Take part in the top Winter 2024 startup event! Get public recognition for your early-stage startup, find investors and advisors.
Burning Heroes is the first start-up awards created by founders for founders!
BH Africa - Startup competition is for campus-based, pre-seed and seed Startups in Africa/Middle-East powered by Burning Heroes Founders Association.
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Our mission is to help Early-stage Startup Founders reveal their potential and help develop the African/Middle-East region which has a huge potential. Burning Heroes is supported by USA, Europe and Africa top partners such as: 500 Global, APX.VC, Techstars, Starta VC, Stanford Entrepreneur Club, Flat6 Labs, Plug and Play, Savant etc.
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Burning Heroes is the first start-up awards created by founders for founders!
BH Africa - Startup competition is for campus-based, pre-seed and seed Startups in Africa/Middle-East powered by Burning Heroes Founders Association.
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Our mission is to help Early-stage Startup Founders reveal their potential and help develop the African/Middle-East region which has a huge potential. Burning Heroes is supported by USA, Europe and Africa top partners such as: 500 Global, APX.VC, Techstars, Starta VC, Stanford Entrepreneur Club, Flat6 Labs, Plug and Play, Savant etc.
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Criteria:
• Disruptor
• Knowledge intensity
• Development stage & Operational readiness
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Criteria:
• Impact
• Originality
• Business Model
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Criteria:
• Originality
• Impact
• Domain knowledge
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Criteria:
• Disruptor
• Knowledge intensity
• Development stage & Operational readiness
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Criteria:
• Impact
• Originality
• Business Model
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Criteria:
• Originality
• Impact
• Domain knowledge
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Applications and nominations open for the competition. An application should include: a pitch-deck, product/prototype link, brief explanation of the problem you’re solving, and why your solution fulfills the criteria for the categories you’ve selected.
The Burning Heroes team will carefully evaluate the applications submitted and select a shortlist of finalists
Finalists’ Live online Pitch sessions in front of the Burning Heroes Africa Juries
Announcement of winners in each nomination
Media featuring
Top-investors' feedback
Free personal advising session with experts from the jury
Personal pricing and promo codes from our partners
Warm access to VCs
Membership in our closed community
Have questions?
Get in touch!
contact@burningheroes.com
Have questions?
Get in touch!
contact@burningheroes.com
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We define start-ups as any new business that has the potential to scale fast, is agile and often has a characteristic driven by technology or innovation.
Yes, we welcome start-ups from any industry to participate in our contest and present us the problems you’re solving with your solutions.
The process to participate as a start-up is really simple and designed to only take the minimum time required, but give you maximum benefit for your input.
All you’ll need to do is:
1. Â Submit an application form. If you have a pitch deck ready, this should take you no more than 2 minutes.
2.  If you’re shortlisted in the top companies selected to pitch at our online event, aside from the time to practice your killer pitch, the event will take 2 hours with 3 minutes allocated to each pitch and 2 minutes for Q&A.
That’s it!
Each participant in the contest will receive a chance to be seen. Top 15 startups will get valuable feedback from our judges -top VCs, accelerators, and experts from TOP companies. Winners will get up to 3 free individual consultations with an expert among the jury members, access to a closed community, as well as mentions in the media!
Yes, any project can participate in the contest. The existence of a company is not a must.
We recommend applying even if you are not confident in your deck. We pay much more attention to your ability to grow based on the market fit, product design, and the technology you are leveraging. If we can see this we will help you to improve your pitch and materials.
In addition to the experience, the Top 15 participants will receive a unique certificate stating that you took part in the Burning Heroes Australia Startup Awards. Winners will also receive an electronic badge that they can share on their website or social media.
It is completely free to enter in the competition and there are no hidden costs. Burning Heroes is a not-for-profit organisation focused purely on positive impact. The organising team is made up 100% by volunteers who are just passionate about seeing start-ups thrive! We also keep our costs low by hosting the pitch event online, which also makes it more accessible to participants from across the country.
The pitch event will invite all top 15 start-ups shortlisted to pitch to our panel of judges. Each start-up will have a maximum of 3 minutes to pitch, and then 2 minutes will be allocated for Q&A from the judging panel.
At the end of the event, the judges’ scores will be tallied and the winners should be notified by email and officially announced in 2 days!
