South Florida founders take the stage for three minutes- no slides, no script. One champion advances to the Startup World Cup Global Competition in San Francisco for the opportunity to compete for a $1,000,000 prize.
South Florida’s founders. Investors. Operators. Community. One room.
No slides. Three minutes. One microphone. $1,000,000.
40 selected founders will pitch live at SPARC Ignite. See the companies, meet the people behind them, and watch one founder earn the opportunity to advance to the Startup World Cup Global Finals.
*Limited quantities available.
40 FOUNDERS | 3-MINUTE PITCHES
LIVE JUDGING | 1 GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
Most pitch competitions give founders a deck to hide behind. SPARC Ignite takes it away.
40 selected South Florida founders. Three minutes. One microphone. No slides. No animations. No script. Just the founder, the story, and the business they’re asking you to believe in.
Come see who can sell the vision when there’s nowhere to hide.
Watch founders take the stage in front of investors and operators for three uninterrupted minutes- followed by immediate feedback, real questions, and reactions from the judges. You’re not watching a rehearsed demo day. You’re watching founders make their case live.
One founder will earn the opportunity to represent South Florida at the Startup World Cup Global Finals in San Francisco and compete for a $1,000,000 investment prize. And you’ll be there when South Florida’s representative is chosen.
Co-Founder @ Scalto & Miami Fintech Club
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Vice President @ J.P. Morgan
Managing Director @ Ocean Azul Partners
Executive Director @ University of Miami Cane Angel Network
40 FOUNDERS. ONE STAGE.
Hundreds applied. 40 South Florida founders were selected to take the stage at SPARC Ignite and make their case live.
The Founders Are In.
Selected founders register on The Fund Pool, complete a quick onboarding (under 5 minutes), and upload their pitch deck to their profile.
Not selected? You can still create a profile on The Fund Pool to connect with the investor network.
Three Minutes. No Slides.
Selected founders take the stage for a three-minute live pitch. No slides. No script. One microphone, one story, and real-time feedback from investors and operators.
One SPARC Ignite champion earns the opportunity to represent South Florida at the Startup World Cup Global Finals. Six to ten companies will also be selected for the SPARC Fellowship.
The Shot at $1,000,000.
One champion earns the opportunity to represent South Florida at the Startup World Cup Global Competition in San Francisco- and compete for a $1,000,000 investment prize.
Keep Building.
Six to ten companies will be selected for the SPARC Fellowship- a year of high-touch, revenue-focused support, operator access, and strategic connections designed to help founders grow.
40 selected South Florida founders. Three minutes. No slides. Live feedback from investors and operators.
Come experience the pitches, meet the founders, and see who earns the opportunity to represent South Florida on the global stage.
One champion advances toward the $1,000,000 Startup World Cup opportunity.
6–10 additional companies will join the SPARC Fellowship for hands-on support, operator access, strategic connections, and continued growth.
Real stories from professionals who competed, invested, and accelerated through SPARC.
Meet Divisi — tackling one of the music industry’s biggest (and most costly) headaches: bad metadata. Every year, billions are lost because songs aren’t properly registered, splits aren’t signed, and artists don’t get the credit (or royalties) they deserve.
Founded by Lalo Lensen, Divisi is an app that automates the entire song registration process, from signing splitsheets to connecting directly with royalty societies. The result? Artists get paid what they’re owed, faster and easier than ever before.
Meet 40 selected founders, hear their pitches live, and discover companies worth knowing early.
In the room:
*Limited quantities available.
September 26, 2026 • Converge Miami
Three minutes.
One microphone.
40 selected founders.
SPARC is made possible by the partners and sponsors who believe in our mission- investing in founders, fueling innovation, and helping build the next generation of scalable companies.
