She Loves Tech’s Global Startup Competition with Prize Pool of $50.000

She Loves Tech is accepting entries for 2022 Global Startup Competition; The world's largest startup competition for women and technology including an acceleration program, resource matching and global pitch competitions. She Loves Tech the world’s largest acceleration platform for women and technology. are building a global ecosystem to facilitate greater visibility, funding opportunities, and community among women in technology to catalyse USD 1 Billion in funding for women by 2030.

Startups have the opportunity to win up to US$50,000 investment and cash prizes.

• EARLY STAGE STARTUP: Technology startup with at least a minimum viable product (past conceptual stage) with less than US$5M external funding raised.
• GENDER LENS: Technology startup fulfilling ONE of the following gender lens:

1. Female founder
2. Majority female users
3. Majority female consumers
4. Technology impacting women positively

Competition Process:

• Screening and Preparation: August - September 2022: Applications will be evaluated by the global screening team with the final shortlisted startups receiving access to exclusive pitch preparation curriculum and mentorship sessions. We look at a range of criteria including market opportunity, traction, scalability and growth potential, innovation and creativity, calibre of founder and team.
• Local Rounds: September - October 2022: Shortlisted startups will take the stage to showcase their businesses in their respective Local rounds hosted in different countries and regions. The winner of each round will then move into the global phase of the Competition.
• Bootcamp: End of October 2022: A week-long boot camp especially curated for the winners of each local round will take place at the end of October. The boot camp is based on experiential learning, mentorship and peer coaching. It covers market, innovation and fundraising topics.
• Global Finals: November 2022: The culminating final round of the competition will be held during the She Loves Tech Global Conference, and will also serve as an investor demo day, allowing startups to pitch to investors directly for funding.

About She Loves Tech:

She Loves Tech is a global platform that is committed to closing the funding gap for women entrepreneurs. It runs the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology. It seeks out and accelerate the best entrepreneurs and technology for transformative impact. Its aim is to unlock over U$1B in capital by 2030 for women-led businesses.

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