Black Ambition Prize
Status not published
Annual competition, historically with applications in the winter and a spring or summer finale
Prize pool historically up to US$1m in total, with individual awards from US$15,000 to US$250,000 across HBCU and open tracks
Black Ambition (founded by Pharrell Williams)
private · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual competition, historically with applications in the winter and a spring or summer finale
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
- Sectors: health, fintech, any
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Black and Hispanic/Latino founders. A separate track runs for HBCU and HSI students.
Source. https://blackambitionprize.com/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked