Final Competition

For investors and early-stage startups. The contest is a technology and sector-agnostic.

New Wave
Startup Challenge 2024

Apply by 31 July 2024
Final competition 18 September 2024

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About New Wave
Startup Challenge

It is often challenging for early-stage startups to find investments and organize meetings or calls with investors. The same situation applies to startups that have recently arrived in Israel and need relevant social connections in the local venture market. However, almost everyone is looking for investments.

We invited investors and business angels interested in getting acquainted with the 12 best projects. We are organizing a competition for two streams: for projects at very early stages, including those that have not yet generated revenue, and those whose MRR already exceeds tens of thousands of dollars. Some business angels have already expressed their willingness to look at all the participants in the competition.

We will select the projects for the final pitches with the help of analysts from venture funds, so even if a project does not reach the final, several investors will still look at it. The project team has over 7 years of experience in organizing startup competitions in various fields and industries and producing large-scale events for investors and startups with over 10,000 participants.

Entrepreneurs who aim to attract investments to their B2B, B2G, B2B2C or B2C startup.

We invite

Active business angels and early-stage investors who actively invest in startups.

Managers and employees of accelerators, incubators, and corporations who want to fill their funnel with quality projects.

projects

minutes pitches

minutes Q&A

Selection criteria

- MVP or MRR less than $25k
- Up to 2 years since incorporation
- No venture capital investments or less than $1M
- Raising Pre-Seed up to $3M
- Global focus

- MRR over $25k
- Up to 3 years since incorporation
- Raised Pre-Seed Round
- Raising Seed or Round A over $3M
- Global focus

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Seed

Experts & Jury Members

Michael Pechatnikov
Private Investor
Michael is a serial entrepreneur whose startups have been acquired by Intel and Rafael. He is also an active business angel with over 10 investments in Israeli and international startups.
Leonid Shtilman
Private Investor
Leonid is an experienced executive with a background in enterprise management and security software. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a focus on business development and go-to-market strategy.
Alexander Zemlyak
Geek Ventures
Alexander has over 8 years of venture capital experience. Geek Ventures is an early-stage VC firm based in NY that focuses on investing in immigrant founders at pre-seed and seed stages.