To incorporate Chivas Regal’s The Venture campaign, the 27th Don’t Pitch Me Bro took a social entrepreneurship twist as six startups showed off their blossoming startup ideas.
Chivas launched the campaign to find the best social entrepreneurs with business ideas that help the world around them.
The businesses’ aims ranged from helping charitable organisations to fulfilling one person’s wish once a day.
Helping charities
One of the first startups to demo was SnapDonate, an app that lets your camera recognise charity logos and facilitate donations.
Pitching only three weeks after launch, its founder Mark Warrick has previous experience in the sector having previously created the ‘Busking Cancer’ initiative.
Another early-stage company trying to revolutionise charitable donations was Makerble. The service lets you track your donations so that you know exactly where you money is going and what difference it makes.
It even offers a “lifestyle checkout” where you can choose everyday items and donate the equivalent amount. (£3 for a coffee, £8 for a cinema ticket, etc.)
Better busking and granting wishes
An Elevator Pitch applicant Crowdwish announced their 5 year plan: to create a repository on the internet where everyone can register their dreams.
Every day people vote for their favourite wish and the startup then does its best to make the dream a reality. Earlier this year, someone even wished for a gagging order to be put on Katie Hopkins.
Also pitching was The Busking Project, a social network that facilitates people donating to buskers.
People carry less and less cash on them so the startup allows you to track you favourite buskers through the platform and even buy their music.
Catch up with the whole evening
Watch: All the pitches from Don’t Pitch Me Bro 27
The other startups to pitch were Pocket Explorer, a startup that wants to connect digital savvy kids with the natural world, and potential.ly who focus on harnessing psychometric testing in a more positive way.
Feature image courtesy of Paul Clarke.