Pass It Down was selected as the winner of the BREW 2019 High-Stakes National Pitch Competition and will receive a $100,000 investment, NexusLA announced.
The pitch competition took place Friday, marking the conclusion of BREW 2019. The competition was decided by three members of the Baton Rouge entrepreneur community—Michael Kirby, former co-founder of Stonehenge Capital, Steve Nathanson, former CEO of Genesis Energy, and Will Eglin, CFO of GMFS Mortgage. The judges chose Pass it Down after hearing pitches from the company and three other finalists–Block Lawncare, Gilded and Moxey.
Pass It Down, currently based in Austin, Texas, enables cultural institutions like museums and brands to build interactive touchscreen experiences and online exhibits to drive visitor engagement. Pass It Down CEO Chris Cummings is a Baton Rouge native and LSU alumnus.
The BREW High-Stakes Pitch Competition began with an initial pool of 44 applicants, which was narrowed to 11 semi-finalist companies and then to four finalists after a series of pitches to BREW judges. Per the competition rules, the company is required to relocate its headquarters to Louisiana. Pass It Down will maintain an office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in addition to its satellite office in Austin.
