Applications for this event have now closed.

Our next MAINstream Pitch Event will be taking place at our Exeter office on Tuesday 3 December.

There will be time to catch up over a light festive breakfast before and after the pitches.

If you are interested in joining the network and attending our events please email mainstream@michelmores.com for further details.

We hold five pitch events a year where high-growth early-stage companies will be invited to present their businesses to members of the network.

Applicant companies are shortlisted by an investor selection panel and four businesses will be invited to pitch.

Each business has ten minutes to pitch followed by questions from the investors.

We normally expect around ten investors to attend each pitch event, but this will vary depending on availability and interest in particular applicant companies.

Following the pitch, if applicants are in agreement, a copy of the presentations and contact details, are shared with the whole network (currently 70 members).

The MAINstream team are always on hand to answer any questions, but at this stage we leave the investors to follow up directly with the organisations of interest to them.

Applications are open to businesses of all sectors, but subject to the following requirements:

• they must either be based in the South West (Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire) or have a material presence or connection to the region;
• they must qualify for SEIS/EIS relief; and
• they must either be generating revenue or be able to demonstrate a paid for pilot.

Pitching companies: