The $100k Women in Tech (WiT) Investment Prize is back! The Firehood is bringing together an incredible team of angel investors who will award one female-led startup with a $100k investment. That means one female founder attending Startupfest will walk away with important investments and access to an amazing network of investors.
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Any female-led startup in attendance can win this prize, and it’s in addition to the Startupfest $100k Best of the Fest Investment Prize and $100k Black Entrepreneurship Investment Prize. That means a Black, female founder could walk away with $300k in investment if they win over the judges of all three investment prizes!
Startups have until the end of the day on Thursday, July 14th—the second day of Startupfest—to deliver their pitch. They can do so in the language of their choice, but please be aware that since Startupfest attracts investors from across the country and around the world, many of them only speak English.
How to pitch?
Your goal over the first two days is to get at least one of the judges to shortlist your Startup:
- They’ve set aside time on their stage on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons for open pitch rounds. You’ll have 1 minute to pitch and up to 2 minutes for follow-up questions if the judges have any.
- Judges will also be roaming the Tent Village, which is another way to get their attention! So get on stage, visit the Village, and bring your best hustle by connecting with as many judges as possible—after all, it just takes one judge for you to make the shortlist.
- Their judges are wearing an Investor Judge badge and a green lanyard to make them easy to identify and pitch everywhere onsite. You probably want to avoid bathroom pitches, but everywhere else is fair game!
On Friday, July 15th–the final day of Startupfest—the Judges will spend the day in the Tent Village listening to additional pitches, and calling back their shortlisted Startups for a Q&A meeting.
By 4 PM, the Investor Judges will have selected the winner, which they’ll announce during the closing ceremonies.
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- The WiT prize is an investment from up to 10 angel investors. Their default terms are based on an industry-standard convertible note. The winning startup will sign the convertible note with each of the investors individually. The investors are willing to create a voting trust, if and when the convertible note converts to equity
Eligibilities
- The $100k WiT Investment Prize is open to any female-led startup in attendance. For the purposes of this prize, they define a female-led startup as a startup with the most senior member of the executive team identifying as female.
Application Process
- There’s no application process, no form to fill out, and no video to prepare.
- You just need to register, get on-site, and be ready to wow their Women in Tech investor judges with a superb pitch that makes the cut.
- Register for Startupfest if you haven’t already done so!
Looking for fully-funded opportunities, install the Youth Opportunities Android or iOS App here.
Application Deadline: July 14, 2022
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