The Entrepreneurship World Cup is more than just a global pitch competition with a shot at life-changing prizes.
With 100,000 entrants from around the world, the World Cup elevates entrepreneurs – providing you with tools and resources to grow your venture.
It doesn’t matter how far you’ve come – idea-stage, early-stage, growth-stage or beyond – the Entrepreneurship World Cup can put you on the right course.
Leverage world-class content in the Entrepreneurship World Cup Accelerator to: unleash your ideas, hone your pitching skills and engage with a global network of mentors.
And, oh yeah, compete for those life-changing prizes, together with business opportunities and investment.
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The Entrepreneurship world Cup started out as an idea, much like your business, that two teams deeply believed in and scaled it out to what you see now, 100 countries and 100,000 entrepreneurs!
So, let the World Cup help prepare you to take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey.
Whether you are just starting out or if you already have a venture and are looking to fast-track your growth.
Entrepreneurship World Cup Prizes
3 Global grand prizes
For the three stages, early, idea, and growth.
15 Global Finalist Stage Prizes
Including industry-specific and social enterprise prizes.
100 National Prizes
(one for every participating country)
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The Competition Process
Accelerate 1
Startups are put through a series of education and virtual training opportunities to sharpen their skills around areas such as customer & industry knowledge; personal & team skills; creativity & problem solving, and business acumen.
National Competition
Competition happening simultaneously in 100 countries at the national level, virtually and live events.
100 winning teams from 100 countries are awarded with prizes and advance to stage 3
How to Participate in the Entrepreneurship World Cup
Interested in applying to participate in the Entrepreneurship World Cup? Visit the application portal now and apply.