New Venture Competition 2023 | Africa Summit at Princeton

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APRIL 2023

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The New Venture Competition (NVC) is an Africa Summit initiative that brings together investors, academics, students, and corporate sponsors to host a 3-day experience for tech/tech-enabled early-stage entrepreneurs based in Africa to learn, network, and compete for a cash prize capital needed to scale their businesses.

PROGRAM TIMELINE

END OF JANUARY 2023

Application released with categories and respective eligibility criteria

MID FEBRUARY 2023

3 finalist founder teams per category announced and arrangements made for founders to travel to Princeton, NJ

END OF APRIL 2023

Finalists spend 3 days in an entrepreneurs' boot camp and compete for a cash prize in their category on the final day

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

While the criteria may vary depending on the category, here's generally what we categorize as our target early-stage startup

For-profit or non-profit startups welcome!

Less than 30 employees

Startups must be either tech focussed or tech-enabled

Less than 5 years in operation

Africa-focused with a portion or all of its operations in Africa

Raised less than $500K in funding to date

PARTNER WITH US!

THE NVC IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS!

Below are the attached sponsorship proposals for the categories that we are accepting currently sponsorship requests. To download a .pdf file of any proposal, simply click the button below the title. Thereafter, use the form at the bottom of the page to contact our team and we will get back to you promptly.

We look forward to working with you!