Spark Tank Live - storIAccelertor 2025 Pitch Day

Apples and Oranges Arts, in partnership with Forward Global, proudly announces Spark Tank. A live-streamed pitch competition for participants in Round 2 of StorIAccelerator, a groundbreaking accelerator program empowering creators worldwide to ignite social impact through narrative.

Selected from an international pool of applicants, this year’s Round 2 participants represent a diverse cohort of storytellers, shaping narratives that address urgent issues spanning environmental sustainability, social equity, community empowerment, technology, and the future of our shared planet.

Round 2 brings together exceptional creators for intensive mentorship, research support, emerging technology exploration, and expert-led seminars. The second phase of the three-part program supports participants in deepening their story concepts and refining their impact strategies while preparing to pitch their projects to investors, entrepreneurs, producers and executives including Pat Blute, Chad Dyer, Sandy Herz, Renee Kaplan, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Judy Manocherian, Jonathan Sun and Ivan Williams as they compete for cash awards.

A global community of purpose-driven storytellers, the Round 2 cohort includes projects
Dina Gregory (ANIMAL ELECTIONS)
Samir Daher (THE SAPHE COMMUNITY)
Jo Catell (INVISIBLE)
Ritz Mpindi (A BURNING HEART)
James Thomas Terhemba (TED EVERGREEN)
Stacy Kray (LOVE THE STRUGGLE)
Lilan Dayananda (INTERGENERATIONAL PODCAST)
Andrea Lirio (BLINK)
Yemi Akinyemi Dele (My Moonshot)
Mike von der Nahmer and Anita Dawn Prestidge (RIVERS)
Chris Valenti, Nick Alverson and Hannah Gansert (OCEAN BRIES)
Chantale Zuzi (BECOMING POSSIBLE)
Byron Au Yong (FOREST AETERNAM)