Deadline: 2 March 2025
Show your ideas to the world and win the Austrian & world finals!
The Startup World Cup, hosted by Pegasus Tech Ventures, is the largest startup competition worldwide, with more than 70 countries taking part every year.
The final of Startup World Cup Austria 2025 will take place on 12 May 2025 as part of ViennaUp!
Benefits
- Get a $1 million investment from Pegasus Tech Ventures by winning the world finals
- Pitch in front of VCs & investors at the world finals in Silicon Valley
- The winner gets a mentor and individual support (coaching and advice) by WKÖ AußenwirtschaftsCenter San Francisco, which will be provided from May to October 2025, up until the final
- Connect with investors in 1on1 meetings, benefit from their experience and get the chance to receive an investment
- Win a 4h Finance Workshop from MINTED to optimize your financial plan and find the “right” funding roadmap
- Win a voucher to cover part of your travel costs to Silicon Valley
- The winner gets to take part in GoUSA 2025 powered by Außenwirtschaftscenter San Francisco & New York
- Win a prize from A1 Telekom Austria Group worth 50,000€ including an 10,000€ Exoscale voucher, architectural & best-practice consultancy, joint marketing & promotional efforts and high quality support
- Win a voucher worth 5,000€ for legal services for the next financing round from 42law, Austria’s leading law firm for startups
- Win 1x 500€ markta.at vouchers powered by FFG
- Win a free start-up bank account for one year and free use of the Startrampe for one year at Sparkasse Oberösterreich
- Get to use the Infineon Hub event location and community area for one day, powered by Infineon Technologies
- Win a three-hour consultancy voucher from BDO for your individual needs at each pre-event.
Eligibility Criteria
- Early stage startups already founded in Austria with MVP or Prototype looking for up to 1MIO $ funding
For more information, visit Pegasus Tech Ventures.
