Startup Pitch Competitions
So you’ve got a brilliant idea, a burning passion, and a startup taking flight. Now it’s time to take the next step: securing funding and propelling your venture to new heights.
Pitch competitions offer the perfect launchpad for ambitious entrepreneurs. But with so many options out there, choosing the right one can feel overwhelming.
Fear not! This guide will navigate you through the top pitch competitions currently accepting applications or coming soon. We’ll explore the criteria, potential rewards, and deadlines, ensuring you find the perfect platform to showcase your game-changing idea and land the investment you deserve.
Offers resources like financial templates, valuation analysis, and investor term sheets.
- Potential Investment: $50,000
- Eligibility:
- Business Type: Any
- Location: Any
- Stage: Any
- Minimum Revenue: None or Any
- Minimum Time in Business: None or Any
- Format: Virtual
- Travel Required: No
- Entry Fee: $0
- Benefits:
- A venture capital investability analysis
- An early-stage market-based startup valuation analysis
- A bundle of startup legal templates
- A comprehensive financial pro-forma
- A capital raise forecast
- An investor term sheet
- An investor return analysis
- Exposure
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 05/23/2024
A prestigious competition with high exposure and potential investment.
- Potential Investment: $100,000
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, San Francisco
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $525
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 06/10/2024
A global event with a focus on networking and potential investment.
- Potential Investment: $0
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, Toronto
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $0
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 05/15/2024
A series of competitions with varying investment opportunities and themes.
- Potential Investment:
- Audience Choice: $2,000
- Best Pitch: $5,000
- Accelerate: $10,000
- Launch: $100,000
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, Boston
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $0
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline:
- Audience Choice: 08/2024
- Best Pitch: 08/2024
- Accelerate: 02/2025
- Launch: 03/2025
A large gathering with multiple pitch competitions and varying investment opportunities.
- Potential Investment: Varies by Competition
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, New York
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $397
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 08/2024
A regional competition focused on non-tech startups in Minnesota.
- Potential Investment: $0
- Eligibility:
- Business type: non-tech
- Location: Must be based in Minnesota
- Stage: any
- Minimum Revenue: none or any
- Minimum time in business: none or any
- Format: In-person, Minneapolis
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: Varies
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 04/2024
Global pitch competition with a focus on networking.
- Potential Investment: $0
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, Lisbon
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $1,015
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 10/2024
International platforms where startups can showcase their ideas on a global stage and forge valuable connections with investors, industry leaders, and fellow entrepreneurs.
- Potential Investment: $0
- Eligibility: Open to startups worldwide
- Format: In-person, Amsterdam
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $641
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 06/2024
Opportunities and Grants for Women Entrepreneurs.
- Potential Investment: $25,000
- Eligibility:
- Founder: Female Founders Only
- Business type: Product Company
- Location: Must be based in Minnesota
- Stage: any
- Minimum Revenue: none or any
- Minimum time in business: none or any
- Format: In-person
- Travel Required: Yes
- Entry Fee: $0
- Benefits:
- Exposure
- Networking
- Potential Investment
- Deadline: 06/2024
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