Fifty Founders Battle Pitch Competition for Early-Stage Startups

Deadline: 4 March 2024

Ready to pitch your startup in front of international investors and stakeholders looking for the next big thing? TechChill in collaboration with BADideas.fund is on a quest to allocate 200 000 EUR syndicate investment opportunity to the best and most empowering startup in the game.

Fifty Founders Battle is TechChill’s annual pitch competition for early-stage startups. Fifty of the most promising startups from across the Baltics, Nordics, Central and Western European regions as well as the rest of the world will be selected among all participants. Each semi-finalist will then have the opportunity to present their business idea on TechChill’s stage in front of over 200 investors and other attendees.

Prize Pool

200k EUR syndicate investment
- Led by BADideas.fund
- Since launching at TechChill ’22, BADideas.fund has invested over €2M in 18 startups, and the global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.
10 000 EUR, no strings attached
- or maybe more? Win a prize pot of a of 10,000 EUR, no strings attached.
- So many things you can do with it:
  - team workation
  - buy a snowmobile or a 4 wheeler
  - buy around 1000 books
and more
- This is it for now but by the time the competition arrives, expect the list to be much longer. Some things you can expect:
  - Exposure on stage in front of 200+ international investors, media and 2K+ attendees;
  - Media and social media exposure.

Who can apply?

Stage & Previous funding
- Your startup has not received more than 700k EUR in exchange for equity. Grants are fine. Most likely, the company is not older than 3 years, but there could be exceptions.
Marketplaces, deeptech, and anything between
- The 2024 competition is sector-agnostic. What it means in practice is that the applications are open to everyone regardless of their represented industry. The fifty best startups will then be split into five groups which make the most sense.
No country restrictions, but
- You’re welcome to apply regardless of where you are based. They usually get applications from more than 30 countries.
- However, you must be able to join the event in-person so you can pitch live.
- They don’t accept applications from Russia and Belarus.