About this archived opportunity

Overview IntroductionLaunched in partnership with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Women Startup Challenge is on a mission to close the funding gap and shakeup a culture and economy that’s made it exceedingly difficult for women to launch startups and raise capital. We provide funding, mentoring, and other resources for women who are creating the most innovative tech companies to help scale their products.The 10 finalists will pitch our distinguished jury of investors on 7 October in Paris. Our distinguished jury has included investors from Mozilla, GV (Google Ventures), Techstars, Illuminate Ventures, OneRagtime, Techstars, and more. Guidelines How to ApplyHealthtech startups can apply online to be selected as one of 10 finalists chosen to win the $50,000 equity-free cash grant at Hôtel de Ville in Paris on 7 October, 2019. CriteriaYour startup must be focused on healthtech.Your healthtech startup must be based in Europe, or the US with a presence in Europe. (Note: A presence in Europe could include your product or app being available, an office, partnership, etc.)Your tech venture must be at the prototype stage or have already launched. You cannot be in concept stage.Your applications must be submitted in English. All finalists pitches must be done in English.Your startup must incorporate technology into the approach of your product, which allows the company to rapidly and massively scale in a manner that traditional, independent small businesses cannot. Please note that using tech (i.e. hosting a blog, selling products on your website, or using social media in your marketing) does not qualify as using tech to scale on a mass level nationally and globally.Fast growing with degrees of innovation and technology.You’ve raised between €0-€2.1M from combined sources.You are a technical founder or you have a technical cofounder. Note: If you are not a technical cofounder and you don’t have a technical cofounder, please email us

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