Deadline Date: August 10, 2026
The Startups4Peace has launched to support founders and early-stage businesses by providing opportunities for networking, mentorship, investment readiness, and seed funding.
The programme focuses on entrepreneurship development, networking, investment readiness, mentoring, business acceleration, startup pitching, investor engagement, and seed funding support.
Startups4Peace 2026 builds on a decade of bi-communal entrepreneurship and continues to serve as a platform for founders from both communities to build, connect, and compete. The programme is now linked to a broader ecosystem that includes the eunite angel investor network and the A2F investment readiness pathway.
For the first time, top programme graduates have a structured route from the programme into investor conversations and the capital pipeline. This provides participants with opportunities to engage with investors and further develop their business ventures.
The programme supports new and fledgling businesses through networking opportunities across Cyprus, a series of workshops delivered through two residential bootcamps, and one-to-one mentoring sessions tailored to the needs of participating startups.
Participants will also take part in a Pitching Battle, where startups present their business ideas before an independent jury. Through this competition, the top three teams will receive seed funding totaling €20,000. The first-place winner will receive €10,000, while the second and third-place winners will each receive €5,000.
In addition to seed funding, the winners of the Pitching Battle will have the opportunity to attend the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
For more information, visit Startups4Peace.
