate
- Regions
- United States
Speakers and past editions
Speakers
Rohan Brown - Founder + Host of Pitch Mayhem; Karsten Heise - Senior Director of Strategic Programs & Innovation, GOED; Zach Miles - Sr. Associate VP for Economic Development, UNLV; Thomas Nally - Sr. Economic Development Specialist, CCED; Doug Erwin - SVP Entrepreneurial Development, EDAWN; Mridul Gautam - VP, Research and Innovation, UNR.
Common questions
What to know about Pitch Mayhem
Upseed classifies Pitch Mayhem under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 11, 2026
Known limits
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