$ 1,000,000 GRAND PRIZE IN INVESTMENT

APPLY FOR THE LARGEST STARTUP COMPETITION AROUND THE WORLD

Startup Word Cup Budapest

This regional semifinal for the Startup World Cup is brought to you by Pozi.io and The Connect East Incubator.

Pozi.io aims to foster local innovation by bringing together a distinguished startup ecosystem. The winner of the pitching competition will represent Hungary and CEE Region at the Grand Finale and will compete with other startups from 50+ regional events for a chance to win a US $1,000,000 prize in investment.

Through this global event, The Connect East Incubator & Pozi.io will be giving Hungarian startups exposure to Silicon Valley and access to some of the top VCs and tech entrepreneurs in the world, creating more funding and partnership opportunities.

Milestones:

Application Start 2022.02.01.
Application Deadline 2022.03.24.
Publication of the Shortlisted Competitors 2022.04.14.
The Demo Day 2022.04.27

Who can apply?

The competition is industry agnostic, we are looking for startups from all sectors. Please note that only startups with at least Seed maturity may apply. We are looking for mainly Hungarian-based teams, or at least have a Hungarian co-founder and be based in the CEE region.

Rules: https://www.startupworldcup.io/faq

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SHORTLISTED TEAMS! 2022.04.14 - 3 min pitch & 5 min QA

Our pre-jury, the Pegasus Tech Ventures from Silicon Valley made their decision. We are happy to announce the shortlisted teams, who will pitch in the Semifinal of the Startup World Cup Budapest 2022.04.27!