Applicant criteria
Nationality
No specific nationality requiredAge
- 7 - 60
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity Field
OthersOpportunity description
The WITSA World Cup is a premier global tournament designed to elevate and celebrate the best Tech Scaleups across 6 continents. Serving as a catalyst for innovation, investment, and collaboration, the WITSA World Cup plays a pivotal role in propelling the growth of the global tech ecosystem, as well as potentially discovering the world’s next great unicorn!
1. Tournament Objective:
The objective of the tournament is to enhance the growth of tech startups through acceleration, fundraising, market expansion, and foreign direct investment (FDI) pursuits.
2. Tournament Structure:
The tournament transforms from a national to global competition, engaging WITSA Country Member Hosts to identify and showcase their top tech scaleups. The journey culminates at the Global Finals, set to be hosted at the World Congress on Innovation and Technology in 2024.
3. Benefits of Participation:
Participating Tech Scaleups stand to gain global exposure, funding opportunities, and direct access to influential industry decision-makers.
4. Prizes:
One global winner will be awarded with the WITSA World Cup, funding, prizes, and incentives.
5. Target Audience:
The tournament gathers and engages a diverse audience of technology visionaries, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sovereign/family/PE funds, government economic development agencies, accelerators, corporate users, digital platform providers, and tech talent.