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Get $100k in prizes and global exposure for your startup or fintech.
Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps startups like yours unlock new opportunities—and gives you a global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions. The program first launched in the U.S. in 2015, and has since expanded to every corner of the world, recruiting startups from over 100 countries. Over the past five years, more than 7,000 startups have participated, and they’ve collectively raised more than $2.5 billion in funding.
The first step towards getting your startup worldwide attention is to join the Visa Everywhere Initiative network—the same network of startups that our product teams from all over the world access when searching for solutions. Apply now through the global application. That way, we can notify you about upcoming opportunities and invite you to participate in Visa Everywhere Initiative competitions in your region.
This year, we are running a global startup competition and are looking for the brightest startups from around the world. One winner per region will be selected to compete in the global finals. If you’re a startup with great products already in market and gaining traction—and are looking for an extra push from a global, trusted brand like Visa to gain scale—this competition is perfect for you.
Visa will select the top 5 finalists for the 5 regions listed below. Next, each region will select a winner that will move forward to the global finals event.
We are looking for products that deliver innovative payment and commerce solutions to consumers and businesses. These include but are not limited to:
Enablers of digital services and digital issuers
Digital issuance
Value-add for merchants and/or consumers in regard to finance
Small/medium-sized business recovery
Four monetary prizes will be awarded during the global finals event:
The overall winner, 2nd place-winner, and 3rd place-winner are also eligible to win the Audience Favorite prize.
Latin America:
CEMEA:
North America Finals:
Asia Pacific:
Europe:
Global Finals:
Validation Your organization receives recognition from one of the world’s most valuable brands.
Exposure The regional and global finals will be livestreamed on TechCrunch, giving finalists global exposure.
Monetary prize Winners at the global finals receive a monetary prize (no equity taken) that you can invest in your company as you see fit.