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Check out the newest pitch competitions, awards, grants and summits you need to know about
Diane Bailey
June 30, 2025
Hello startup people! Here’s the latest drop on Pitch Competitions, Awards, Summits, grants PLUS new VC Funds.
If you’re in CPG, consumer tech or anything consumer-facing, these next few weeks are for you. Now’s your chance to pitch to Walmart, Target, Hy-Vee, Alibaba…. Make sure you’re checking the Full List so you don’t miss anything.
~Diane
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💪 The Biggies
🐣 Newly Added: Grants, Pitch, Awards, Summits
➡️ Find the Full List of Grants, Pitch Competitions, Awards here.
What | For | Prize/Why Attend | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
All tech | Recognition | Jun 30 | |
Europe | Pitch to 1,500+ VCs’s | July 6 | |
All tech | $20,000 | July 8 | |
Texas; AI; MVP-Seed | $100,000 investment | July 11 | |
CPG; Health & Wellness; Food & Bev | Pitch to Hy-Vee | July 14 | |
South Africa; women-founded | R1M total pool | July 21 | |
BioMed; Environment; Public health; sustainable healthcare; extreme weather | $50,000 | July 24 | |
CPG; Manufacturing Tech | Pitch to Walmart and Sam’s Club; product placement | July 25 | |
Catholic-minded startups | $60,000 cash + prizes | July 25 | |
Europe; Climate Tech | Accelerator program | July 29 | |
Bermuda | $25,000 | July 31 | |
AAPI (Asian American, Pacific Islander); CPG in skincare | $10,000 | Aug 1 | |
Latine-founder | $25,000 | Aug 1 | |
CPG; all products | $1M total prize pool | Aug 15 (US Deadline) | |
All tech | $1,000,000 investment | Aug 15 | |
Social Impact | $25,000 | Aug 15 | |
Maritime tech; Shipping | $30,000 | Aug 31 | |
China-Portuguese speaking countries | $30,000 + in-kind | Sept 1 |
😨 Closing Soon: Grants, Pitch, Awards, Summits
What | For | Prize/Why Attend | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
Okta or AuthO tech; identity workflows | $500,000 investment | Jun 30 | |
Any startup; SpaceTech | $1,000,000 total pool | Jun 30 | |
All startups | $10,000 | Jun 30 | |
Asia; Sustainability; Innovation | Industry recognition | Jun 30 | |
Africa | €100,000 | Jun 30 | |
All startups | Global recognition; funding opps | Jun 30 | |
All Tech | $125,000 | Jun 30 | |
Women founders; early or growth stage | Pitch to investors; media exposure | Jun 30 (my guess) | |
All tech | Recognition | Jun 30 | |
Colorado; Rural areas | $25,000 | July 1 (rolling applications) | |
Green Tech; Renewables; Sustainability; Food; Mobility | Recognition; Present in Austria | July 1; USA deadline | |
Vietnam; AgTech | Recognition; Additional support | July 1 | |
All Tech | Pitch for $1M at Startup World Cup | July 1 | |
Kansas; early-stage | $50,000 | July 1 | |
UK; Sustainability; AgTech; Net Zero | £5,000,000 investment | July 2 | |
Australia; 14 categories | Recognition | July 4 | |
Europe | Pitch to 1,500+ VCs’s | July 6 |
🤑 Newly Added: VC Funds
➡️ Find the Full List of New VC Funds here.
Fund | For | Fund Size | Date Added |
|---|---|---|---|
Crypto, Blockchain, AI | $20M | Jun 30 | |
CEE; growth-stage | €60M | Jun 30 | |
AI; Cloud infrastructure; pre-seed | $28M | Jun 30 | |
Enterprise Tech | $213M | Jun 30 | |
Europe | €325M | Jun 30 | |
LatAm; early-stage | Undisc | Jun 30 | |
early-stage; B2B AI | $85M | Jun 30 | |
Early-stage; tech-enabled wellbeing | $16M | Jun 30 | |
Early-stage B2B FinTech; LatAm | $30M | Jun 30 |
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➡️ Let me know if you apply to any of these opportunities, and especially when you WIN!
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Disclaimer: I receive no compensation for promoting any of these events. While I try to be as accurate as possible when posting requirements such as deadlines, it’s your responsibility to confirm all requirements.