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Tweener Madness
An 8-company bracket-style competition with a $25,000 investment awarded to one winning Triangle 'pre-tweener' startup.
Background and Highlights
is launched the first Tweener Madness event to shine a bright spotlight on the amazing Triangle startup ecosystem in March of 2025. The contest involves 8 startups who will compete for the $25k investment prize and 21 selection committee members that are local institutional or angel investors.
Each competition in the bracket will feature two companies and their founders facing off with a selection committee of three judges.
The contests are released as Tweener Talks and podcasts, with commentary coming out regularly in the newsletter. A total of 7 long-form podcasts are released throughout the tournament as the 8 teams compete for the top spot. 18 short-form podcasts are released, introducing our selection committee.
2025 Tweener Madness Champion
Congratualtions to our 2025 Tweener Madness Winner: InviteJet!
Catch up on the episodes:
Exceptional Eight
Fab Four
Championships
Tweener Madness Bracket
Sponsors
Tweener Madness was created in partnership between and /. The winner of Tweener Madness receives a $25,000 investment from Tweener Fund .
Special thanks to our sponsors for making this possible:
Finally, special thanks to Raleigh Founded who donated the space for the Tweener Madness recording studio
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