- Prize Amount – up to $250,000
- Deadline – June 30, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The world needs your bold ideas. If you’re building something game-changing, this is your moment – and they want to help. Apply now for the Entrepreneurship World Cup!
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The Entrepreneurship World Cup is one of the largest and most diverse pitch competitions and support programs of its kind. Every year, tens of thousands of entrepreneurs from 200 countries compete for a share of US$1 million dollars in cash prizes and millions more worth of investment, support and publicity and a global finals event attended by leading investors.
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The Entrepreneurship World Cup is co-hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) and Monsha’at, the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority in Saudi Arabia, with support from more than 50 strategic partners around the world.
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The competition was conceived by the Misk Global Forum in 2019 and developed in conjunction with GEN.
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The Entrepreneurship World Cup is more than just a pitch competition. It gives everyone who enters access to the knowledge, networks and for some, the capital they need to start and scale a company.
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Funding Information
Global Finals Cash Prizes: Early Stage
- The top five (5) Early Stage finalists receive the following cash prizes.
- – Early Stage Champion: $250,000
- – 2nd Place: $200,000
- – 3rd Place: $150,000
- – 4th Place: $100,000
- – 5th Place: $50,000
Global Finals Cash Prizes: Growth Stage
- The top two (2) Growth Stage finalists receive the following cash prizes.
- – Growth Stage Champion: $175,000
- – 2nd Place: $100,000
Global Finals Cash Prizes: Sector-Specific
- New to the Entrepreneurship World Cup in 2025 is a focus on space tech and startups in the space sector. Finalists from all three stages – Idea, Early and Growth – in the categories below will compete for the following cash prizes.
- – SpaceTech for Mining: $100,000
- – SpaceTech for Sports Analytics: $100,000
- – SpaceTech for Health Monitoring: $100,000
- – SpaceTech for Agriculture + Resource Management: $100,000
Global Finals Cash Prizes: Idea Stage
- The top two (2) Idea Stage finalists receive the following cash prizes.
- – Idea Stage Champion: $50,000
- – 2nd Place: $25,000
Eligibility:
- Any startup from around the world is welcome to apply and become an Applicant.
- Applicant startups must be legally registered or planning to register in their country of residence.
- Applicant startups must be ten years or less old by the date of the Global Finals. Entity age is set by the date of company registration and not idea conception.
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