Hult Prize
Awards $1 million in seed funding to the winning student-led startup each year.
Student teams build, scale and pitch their startup through the competition journey, with the winning team receiving the prize as seed funding to bring their idea to life. The competition runs annually, drawing over 200,000 participants a year from more than 130 countries.
Hult Prize is a global student startup competition where teams build ventures that address the world's biggest social and environmental challenges. It's open to any industry or challenge area, judged on the strength of the business idea and its potential for impact.
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