Applications for the tenth edition of the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2024–2025 are now being accepted. Known for its early-stage deep tech startup competition, Hello Tomorrow is a global non-profit organisation that focuses on the tech business. The challenge invites innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and startups from around the world to propose their ideas and initiatives across many sectors and industries with the goal of accelerating the translation of ground-breaking scientific findings into practical solutions. In March 2025, candidates will present their ideas to a jury at the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit in Paris, following which the winners will be declared.
The goal of the deep tech challenge is to find and assist businesses and early-stage projects that have the potential to use science and technology to improve the social and environmental sphere. With cash awards and equity-free investment, e competitions give inventors a forum to showcase and support their cutting-edge technologies. Researchers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology-based projects or enterprises are frequently among the participants. This challenge offers recognition on a global scale, connections with other participants, and networking possibilities with investors and industry professionals. Over $3 billion in investment has been raised by past finalists and winners combined. Since it’s free to participate, this is a great chance for IT startups to present their projects to a worldwide audience. To participate in this esteemed competition, deep tech startups in their early stages of development should submit an application before the deadline.
Country: France
Financial coverage: Paid
Opportunity Type: Competitions, Start-Ups Events
Eligibility Criteria:
- Early-stage startups, including those in series A, are eligible to enter the competition.
- It is required that participants have never won a Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge before.
- Research findings, innovative technology, or intricate engineering procedures should serve as the foundation for projects.
- Unmet industrial, societal, or environmental needs should be the focus of every initiative, and creative solutions may open up new markets.
- Teams that participate must have a minimum of two members who possess the required knowledge and abilities.
- The team leader needs to be at least eighteen years old.
- Projects shouldn’t be spin-offs or subsidiaries of already-established businesses.
Benefits:
- The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge accepts free applications.
- With a top reward of €100,000, second prize of €25,000, and pre-VC stage of €25,000, this competition offers substantial money and awards.
- The winners get one-on-one coaching sessions as well as direct access to possible partners, clients, and investors.
- gives users a way to interact with other participants, investors, and industry experts.
- The Deep Tech Pioneers community, to which winners are granted access, allows them to interact with a worldwide network all year long.
- One can become a member of the Deep Tech Pioneers Community.
- International media coverage provides participants with visibility and opportunity for features and interviews.
- At the Grand Finals in Paris, winners present their ideas or breakthroughs to investors, business executives, and the jury.
- Attending the private Hello Tomorrow Investor Day gives participants the opportunity to meet one-on-one with more than 300 venture capitalists (VCs).
Deadline: September 22, 2024
