Great news! The City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce and Temple University are thrilled to host the Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition at Temple University onAugust 27, 2025.
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity positioning and celebrating Philadelphia on the global stage. This Philadelphia competition, hosted by the Department of Commerce and Temple University, is one of more than 100 regional pitch competitions happening across the world.
The Philadelphia first prize winner will compete in the Startup World Cup, largest tech competition in the world.
Apply to compete
10 tech startupswill be selected to compete in Philadelphia on August 27.
Selected tech startups must pitch for 3 minutes with 2 minutes of Q&A.
Are you an eligible tech startup interested in pitching and competing that day?
Click hereto submit your application.
- Must be a registered business locatedin Philadelphia.
- Must be legally recognized with an Employer Identification Number (EIN).
- Must be a startup business. For the purpose of this application, we are defining a startup as an early-stage company that has been in existence for 10 years or less. The company can be pre-revenue, meaning the company has not made a profit yet. However, each company must showcase that they have a plan to make revenue within the submitted pitch deck.
- Must upload a pitch deck in the application.
Click herefor all additional eligibility guidelines available in the application. The 10 tech startups selected will compete for the following regional prizes:
- FIRST PLACE WINNERwill be awarded $20,000 from the Department of Commerce and automatically selected to pitch at theStartup World Cup, the largest startup competition in the worldfor a chance to win a $1 Million investment prize in San Francisco.
- SECOND PLACE WINNERwill be awarded $10,000.
- THIRD PLACE WINNERwill be awarded $5,000.
The application deadline isMonday July 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
The top 10 finalists selected to compete at the Philadelphia Regional Pitch Competition will be announced in a few weeks after application closes.
The selected tech startupsmustbe available to attend and pitch onsite at the event on August 27, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., in Philadelphia at Temple University’sScience Education and Research Center (SERC)Building.
