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Prizes

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200

Status

Status not published

Applications open in the spring and close in the summer, ahead of TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in the autumn

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Amount
$100,000

US$100,000 equity-free prize to the Battlefield winner, plus a free exhibition package for the 200 selected companies

Funder

TechCrunch

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Applications open in the spring and close in the summer, ahead of TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in the autumn

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

Historically limited to companies with minimal prior funding (under roughly US$3m raised) that have not publicly launched at a major event

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

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Source. https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: techcrunch.com

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