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Innovate@Berkeley Pitch Challenge

Grab your friends and create your own startup for a chance to win up to $500! Put your heads together, craft a pitch deck, and submit it. It's that easy. Once all of the applications are submitted, our team of judges will select the top 6 teams and those teams will have the opportunity to present live at the conference. After all 6 presentations, the judges will pick the top 3 teams to win a cash prize of $1000, $500, and $250.

Timeline

November 9, 2025
Application Due
November 10, 2025
Top 6 Announced
November 12, 2025
Live Presentations

Challenge Rules

Eligibility

  • The challenge is open to all college students. Participants must register with their school email address
  • Only startups that have raised less than $1 million are eligible

Team Requirements

  • Teams can consist of 1 - 5 people
  • Every person can only be a part of one team
  • Teams that compete must be willing to travel to UC Berkeley on Nov 12 if they proceed to finals

Presentation & Prizes

  • The pitch deck should be between 10-14 slides
  • All people enrolled in the challenge are automatically enrolled for the conference
  • Equal shares of the prize money will be paid immediately to all members of the team