Agora Venture Competition for Startups Spring 2025 ($10K Cash Prize)

Apply Now for the Agora venture competition, where you’ll be pitching your startup at our venture showcase in front of DC’s top investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders. The winner walks away with a $10,000 cash prize. All applications are reviewed by our investor committee, and all are eligible for additional cash and in-kind prizes.

Eligibility Criteria

Gender Identity: Must self-identify as either female or non-binary.

Location: Must be based in DC, Maryland, or Virginia.

Role & Equity: Must be a founder with at least 25% equity stake and hold a C-suite executive position in the company they are representing.

Traction: Must be past “idea stage” with revenue, active users or other performance metric to signal early product market fit. Applicant founder must be, with some limited exceptions, working full time on their venture.

Venture-Ready Scale: Applicant’s company should demonstrate the potential for venture-scale growth, indicating a capacity for rapid expansion and significant market impact. (Note: Founders of consultancies or other businesses that do not meet this criteria are welcome to reach out to explore other paths for involvement).

Business Type: The company must be incorporated as a for-profit entity.

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Program Benefits

The winning startup founder will walk away with a cash prize of $10,000 including other prizes

Application

Deadline to submit an application is 7th March, 2025

Visit Agora Venture Competition webpage to learn more and start your application

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