Bob Williamson, the organizer of Invest Atlantic, has almost finalized the list of 16 contestants to compete in PitchCamp next week.

Invest Atlantic will host PitchCamp the night before the main conference as a showcase for young companies in the area, and a chance for them to get feedback on their business models and pitches. It takes place 4:30 to 6:30 pm on Monday at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax.

Williamson has named 12 contestants to the event, which allows each participant 60 seconds to deliver a pitch, after which they are critiqued by a panel of judges.

The rest of the contestants will be the winners from each Atlantic Province for the Spring4ward event, which will be held earlier on Monday.

The contestants named so far are:

Leslie Gallagher, WorkLocal        

Matt Lee, Incubated Consulting Group

Mark Hobbs, Fundmetrics

Matt Stewart, PizzaGo!

Andrew Murphy, Vish Solutions

Ryan DesRoches, Bandha Nutrition Products

Tim Stekkinger, SkySquirrel Technologies

Tyler Zemlak, Harmonized Healthcare

Katelyn Bourgoin, Swapskies

Hazel Harrison, SNM Global Technologies

Paul Farmer, Vidsnippets

Jeremy Miller, ARTDST 9

Jeremy Koenig, Athletigen Technologies

The judges at the event will be: Brian Lowe, Co-founder and Director, First Angel Network; Gerard Buckley, Chair, Maple Leaf Angels; and Jason Janes, Co-founder, Startup Newfoundland and Labrador.

The main Invest Atlantic conference, which will focus this year on angel investing, will take place the next day, Tuesday, also at the World Trade and Convention Centre.