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Prizes

Web Summit PITCH

Status

Usually opens in April and May and June and July

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

No large cash purse. Winners receive exposure, a media package and investor access. The value is the platform rather than the prize.

Funder

Web Summit

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Applications open with Web Summit's startup programme, typically in the spring or summer for the November event in Lisbon. Sister competitions run at Web Summit Rio, Vancouver and Qatar.

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

Startups typically under three years old and under a published funding ceiling; must hold a Web Summit Startup package

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: websummit.com

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