Vermont Business Magazine Road Pitch, founded in 2014 by Cairn Cross, co-founder and managing director of FreshTracks Capital visited eight communities in Vermont between July 30th and August 2nd. The event is a multi-day motorcycle trip around Vermont where a pack of “business bikers” with investing, entrepreneurial/business and business advisory experience ride together and stop in small towns where “Local Organizers” have organized a pitch session for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to the group. There were 56 riders this year.
Here is a list of towns visited, entrepreneurs and winners.
Essex
- Chubby Space
- Kaden Apparel
- Perky Planet Coffee
- Paired IQ
- QOR 360
Winner: QOR 360
Hyde Park
- DiscKeeper
- Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms
- Vermont Homestead Gourmet
- Trivia Nights Live
- Electron Beam Curing
Winner: Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms
Lowell
- Box2X
- Synticos
- Vermont Evaporator Company
- The Floating Letter Company
- Sweet Times Cupcakes
Winner: Synticos
Bennington
- Paca Performance Gear
- Campus Pro App
- Kirsh Helmets
- Fabber
- Inky’s Bookshelf
Winner: Kirsh Helmets
Rutland
- Calypso Consulting
- Local Captures
- Debutant Web Design
- X-_University
- C Major Improvement
Winner: Local Captures
Brattleboro
- The Sprang Chair
- Venutopia
- Green Writers Press
- Bordertown Farm
- Big Picture Beef
Winner: The Sprang Chair
St Johnsbury
- Beecon
- Whacking Fatties
- The Osto-Valve
- Northview Weather
- BikerLoops
Winner: Northview Weather
Barre
- goodMix Foods
- Bodega
- She Fly
- Still Thyme Botanicals
Winner: She Fly