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AURORA TECH AWARD FOR WOMEN TECH FOUNDERS BY InDRIVE

Application Deadline: 21 November 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The purpose of the award is to support women in the field of technological entrepreneurship, to influence gender stereotypes in the industry, and to draw the attention of investors and the media to promising startups.

ELIGIBILITY:

To participate, your startup is required to…

Be founded or co-founded and led by a woman

Have a functional prototype of a product

Fit in the investment limit of $4 million in funding, including the seed round

Be less than 5 years old

BENEFIT:

The Prize fund of the Prize is 85,000 US dollars and is distributed as follows:

I place – 30,000 US dollars;

II place – 20,000 US dollars;

III place – 15,000 US dollars.

IV place: 10,000 US dollars.

V place – 10,000 US dollars.

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D-PRIZE CHALLENGES

Application Deadline: 3 November 2024 at midnight PT (Pacific Time) 

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

D-Prize is exclusively interested in ventures that will scale the distribution of an already proven poverty intervention in the developing world.

ELIGIBILITY:

D-Prize challenges are open to anyone or any team. The sole restriction is that individuals and their immediate family on the judging panel may not participate as contestants.

D-Prize is also open to any business model (for-profit, non-profit, and everything in between).

You are not competing against other applicants. We typically fund at least 15 proposals per competition, regardless of which challenge track was selected.

Proposals must be written in English. However, your English does not need to be perfect

to apply, and grammar and vocabulary errors will not be penalized. We only want to understand your idea.

Proposals must be submitted following the instructions in this packet.

Extra material outside of the proposal will not be considered.

Revisions to proposals after submission will also not be considered.

Only one proposal per person or partnership will be considered.

BENEFIT:

All winners will be awarded up to $20,000. The award is offered in the form of a convertible grant.

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