The Million Pound Startup Competition. (One Million Pounds in investment funding for Best Startup).

May 30, 2013

Entry deadline : 29th August 2013

The Million Pound Startup is a global contest for one business to win £1,000,000 in equity investment. With the aim to propel the startup to a £100,000,000 company.

Digital Shoreditch – the not-for-profit festival that celebrates the outstanding creativity of London and beyond, together with formidable partners, are proud to introduce the Million Pound Startup Competition. The contest is offering one lucky company one million pounds in investment funding.

They are looking for the best and brightest companies to show us they have proven potential and deserve £1 million pounds in investment funding. This money will be injected into their organisation with the goal of rocketing the chosen company into a £100,000,000 net worth enterprise.

Criteria

You, your company and your product or service should be:

Prepared to move your business head quarters to London. We will help with this.
Represented by a person over 18 years old.
Turn over less than £1M per year and trading for less than 10 years.
You should have a digital or technology company, customers, revenue, product or service in place.
Your startup can not be about : gambling, pornography, violence or illegal activity.

Beyond this, the most important thing is to have high growth potential.

If you need further help you can :

Download the guidance MPS contestant Pack v2_4
Visit the Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Contest Process

Entry deadline is 29th August 2013

Enter the contest by answering some basic questions about your company. This information will be public and supporters are encouraged to examine the idea and provide feedback.

Assessment will be to November 2013

For those who make it through, you’ll need to fill in a slightly more detailed questionnaire. This will be competitively assessed to provide a shortlist of finalists.