Web Summit PITCH
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.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
No large cash purse. Winners receive exposure, a media package and investor access. The value is the platform rather than the prize.
Web Summit
private · national
Deadline: annual_call — 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.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
Startups typically under three years old and under a published funding ceiling; must hold a Web Summit Startup package
Source. https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked