Hello startup people! Here’s the latest drop on Pitch Competitions, Awards, Summits, grants PLUS new VC Funds.
Honing your Pitch for every audience so you don’t ‘Show-up-and-throw-up.’
~Diane
💪 The Biggies
🤑 Newly Added: VC Funds
➡ Find the Full List of New VC Funds here.
Fund | For | Fund Size | Date Added |
|---|---|---|---|
Hydrogen value chain | $690M | Jun 2 | |
FinTech; HealthTech; Future of Learning and Work | $82M | Jun 2 | |
Early-stage Tech | $100M | Jun 2 | |
B2B software | $250M | Jun 2 | |
ClimateTech | $54M | Jun 2 | |
Black-founded | $150M | Jun 2 | |
AI | $10B (yeah, with a B) | Jun 2 | |
Food&Bev; Snacks; CPG | $30M | Jun 2 | |
Middle East; Africa | $10M | Jun 2 | |
Midwest | $36.5M | Jun 2 | |
FinTech; Defi; Blockchain | $25M | Jun 2 | |
LatAm | $15M | Jun 2 |
🐣 Newly Added: Grants, Pitch, Awards, Summits
What | For | Prize/Why Attend | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
Sustainable Mobility; H/EV Tech | 21,000+ attendees | Jun 2 | |
Bavaria; Female founders | €1,000; prototyping grants; conf tix | Jun 25 | |
Wyoming; all tech | Cash awards | Jun 27 | |
Pre-seed or Seed; Travel; Hospitality | €310,000 Google Cloud credits; other perks | Jun 29 | |
Michigan; Sustainable Mobility; Electrification | $100,000 | July 7 | |
UK; Sustainability; AgTech; Net Zero | £5,000,000 investment | July 2 | |
South Australia; Female-founded | $100,000 total pool | July 31 (my guess) |
😨 Closing Soon: Grants, Pitch, Awards, Summits
What | For | Prize/Why Attend | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
Sustainable Mobility; H/EV Tech | 21,000+ attendees | Jun 2 | |
Banking; Payments; AI, FinTech; Commerce | Keynotes, networking | Jun 2 | |
AI Trade Fair | 70,000+ attendees | Jun 3 | |
Australia; Innovative products | $200,000 | Jun 3 | |
eBay product sellers | $10,000 | Jun 6 | |
Apple developer conf | Apple experts; dev community | Jun 8 | |
All startups and big tech | 30,000+ attendees | Jun 8 | |
Kansas; Missouri; Black-owned | $100,000 | Jun 8 |
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