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Let’s get your startup on the world stage
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 quickly expanded into a global program. To date, nearly 8,500 startups have participated, and have collectively raised more than $16 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.
Our 2022 global competition is going to be bigger and better than ever before—with more prizes and more opportunities for your fintech to get in front of Visa’s executives and clients. One winner per region will be selected to compete in the global finals, which will take place in Qatar in November. 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 regional finalists in each region 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:
Five monetary prizes will be awarded during the global finals event:
The overall winner, 2nd place-winner, and 3rd place-winner are all eligible to win the Audience Favorite prize.
Prior to the global finals, the following local and regional prizes will also be awarded:
Egypt:
Saudi Arabia:
North America
CEMEA:
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Rest of CEMEA:
North America:
Latin America:
Asia Pacific:
Europe:
Global Finals: