Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition 2025 for Global Entrepreneurs (Cash Prizes)

Call for Application – Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition 2025 for Global Entrepreneurs (Cash Prizes). 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 US$1 million dollars in cash prizes and millions more worth of investment, support and publicity through national pitch competitions, bootcamps and a global finals event attended by leading investors.

Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition 2025 Eligibility

There is no entry fee.
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.

Rules

Applications must be entered on the official application platform available at entrepreneurshipworldcup.com to be considered.
Applications must have a minimum of one (1) representative, and this representative must be an executive-level member authorized or deputized to act on behalf of the applicant organization.
Submitted applications will be considered to be a “team”, regardless of its company size, according to the categories of the competition (see ‘Categories’ section below).
The applicant team member representing the company must be 18 years old at the time of submission.

Prizes

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is all about the entire experience – connections, resources, mentorship and more. But on top of that, we’ve got a great number of impactful prizes – USD $1.5 million (5,625,000 SAR) in cash and/or investment total for the global winners plus in-kind support for the top 100 global finalists.

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

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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
Space mining is the process of extracting resources from asteroids and other celestial objects in space. It involves designing and deploying advanced technologies to scout for resources and extract them.
SpaceTech for Sports Analytics: $100,000
The integration of machine learning and AI into sports analytics has elevated the precision of predictions and insights that are re-shaping athletics at all levels. New space technologies have the potential to disrupt the evaluation of player performance, deconstruct team strategies, and leverage historical data to better guide decision-making and predict outcomes.
SpaceTech for Health Monitoring: $100,000
Wearable devices and monitors have become common tools for research on human health, but while they are convenient, they can be uncomfortable and require users to remember to wear them. New technologies are being developed to monitor vital signs in a way that is so unobtrusive that it is easy to forget monitoring is taking place.
SpaceTech for Agriculture + Resource Management: $100,000
While space technology is transforming how we do things on Earth, it is perhaps in agriculture and resource management that the impact is being felt particularly strongly and has the potential to transform how the sector operates by 2030.