The Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition is an annual pitch competition hosted by the CWRU Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship. Finalist teams will pitch their startups or ideas to a panel of judges in one of three tracks: Venture, Idea and Social Impact for a chance to win funding from a prize pool of $45,000.

The event will take place on the first floor of Sears think[box] on April 14 2026 from 5:00PM – 8PM, with the Venture Track and awards ceremony also being live streamed.