Alma Ascent Launches $100,000 Pitch Competition for Global Immigrant Startups

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Alma Ascent is hosting a $100,000 pitch competition aimed at early-stage immigrant-founded startups, encouraging global teams to participate and showcase their innovations in Palo Alto, California, with significant cash prizes and legal support for immigration-related challenges.

Benefits

• Total prize pool of $100,000
• $60,000 for the winner
• $40,000 for the runner-up
• Legal support for immigration issues related to entrepreneurship

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to early-stage immigrant-founded startups
• At least one founder must be a non-U.S. born immigrant
• Startups must have raised less than $2 million
• Teams must be able to attend the final pitch event in Palo Alto, California