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Prizes

Falling Walls Venture

Status

Usually opens in March and April and May and June

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
Not published

Science Breakthrough of the Year award in the Venture category. Recognition and platform rather than a large cash prize.

Funder

Falling Walls Foundation

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Nominations open in the spring and close in the summer for the November Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Science-driven startups, usually nominated by an accredited research or investment partner

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://falling-walls.com/venture/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: falling-walls.com

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