Revealing the Startup Battleground business pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 888011000 110888 Today, TechCrunch is delighted to reveal the 20 start-ups pitching onstage in this year’s Startup Battleground. Picked from the most competitive batch in TC history, picked creators from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Start-ups will be completing for $100,000 in equity-free cash prize and the attention of global press and leading financiers from around the world. With simply over a 1.5% approval rate, the start-ups in this year’s cohort are sensational. From lithium battery chemical recycling to clever media, blockchain facilities to student-centric academic software application, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies makes certain to wow the financiers and the audience. Start-ups included range across all verticals, with groundbreaking innovation in agtech, ladies’s genes and lifestyle-based rehabs, cybersecurity, lasers, fintech and consumer hardware. TC aims to pick business from a series of industries. It’s apparent that this next wave of creators are quite focused on building unicorns and likewise developing deeply impactful technologies. An unique highlight of this batch are more companies in both the health tech/medtech space and tidy tech/sustainability area. Each creator has trained with the Start-up Battleground group to establish their pitch, craft their stories, polish their launch technique, reinforce their go-to-market and create incredible live product demos so you can see the development firsthand. Each group will have six minutes to pitch, followed by a six-minute Q&A with our well-regarded panel of judges — — all professionals in VC and effective companies. On Thursday, a select couple of start-ups will pitch in the Startup Battlefield Final Round — — with a brand-new panel of expert judges. Startup Battlefield starts on Tuesday, September 21st at 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time, with Startup Battleground mediator and TechCrunch Handling Editor Matt Burns. To see the pitches, join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 here. Videos of the pitches will be offered after the event also. Let’s take a look at the companies: Tuesday Session 1: 10:45 a.m. – – 11:50 a.m. PT Enlightapp, Luos, HerVest, Tatum, Happaning* Session 2: 12:55 p.m. – – 2:00 p.m. PT Verdi, EyeGage, Animal Alternative Technologies, RoboDeck, Adventr Wednesday Session 3: 9:45 a.m. – – 10:50 a.m. PT Prenome, Tide Structure, The Blue Box Biomedical Solutions, Koa, Cellino* Session 3: 12:00 p.m. – – 1:05 p.m. PT StethoMe, FLITE Material Sciences, Knight by Keep Technologies, Carbix, Nth Cycle Thursday Finals begin at 10:35 a.m. PT. Business will be revealed online Wednesday night. * As a part of Startup Street, companies are eligible for the Wild Card. These are the companies selected for Wild Card and can compete in Startup Battlefield. They are picked soon before the occasion.