Apply to Pitch.
Finalists deliver a five minute pitch followed by five minutes of Q&A from a panel of investor and operator judges: live, on stage, in front of 250+ founders, clinicians, and investors at Northeastern's Roux Institute in Portland.
Your pitch deck can be a draft. It is for application review only. Takes about 30 minutes.
- Unmet need, solution, market & competition
- Team, go-to-market strategy & funding to date
- Draft pitch deck upload
The stage for
early-stage medtech.
NNEMTC is the flagship gathering for Northern New England's medical device, biotech, and digital health ecosystem, and the Pitch Competition is its centerpiece live program.
Get in front of the right room
Pitch to a panel of investor and operator judges with 600+ companies and 20+ partners in the MTC network, plus 250+ attendees in the room.
Real outcomes
Past competitors have walked away with new investor introductions, partnership conversations, and clinical pilots. The winner takes a cash prize and the year's spotlight.
Feedback either way
Every application is reviewed and scored by our judging panel. Whether or not you're selected as a finalist, your application puts you on the radar of the region's medtech community.
Who should apply.
All early-stage medical device, biotech, diagnostic, and digital health companies are encouraged to apply. Preferably, applicants have a prototype and some proof of concept evidence.
Stage
Business concept through early revenue. Funding from institutional investors must be less than $2M to be eligible; funding from other sources (grants, non-dilutive, friends & family) has no limit.
Commitment
Companies selected as finalists must commit a founder, CEO, or senior member of the leadership team to pitch in person at NNEMTC 2026, November 12 & 13, 2026, at the Roux Institute in Portland, ME.
What you'll need
The application asks about your unmet need, solution, market, competition, go-to-market, team, and funding to date, plus a draft pitch deck upload. Plan on about 30 minutes.
How it works.
Complete your application
Tell us what you're building and why it wins. A draft pitch deck is fine; it's used for application review only, not the live event.
Application review
Our panel of investor and operator judges scores every application on value to patients, technical feasibility, team, business model, and fundability.
Be ready to pitch
The highest scoring companies are invited to pitch live at NNEMTC 2026: five minutes on stage, five minutes of judge Q&A, winner announced at the conference.