The Women Startup Challenge is the largest pitch competition that brings together the best early-stage women-led startups who are using tech to rapidly scale and innovate. We’re a diverse network of women and men of over 10,000 entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, and industry leaders.
The Women Startup Challenge funds and showcase game-changing women-led startups that are innovative, disruptive, and focused on solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet. We host national and regional startup challenges where 10 of the most promising startups deliver their elevator pitches on stage in front of the biggest investors and hundreds of attendees. Prizes range from $25,000 to $50,000 in addition to consultations with investors and startup-friendly services.
Our next national Women Startup Challenge pitch competition will be held in San Francisco in June of 2016. Applications open March 2-31, 2016.
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See why BuzzFeed and the New York Observer say that the Women Startup Challenge is one of the few organizations disrupting a culture and economy that has made it exceedingly difficult for women entrepreneurs to access capital.
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