The Aurora Tech Award is an annual global prize for women founders of tech startups. If you’re a woman founder with a tech startup, regardless of the specific industry, and have a functional prototype or an early version of your product, the Aurora Tech Award is just for you.
ELIGIBILITY:
Woman founder:The startup must be founded or co-founded and led by a woman entrepreneur
Funding stage: The startup should not have received investments exceeding $4 million in funding, including the seed round
Operation time: The startup must be no more than 5 years old
Minimum Viable Product (MVP): The startup should have a functional prototype. If you have only an idea, your application will not be considered
Application Deadline: 16 October 2023 at midnight PT (pacific time)
LOCATION: Multiple Region
D-Prize seeds new ventures that distribute proven poverty interventions. Applications are open for interested and qualified entrepreneurs participate in the challenge.
ELIGIBILITY:
D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background. The majority of their awardees have not launched nor raised any funding.
They will consider funding existing organizations only if you are distributing an existing intervention and you have a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current donors or revenue.
Existing organizations applying to D-Prize should have operated for no more than 18 months and raised no more than $30,000 in outside funding.
Evaluation of applications are only submitted 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.
BENEFIT:
Top entrepreneurs interview via phone and email. The top 1% will receive up to $20,000 to launch.