The Pitch Competition runs in two phases. Phase one, the local chapter level programs runs from February 1 to August 31^st.
Phase two, the global level programs runs through September. More details to follow soon.
The Global Finals is scheduled to be held in October 2021.

The competition is sector agnostic and open to all industry verticals.
ONLY one application per startup worldwide is acceptable. A startup can apply to the chapter closest to the registered/incorporated address of the company.

Early* or Late* stage startups
– Female-founded or co-founded startups

– In India, we encourage Pvt. Ltd. Companies to apply. Company Registration as a Private Ltd Company is not mandatory for chapter-level pitch competition but is mandatory for the finals in October 2021.

*EARLY STAGE is defined as
– Less than 3 years
– May have received its initial, or seed funding
– Company has a MVP

*LATE STAGE is defined as
– Less than 7 years
– The product or service is commercially available
– Registered sales

The opportunity to pitch for the chapter level competition, the semi-finals and finals will only be provided to the female founder.
If a startup has two female founders one or both can present. If both choose to present, then they have to continue to do so for all levels if they are selected to move to the next phase.

Startups can register online for free by filling in the centralized online application form on our website ( tiewomen.org.) Some chapters may have their own links but the form used has to be the same. The online
application form must include responses to all mandatory areas included in the application file, which also includes the acknowledgment of the present guidelines.

At the Global Level, No. But individual chapters may charge a fee for chapter-level accelerator programs.

The official language is English. The application form and the pitch presentations are to be in English. Any part of the application that is not in English may not be considered complete.

Financials should be in US Dollars.

The process for pre-selection and timelines for the Chapter-level competition may vary from Chapter to Chapter but will be completed between June 1^st and August 31^st, 2021. All applicants should contact their local Chapters and work closely with them during the pre-selection process.
Each Chapter will conduct its regional/chapter-level pre-selection or local pitch competition to select one winner and three runners up from their Chapter and announce results by September 1^st 2021. If for any reason, a chapter winner is disqualified, or steps down for personal reasons, the first runner-up will automatically qualify to represent the chapter in the finals.

The Accelerator Workshops are a series of training workshops conducted for all chapter runners-up to provide mentorship, training and guidance to the startups on a number of topics surveyed with the runners-up. These will run between September 1^st and December 1^st.

A Boot Camp will be held 2-3 weeks ahead of the Global Pitch Competition for all chapter Winners to prepare them for pitching at the global stage.

The Global Pitch competition comprises Semi Finals on day one and Finals on day two.
In both events, participants will pitch for 10 minutes and 5 minutes will be assigned for judges’ questions and responses. There will be no questions from the audience. All scoring by the judges will be electronic.
The winners of the Grand Finale must comply with any and all local laws and regulations. KPMG or similar will be a knowledge partner to ensure governance of the process.

Final prize monies for 2021 to be awarded in the Global Finals will be announced soon.

The applications will be evaluated on the basis of the following parameters –
– Market opportunity (market size, competition, regulation, etc.)
– Product (innovation, IP, etc.)
– Traction (pre-sales/sales, customers/users, partners and investor interest., etc.)
– Team

The First, Second and Third Prize Winners of the finals were:
• $100,000 – Dr Shivani Gupta from TiE Kolkata
• $25,000 – Dr. Parul Ganju from TiE Pune
• $10,000 – Nataliya Mykhaylova from TiE New York
These awards were equity-free cash prizes.
In consideration of the payment of the Award, the Winner shall participate in marketing-related activities of the Organizer and inform the Organizer of any additional round of funding raised by the Winner in the future. More generally, the acceptance of the Award constitutes permission to the Organizer to use the Winners’ names, and entries for purposes of marketing and advertising without any further explicit request.

The Organizer (TiE Women Management committee) has the right to verify the eligibility of each Applicant. Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Organizer. If the Applicant uses fraudulent methods or otherwise attempts to circumvent the rules of the Pitch Competition in any manner, its submission may be removed from consideration at any point of time. Any and all decisions relating to the Pitch Competition rest with the Organizer and are subject to change depending on circumstances.

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