Hello startup people! Here’s the latest drop on Grants, Pitch Competitions, Awards, and Summits.

Healthcare and Accessibility startups: join FoundersBoost’s Fall cohort program. It’s virtual, startups receive up to $50K non-dilutive funding, plus cool stuff like Demo Day in San Francisco. Learn more here. Applications due by Sept 15. (hint: say that Diane Bailey referred you!)

~Diane

Shaka Startup Challenge – Booth at CES
All startups | Sept 18 (my guess) | Apply

VC26: Datumra Venture Competition – Investor intros
All startups | Oct 31 (my guess) | Apply

2027 SXSW Pitch – Pitch at event
Tech; Life sciences; FinTech; Agtech | Nov 13 | Apply

.tech Domains Pitch – Pitch to 300K EO subscribers
.tech domain names | Nov 20 | Apply

High Five Grant – $20,000 total pool
Women-led | Sept 30 | Apply

CreaTech Frontiers Foundation Open Call 2026 – £200,000 total pool
UK; R&D for Creative tech | Oct 5 | Apply

Content Marketing World 2026 - Denver – 100+ sessions
Marketing; MarTech | Oct 5-7 | Apply

African Startup Conference - Algiers – 25,000+ attendees
Deep Tech; Robotics; Deep science | Dec 5-7 | Apply

Shine for the Cities 2027 – $250,000 total pool
Climate Tech; Energy; Sustainable buildings; Sustainable transport | Oct 31 (my guess) | Apply

Aqua for All – Grant funding
Kenya; Water and Sanitation | Sept 20 | Apply

NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon – up to $400,000 investment
Nurse-led; Healthcare | Sept 21 | Apply

TecPrize 2026 – $30,000 total prize + Tix to conference
LatAm; Future of Work; Career Tech | Sept 30 | Apply

Startups 100 – Recognition
UK; All startups | Oct 2 | Apply

Robotics Startup Radar 2026 – Recognition
Robotics | Oct 6 | Apply

Total Mom Business Awards – $50,000
Canada; Mompreneurs | Nov 15 | Apply

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StrictlyVC NYC 2026 – Speakers; networking
NYC; All startups | Sept 10 | Apply

Twilio AI Startup Searchlight 2026 – $10,000 in credits + meet with Twilio Ventures
AI; LLM | Sept 11 | Apply

EDGE Grant Competition – $1,150,000 total pool
Delaware | Sept 11 | Apply

Beyond the Deal Room curates grants, pitch competitions, awards, and tech summits for 13,000+ founders, VC’s and startup organizations. Over $100M global opportunities, mostly non-dilutive, are available across all verticals each year.

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