Pitch Night 2025

On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Cherrystone Angel Group held its annual Pitch Night at CIC Providence (225 Dyer St, Providence, RI).

This special evening featured a handpicked lineup of early-stage companies presenting their ventures to an audience of experienced angel investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders. For participating companies, it’s a unique chance to gain exposure, receive valuable feedback, and connect with potential funding partners who can help take their businesses to the next level.

We’re proud to host this event with the generous support of our sponsors—thank you for helping us continue to build a strong, vibrant community around entrepreneurship and early-stage investing.

Thank you to all who came and to the companies who participated!

   

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Investing in The Future

Cherrystone’s invite-only pitch night highlights selected innovative companies from the New England Area. These companies are drawn from various local incubators and academic institutions, such as MassChallenge, Brown, MIT and Northeastern, and are chosen via a rigorous selection process. This event provides founders exposure to potential future investors and connections to experts in fields that run the gamut from pharma to digital marketing to IP.

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A Night of Networking and Discovery

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Pitch Night is not only an opportunity to discover new and exciting startups, but also a great way to meet like-minded individuals in the entrepreneurship eco-system. We invite you to come and make new connections!

Highlights from Pitch Night 2024

On Wednesday, October 22nd, 2024 150 guests gathered as eight companies showcased their unique and brilliant business ideas. Thank you to all those that attended and supported the event.

Our winners of Cherrystone’s Annual Pitch Night Event:

Judge’s Vote:

  1. Attn: Grace

  2. CPR Therapeutics & Native Orthopaedics

  3. Surgicure Technologies

Popular Vote:

  1. Native Orthopaedics

  2. Surgicure Technologies

  3. Attn: Grace

Join us this year for another wonderful night of innovation and inspiration!

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Highlights from Pitch Night 2023

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Thank you to the companies that joined us on October, 2023!

The following companies were invited to present their startup ideas:

  • Circadian Positioning Systems

  • ResusciTech

  • Jotteq

  • Cellens

  • GoTeff

  • Attender

  • RT MicroDx

  • AtomICs

These companies were drawn from various incubators and academic institutions, such as MassChallenge, Brown, NEMIC, Babson, MIT and Northeastern.

Our Sponsors

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Our Partners

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