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Prizes

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Status

Status not published

Annual edition. 11th edition: applications opened 15 September 2025, early deadline 31 October 2025, final deadline 5 January 2026; finals held at the Hello Tomorrow Summit in Amsterdam 11-12 June 2026. The page currently reads 'APPLICATIONS CLOSED'; the next edition normally opens in September.

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Amount
€100,000

Equity-free cash prize: the Hello Tomorrow site advertises 'Secure €100K equity-free' for the Grand Prize, plus track prizes and a dedicated cross-track Emerging Pioneers prize for idea/pre-seed founders. Selected applicants also become 'Deep Tech Pioneers' with Summit and Investor Day access. Applications are free.

Funder

Hello Tomorrow (association), with corporate partners including Natixis CIB, dsm-firmenich, ASML, L'Oréal, Breakthrough Energy and Syensqo

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Annual edition. 11th edition: applications opened 15 September 2025, early deadline 31 October 2025, final deadline 5 January 2026; finals held at the Hello Tomorrow Summit in Amsterdam 11-12 June 2026. The page currently reads 'APPLICATIONS CLOSED'; the next edition normally opens in September.

Your odds
1.6%

Derived from official counts, recent edition. This rate is measured unstated, so the odds from a standing start are lower.

Source

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Startups must be early-stage or at the beginning of commercialization (up to Series A), based on a new technology, scientific discovery or complex engineering process, addressing an industrial/societal/environmental unmet need or creating a new market, have a team of at least 2 people, and not be a subsidiary or spin-off of an existing company.

How to apply

  1. Wait for the next edition to open (historically mid-September) and pick an industry track. — link
  2. Submit the free online application before the final deadline.
  3. Jury selects Deep Tech Pioneers (February), then finalists (April).
  4. Finalists pitch at the Hello Tomorrow Summit; winners receive the prizes.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/

"Secure €100K equity-free, meet 350+ leading VCs and CVCs at Investor Day"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: hello-tomorrow.org

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