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In-Person event, location Galvanize, Boulder
PitchBoulder is a pitch mentoring platform offering local entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their startups to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, investors and peers. Presenters deliver a 6-8 minute pitch deck presentation designed for investors, channel partners, co-founders, employees, etc. They then engage in 40 minutes of constructive feedback and questioning that we call crowd mentoring followed by 30 minutes of networking.
Entrepreneurs gain insight into possible ways they can improve their businesses and connect with a peer community that cares about their progress. Participants walk away having advanced their business and the audience walks away with the satisfaction of providing expert crowd-vetted coaching.
Whether presenter, mentor or passive audience member, there is much to learn every week from this dynamic and diverse community. PitchBoulder takes place at 9:00 am every Wednesday.
Upcoming events
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Presenting: Antelope Recovery – Youth Mental Health, Where It’s Needed Most
Galvanize Boulder, 1023 Walnut St., Boulder, CO, USAntelope Recovery (http://www.anteloperecovery.com) — Founder Shelby Robbins presenting, is a behavioral healthcare organization focused on expanding access to youth mental health services in rural Colorado.
Youth in rural communities often face severe gaps in access to behavioral healthcare, with limited or no local treatment options available. Antelope Recovery brings structured, high-quality behavioral health programs directly to underserved rural areas. The organization focuses on early intervention, consistent care, and community-based delivery models tailored to youth and families. By meeting patients where they are, Antelope Recovery reduces barriers to care and improves long-term outcomes. The mission is simple: make mental health support accessible regardless of geography.
Our target market is families, school systems, and referring healthcare providers in rural Colorado who need accessible behavioral healthcare programs for youth and are willing to pay through insurance reimbursement, grants, and public/private funding models.
Our competition is urban-based treatment centers, telehealth-only providers, and limited local resources. Our competitive advantage is on-the-ground presence in rural communities, specialized youth-focused programs, and the ability to operate where traditional providers cannot or will not.
The total market size in 2024 is the U.S. behavioral health services market, and the total market revenue in 2024 is $80B+.
Top 3 challenges:
- Navigating complex compliance and regulatory requirements
- Recruiting, training, and retaining qualified therapists at scale
- Fundraising within a non-traditional, non-tech startup model
Our PitchBoulder ask:
We’re seeking feedback on scaling responsibly in regulated healthcare, introductions to funders, grant-makers, and impact investors, and insights from operators who have grown mission-driven healthcare organizations outside of traditional venture-backed models.17 attendees
Presenting: Origami Motion – Laundry, Finally Automated
Galvanize Boulder, 1023 Walnut St., Boulder, CO, USOrigami Motion (https://origamimotion.com) — Co-Founder Elizabeth Van presenting, is a home robotics company automating everyday household chores, starting with laundry.
The average American woman spends 8% of her life doing laundry; nearly six full years over a lifetime! Origami Motion is eliminating that time sink with a smart dresser that folds and sorts laundry automatically. Users take clothes directly from the dryer and place them into the bottom drawer, where a robotic system identifies each garment, folds it, and places it neatly onto the correct shelf. The result is organized, folded, ready-to-wear clothes with zero manual effort. The company has a working prototype and seven paid pre-orders, validating early demand.
Our target market is busy households and professionals in the U.S. who need time-saving home automation solutions and are willing to pay for premium convenience and reduced mental load.
Our competition is manual folding, household help services, and early-stage laundry automation concepts. Our competitive advantage is end-to-end automation inside the home, seamless user experience, and a product designed around real consumer behavior rather than industrial processes.
The total market size in 2024 is the global home automation and smart appliance market, and the total market revenue in 2024 is $100B+.
Top 3 challenges:
- Reaching and engaging pre-seed hardware investors
- Converting a working prototype into a market-ready consumer product
- Scaling into full manufacturing and assembly
Our PitchBoulder ask:
We’re looking for direct, candid feedback on our investor pitch and go-to-market strategy. We want to be challenged, pressure-tested, and asked the hard questions (especially the ones we haven’t thought of yet) to help us build a stronger, more investable business.6 attendees
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