Introducing the 2023 Startup Battlefield Top 20 onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt

I’m thrilled to announce the Startup Battlefield 20 corporations, pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. After final 12 months’s large hit, TechCrunch editorial hand-selected 200 startups, out of hundreds of candidates, to comprise the Startup Battlefield 200. This 12 months, TechCrunch noticed the best variety of purposes throughout the biggest unfold of nations and industries. Of the 200, these high 20 corporations will pitch on the Disrupt Stage. Come watch these corporations compete for the Disrupt Cup and $100,000 equity-free grand prize.

Disrupt runs Tuesday via Thursday, September 19–21 in San Francisco. The agenda is stuffed with tech legends, newsmakers, innovators, founders and extra. This 12 months, Disrupt is supercharged with not two however seven business phases — Disrupt, Builders, AI, Fintech, {Hardware}, Sustainability, and Safety. Every stage is targeted on highlighting the highest information in every business, with the Builders Stage targeted on how-tos for founders seeking to construct and scale startups.

For the Startup Battlefield 200, TechCrunch hosts this curated cohort of founders at TechCrunch Disrupt, offering particular programming and coaching upfront of and throughout the occasion. The highest corporations will observe within the footsteps of Startup Battlefield legends on the Disrupt Stage. With over 1,300+ alumni taking part in this system, Startup Battlefield Alumni corporations raised over $29 billion in funding with about 200 profitable exits (IPOs or acquisitions).

The Startup Battlefield 20 corporations remedy essential technological and international issues. From agri-labor administration instruments to fintech platforms, sewage well being trackers, and phage-based customized therapeutics, this cohort of startups is able to impress. Founders remedy essential world issues within the areas of illness remedy, blood testing, compostable batteries and even moral social media platforms for youth. Plus, it wouldn’t be a TechCrunch occasion with out developer instruments, safety infrastructure and {hardware} to spherical out the batch.

Beginning immediately, the highest 20 corporations will pitch on the Disrupt Stage for six minutes adopted by a six-minute Q&A with our professional panel of judges.  These top-tier VCs embody of us like Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Sam Blond (Founders Fund), Guru Chahal (Lightspeed), Po Bronson (SOSV), and Tess Hatch (Bessemer) to call only a few.

TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 20 schedule

Tuesday, September 19, Disrupt Stage

• Semi-Finals (Session 1): 9:35 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
• Semi-Finals (Session 2): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 20, Disrupt Stage

• Semi-Finals (Session 3): 10:05 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
• Semi-Finals (Session 4): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 21, Disrupt Stage

• Alumni Information Bulletins: 11:10 a.m.–11:20 a.m.
• Finals: 11:20 p.m.–12:50 p.m.
• Winner Introduced: 3:25 p.m.

If you happen to can’t be a part of us in individual, tune into the livestream on TechCrunch.com.

Firms pitching within the Startup Battlefield 20

Tuesday, September 19, Disrupt Stage

Semi-Finals (Session 1): 9:35 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

• In Diagnostics: Developed the primary disposable spectrophotometer. Initially focusing on the veterinary and animal testing business, the primary product is Quic ALT+AST, a 20 microliter liver enzymes take a look at.
• Narval: Makes use of synthetic intelligence to design artificial antibody mimetic proteins to interchange standard antibodies in novel first-in-class therapeutics.
• Flint: Pioneering an ecofriendly, safer, and cost-effective various to lithium batteries utilizing battery expertise created from pure and unhazardous supplies.
• BioticsAI: Makes use of AI to detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasounds to unravel fetal malformation misdiagnosis because of ultrasound operator error.
• Electrified Thermal Options: Decarbonizes heavy business with new electrical heating and storage expertise — the “e-brick.”

Semi-Finals (Session 2): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

• Avalo: Accelerates the creation of recent crop varieties utilizing machine studying, expediting the transition to a sustainable, climate-resilient meals system.
• Past Aero: Creates the primary certifiable and worthwhile the enterprise plane designed for hydrogen-electric propulsion.
• Nolej: Generates customized paths to any studying aim, along with chew sized academic content material and networks of consultants to study from.
• Phalanx: Light-weight information loss prevention (DLP) and doc mapping answer that routinely secures and tracks delicate paperwork in present workspaces.
• Magnestar: Susceptible to interference, stempo providers depend on spectrum. This software program platform for satellite tv for pc operators, regulators and army will map and monitor all communications between Earth and house to foretell interference and guarantee clear pathways of communication in contested and congested environments.

Wednesday, September 20, Disrupt Stage

Semi-Finals (Session 3): 10:05 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

• Untap Well being: Detecting sicknesses earlier than signs in communities by remotely analyzing collective sewage.
• Allie Techniques: An business 4.0 infrastructure firm makes use of novel {hardware} and software program to carry heavy business and manufacturing in rising markets into the related world with predictive upkeep, asset administration, and upkeep to extend productiveness metrics and permit native producers to seize probably the most worth from near-shoring via effectivity will increase. 
• Mainstack: A no-code instrument and API that permits entrepreneurs and creators to current and promote their work effortlessly with international cost choices.
• Parallel Well being: A precision well being firm leveraging microbiome science, genomic sequencing, and large information, paving the way in which to customized care and medication.
• Moveable Diagnostic Techniques: Makes an correct and transportable multidrug testing gadget for forensic testing and regulation enforcement with novel microfluidic {hardware} infrastructure.

Semi-Finals (Session 4): 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

• Reekon Instruments: Upgrades building job websites with a set of interconnected software program and {hardware} instruments designed to work seamlessly to streamline operations and maximize effectivity.
• AppFactor: An clever, AI-powered modernization platform to empower architects and engineers to extra quickly and simply refactor and re-architect purposes to unravel legacy infrastructure issues and software supply.
  
• Agri-Trak: A software program platform that manages farm labor and tracks productiveness and harvest information, offering farmers with the info they should keep in compliance with ever-changing federal applications.
• MakersHub: An information-enriched accounts payable operation for corporations that care about scaling accounts payable smarter; contextualizing all incoming invoice info, right down to the road merchandise; eliminating guide information entry; and saving hours of time weekly.
• Betweened: A accountable, empowered social media for youths to attach and create, in addition to for manufacturers and influencers to increase their household viewers attain.

Thursday, September 21, Disrupt Stage

Alumni Information Bulletins: 11:10 a.m.–11:20 a.m.

• Forethought.AI: A generative AI for buyer assist instrument and the winner of Startup Battlefield 2018 at TechCrunch Disrupt. Presenting for Forethought is CEO and co-founder, Deon Nicholas.
• Siren Care: Reduces the chance of foot ulcers for sufferers with diabetes via the early detection of potential accidents and the winner of {Hardware} Battlefield 2016 at CES.

Finals: 11:20 p.m.–12:50 p.m.

Winner Introduced: 3:25 p.m.