2026 Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition
The teams that appeared at this event.
- GreenIRR Inc. 1 a platform that tracks emissions, fuel consumption and vehicle performance in the trucking industry
First place
Celine King - Sonura Care 2 a Penn I-Corps graduate and 2023 President’s Innovation Prize winner, is developing the Sonura Beanie, a womb-like, sound-filtering hat for NICU babies
Second place
Gabriella Daltoso, Sophie Ishiwari - Mexar 3 a medtech startup developing a wearable device that lowers core temperature, with the goal of preventing heat-related deaths
Third place
Roland Washington - AgriGates Animal behavior data platform AgriGates is working to provide insights to farmers
Daniel Foy - BOSS.Tech
Felicite Moorman - Earable Intelligence developed a wearable system to track seizure activity and produce reports for healthcare providers
Benjamin Ferleger - FlowEHR an electronic health record system specifically for the dermatology space that helps automate providers’ tasks
Ajay Bordoloi - Phyll is collecting footage from existing cameras to identify infrastructure repairs in municipalities
Ethan Berg - Siah Labs platform allows business owners to track institutional knowledge and create a succession plan
Jordan Blackwell - SnapRefund platform helps insurance workers pay insurance claims digitally
Cody Eddings
Sources
- Philadelphia Startup World Cup Pitch Competition and Celebration Tickets
- Great news, Philadelphia! The top three winners of our third annual Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition are: GreenIRR Inc., Sonura Care, and Mexar! (2026-09-24)
- Tech startups can apply to compete at the 2026 Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition (2026-06-11)
- City Announces Top Three 2026 Winners of the Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition (2026-09-23)
- Ten companies pitched at the Philadelphia regional round of the Startup World Cup on Friday (2026-09-22)
- Philadelphia | Startup World Cup
- Emissions tracking platform GreenIRR takes top prize at Philadelphia’s third Startup World Cup (2026-09-23)
- Temple entrepreneurs find support beyond the pitch (2026-10-06)
- Temple grad brings Philly tech startup competition to world stage (2026-09-24)
- 2026 Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition
- I could not be more proud of the top 10 overall and this incredible top 3 specifically. (2026-09-25)
- Representing Philadelphia on a global stage is not something we take lightly. (2026-09-25)
- The Startup World Cup is back! Coming to the Temple University College of Science and Technology for the third year on September 18 at 2pm. (2026-08-18)
- Last week our Launchpad 101 students attended the Startup World Cup, hosted by the Philadelphia Department of Commerce (2026-09-21)
- Congratulations to Sonura for winning second place in the 2026 Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition! (2026-09-25)
- The moment we’ve been waiting for. I am honored to showcase this years Philly SWC Top Ten! (2026-08-28)