Global Entrepreneurship Week | GEW 2026: Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union & Silent Pitch

About this event

The Silent Pitch · from 4:30 PM Ten of the region's most promising startups — Startup World Cup Sacramento entrants, this weekend's Startup Challenge winners, and Innovation Lab ventures — set up at stations around the room. Walk up, watch the pitch, grill the founder, vote from your phone. Cash and in-kind awards go live at the close of the program.

The State of the Union · 5:30–7:00 PM Hosted by the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance (SEGA). Here are the topics that will be discussed: • What we heard today at the Capital Innovation Summit

• Made in California: the state's push to make things here again, and what that opens up for the Capital Region

• The State of the Ecosystem: how we keep growing from within — capital, talent, infrastructure, and the connections between founders, funders, and institutions

• Silent Pitch awards

Food, drinks, music, and the whole ecosystem in one room.

Key themes • Made in California: advanced manufacturing, clean tech, and what it takes to build here

• Backing the region's homegrown innovators

• Opening up early-stage capital and mentorship

• Tightening the loop between founders, funders, and institutions

The State of the Union caps the Capital Innovation Summit , a full day at the Carlsen Center for the people building the region's next companies. Want the whole day? Register here: https://luma.com/27jctqex Founder, investor, policymaker, or partner — this is your front-row seat to Sacramento's entrepreneurial momentum. Speakers announced as they're confirmed. Grab your seat.

Accessibility: If you need any accommodations, please let us know at least two weeks in advance so we can arrange them.

From Carlsen Center