Scientific Sessions 2026 "Innovation Forum" Early-Stage Pitch Application

American Heart Association's Early-Stage Pitch Competition Application
SECTION 1: Your Company Information

Ten questions
1. Company Name
2. Company Website Address
3. Company Headquarters' Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState

Zip CodeCountry
4. Primary Contact's Name

PrefixFirst NameMiddle NameLast NameSuffix
5. Primary Contact's Title
6. Primary Contact's Email

Confirmation Emailexample@example.com
7. Primary Contact's Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.
8. Approximate Date of Company's Founding

MonthDayYear
9. Number of Company's Full-Time Employees
10. Current Company Stage (Select one)

Other
SECTION 2: Company Classification

Three Questions
1. Which best describes your innovation?

Other
2. Which disease area(s) does your solution address?

Other
3. Is your Company currently commercialized?
SECTION 3: Innovation and Clinical Relevance

Seven Questions
1. Briefly describe your company and solution (150-word maximum).

0/150
2. What problem are you solving, and why does it matter? (150-word maximum)

0/150
3. What differentiates your solution from currently available alternatives? (150-word maximum)

0/150
4. What evidence supports that your solution works? Examples may include clinical studies, pilot data, customer outcomes, validation studies, or real-world evidence (250-word maximum).

0/250
5. Why will clinicians, care teams, health systems or patients adopt your solution? (150-word maximum)

0/150
6. If your solution is the standard of care, how would cardiovascular patient outcomes be meaningfully improved?(150-word maximum)

0/150
7. What is the single biggest risk to your success, and how are you addressing it? (150-word maximum)

0/150
SECTION 4: Business Model and Commercialization

Seven Questions
1. Who is your Primary Customer?
2. Who pays for your solution?
3. Describe your Primary Revenue Model(s). If reimbursement is part of your strategy, please explain your reimbursement approach (150-word maximum).

0/150
4. Do you currently generate revenue?
5. If yes, please provide your most recent annual revenue or annualized revenue run rate.
6. What happens economically when you acquire one additional customer? Describe the expected revenue, costs, and margin impact (150-word maximum).

0/150
7a. What is your projected annual revenue for Year 1?
7b. What is your projected annual revenue for Year 2?
7c. What is your projected annual revenue for Year 3?
SECTION 5: Funding and Growth

Six Questions
1. How much capital has your Company raised to date?
2. What have you accomplished with the funding raised so far? (150-word maximum)

0/150
3. What was your most recent fundraising stage?

Other
4. How many months of operating runway remain before your next financing event?
5. What key milestones do you plan to achieve before your next financing event? (150-word maximum)

0/150
6. What are the 2-3 assumptions in your financial model that are most critical to success, and what evidence supports those assumptions? (200-word maximum)

0/200
SECTION 6: Competition Submission Materials
1. Upload your Pitch Deck (PDF or PPTX) (Maximum 15 slides)

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2. Upload Supporting Material (Optional)

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American Heart Association's Early-Stage Pitch Competition Application

SECTION 1: Your Company Information

SECTION 2: Company Classification

SECTION 3: Innovation and Clinical Relevance

SECTION 4: Business Model and Commercialization

SECTION 5: Funding and Growth

SECTION 6: Competition Submission Materials

Terms and Conditions