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43North Finals is 10/10!

43North Finals returns to Shea’s for its 10th year this fall on October 10th! Watch entrepreneurs battle live on stage for a shot at $1 million each.

Tickets are FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited! Secure your tickets today!

Meet our 2024 Semi-Finalists

8B Investments

Edtech
Ithaca, NY

BosonQ Psi

AI
Buffalo, NY

Cache

Fintech
New York, NY

Cactivate

AI
Boston, MA

Cosi Care

Hardware
Swansea, UK

CoverRight Inc

Fintech
Brooklyn, NY

FLUIX

AI
Tampa, FL

FoodNerd

Food Tech
Buffalo, NY

HeronAI

AI
Cambridge, MA

NearWave

AI
Austin, TX

Offerwell

SaaS
Buffalo, NY

xPub

AI
New York, NY

Rarebird

Consumer Products
San Francisco, CA

Spiky.ai

AI
Boston, MA

Lilo

AI
New York, NY

Zeph

AI
New York, NY

Get Free Tickets

Tickets to Finals are free and open to the public. Secure your seat today!

Meet our Star Judges

Candice Matthews Brackeen

General Partner, Lightship Capital; Founder & CEO, Lightship Foundation

Geoff Ralston

Co-creator, Rocketmail (later Yahoo! Mail); Chief Product Officer, Yahoo!; Former President, Y Combinator

Andrea Gouw

Head of Global Seller Marketing, eBay; Former Founder, ShopperSeeks.com; Former General Manager, Global Grind

Paul Ciriello

Founder, TD Capital Ventures and Fairhaven Capital Partners

Megann Vaughn Watters

VP of New Ventures & Strategic Alliances, Labcorp

THANK YOU

Semi-Finals Judges

Adam Phillips
Managing Director, TechStars

Adie Akuffo-Afful
New Initiatives, Black Girl Ventures

Alexandra Twyman
Vice President, Advantage Capital

Alice Vilma
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Anthony Santaro
Senior Associate, Armory Square Ventures

Arpan Ajmera
Principal, VU Fund

Claudius Taylor
Program Manager, gener8tor

David Brown
Managing Partner, Impellent Ventures

Elise King
Managing Director, American Heart Association

Erik Hammer
Managing Partner, Marquee Ventures

Heidi Diamond
Investor, Diamond Enterprises

Jennifer Tegan
Managing Director, New York Ventures

Kate Brodock
Partner, The W Fund

Lauren Roberts
Senior Analyst, Atento Capital

Lokilani E Hunt
Executive of Ventures & Strategy, M&T Bank

Maggie Dorn
Chief Network Officer, Motley Fool Ventures

Michael Hoeksema
Vice President, Battery Ventures

Momo Bi
Partner, Watershed VC

Nancy Hilliker
Vice President, Revolution

Olivia Fleming
Partner, The Helm

Oscar Lee
Vice President, Avenue Growth Partners

Robinson Hernandez
Investor, Company Ventures

Salvatore Tirabassi
Managing Director, CFO Pro+Analytics

Scotty Lefkowitz
Senior Associate, Las Olas VC

Shashi Srikantan
Managing Director, Level Up Ventures (Hearst)

Frequently Asked Questions

Up to 20 companies will travel to Buffalo and compete at 43North Finals semi-finals. Only eight will proceed to 43North Finals the following night.

There are three rounds of judging: an online written application, a live video pitch, and our Finals in Buffalo.

43North Finals is not part of Shea’s season ticket package. If you’re a Shea’s season ticket holder, you must reserve tickets to 43North Finals just like the general public.

Yes. The event will be live-streamed on 43North’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

Tickets are FREE; this event is open to the public. Once you secure tickets through Ticketmaster, you will receive them via email. We highly recommend saving your tickets to Apple Wallet or Google Pay on your phone so they’re easily accessible.

If needed, visit the Kiosk or Box Office at Shea’s for help finding your previously reserved tickets.

Thank you to our

2024 Finals Sponsors

Learn More About 43North

Our Program

Annual $5M investment in seed-stage startups through our immersive accelerator.

Our Portfolio

Our companies include a unicorn and a publicly traded company among the ranks.

Who We Are

43North is a startup accelerator that invests $5 million annually into growing Buffalo’s startup ecosystem.