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Founders & startup ecosystem · Core

Demo day

Also called: showcase day

ELI5

A day when startups pitch after a programme.

Used in conversation

“The team is simplifying the story for demo day.”

Definition

An event at which programme participants present to investors, partners or the wider ecosystem.

Here “Demo day” means: An event at which programme participants present to investors, partners or the wider ecosystem.

Pitch context

You will see “Demo day” in fundraising decks, data rooms, term sheets and investor conversations when the discussion reaches founders & startup ecosystem.

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.