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The Goal Line Startup Pitch Competition at the 2025 Advanced Functional Fabrics Summit

With novel advanced fabric technologies and products in great demand, we are again including a startup pitch competition in 2025 Summit - “The Goal Line”. This startup pitch competition will feature companies with exciting new products and technologies that hold promise to impact the advanced functional fabrics ecosystem. All participating companies must be US-based, manufacturing in the US, or with plans to manufacture in the US.

Startup participants in The Goal Line startup competition will pitch their advanced functional fabric product and company on the main stage of the Summit in front of the greater advanced fabric ecosystem and a panel of judges. In this rapid-fire pitch event, each company will have 5 minutes to pitch their product, share their prototype, and answer the question, “Why is this important?” followed by a brief Q&A period with the judges.
1.Company Name(Required.)
2.Presenter First Name(Required.)
3.Presenter Last Name(Required.)
4.Point of Contact Email(Required.)
5.Company website:
6.Product Name
7.Do you have a prototype or end product?(Required.)
8.Describe your product(Required.)
9.Why is your product important?(Required.)
10.Please copy and paste a link to a recording of a past presentation or send a video to eventhelp@affoa.org
11.Do you have any questions about the Summit or the Pitch competition? Please enter them here.
12.At what stage is your Startup?
13.Who are your investors? (optional)