BEAR '25: Business Expansion and Retention Pitch Showcase

The inaugural BEAR: Business Expansion and Retention Pitch Showcase is ready to roar! 🐻 HATCHed at last year's HATCH competition, BEAR '25 puts the spotlight on established, second-stage businesses that are scaling up, creating jobs, and shaping the future economy of the Chippewa Valley and beyond.

• Growth-stage businesses that are ready to expand
• Investors, lenders, and business support champions
• Community leaders and local officials
• Chambers of Commerce, EDCs, post-secondary institutions, and economic stakeholders
• Anyone passionate about economic growth and entrepreneurship

At BEAR, we're celebrating the businesses that make Wisconsin strong. Finalists will pitch for guaranteed investor group pitch opportunities, exposure, connections, and exciting prizes, while the community gathers to recognize the companies driving real impact.

✨ Come celebrate momentum, leadership, and the entrepreneurial journey beyond the startup.

Thursday, August 14th

Hosted by East Bay Lodge

27325 268th Ave

Holcombe, WI 54745

5:30 PM – 6 PM RECEPTION Hors d'oeuvres compliments of our host, East Bay Lodge

6 PM – MAIN EVENT Six pitches, sponsor highlights, judging, awards & photos

For Sponsorship Levels or a Pitch Application, contact [email protected] or call 715-723-7150

Pitch Applications can also be submitted online HERE.

Host or Publisher Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation