For three days this week in San Francisco, 20 eager startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The top 20 were chosen to represent the best of the Startup Battlefield 200, competing for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000.
With the intense pitching now complete, we have a winner. These startups were handpicked to compete in Startup Battlefield, and all of them presented a live demo in front of the VCs and tech leaders who judged the competition.
Finalists Announced
After hours of deliberation, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges’ notes and narrowed the list down to five finalists:
- Apate
- Flox Intelligence
- Intero Biosystems
- Industrial Next
- Satlyt
The final five made their way to the finale to demo in front of our final panel of judges:
- Alexa von Tobel of Inspired Capital
- Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital
- Dayna Grayson of Construct Capital
- Karl Alomar of M13
- Stacy Brown-Philpot of Cherryrock Capital
