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Prizes

Startup World Cup

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$1,000,000

US$1m investment prize to the grand finale winner. Over 100 regional competitions feed the final.

Funder

Pegasus Tech Ventures

private · supranational

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Over 100 regional competitions across six continents run through the year, each with its own deadline, feeding an annual grand finale

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

Apply to any regional competition. Regional winners advance to the grand finale.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.startupworldcup.io/

""$1 million in investment prizes"; "100+ regional startup competitions across six continents""

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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