Startup Battlefield
Top-tier expert judges. World-renowned past winners. Free and open participation. The world's top early stage startups together on one stage to compete for equity free prize money, and the attention of media and investors world wide.
- 1700+Companies
- $32BTotal Funds Raised
- ~250Total Exits (as of January 2025)
Applications for 2026 are now open!
Nominate yourself, a fellow founder, or a portfolio company
The [Startup] Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt is the world series of startup competitions
Roelof Botha
Managing Partner @ Sequoia Capital
This was a tremendous and transformative opportunity…The TechCrunch audience is who we want to reach. We had 3000 new installations in 36s hours [since we pitched on stage].
Elizabeth Lawler
CEO @ AppMap
Startup Battlefield was a game changer for our press and sales. It shared with the world who we are and how hard we have been working. Our clients and investors, alike, have never been more excited!
Samir Vasavada
CEO @ Vise AI
Startup Battlefield helped us refine our thinking and vision for our company. It has introduced us to many top-tier VCs who have also given us incredible feedback and guidance. Since Battlefield, we have received countless inbound inquiries from prospective clients including interest from one of the largest cities in the world to adopt our platform.
Geng Wang
CEO @ Civic Champs
Alumni
Startup Battlefield Alumni represent 1700+ companies with approximately 250 exits and over $32B in funding raised. Past Startup Battlefield alumni include:
Hammer & Chisel (Discord)
DropBox
CloudFlare
Fitbit
Glīd
Featured
Highlights
Siren Care
Multi-specialty virtual care clinic leveraging proprietary technology to cost-effectively care for patients at risk of diabetic foot ulcers.
Render
Render provides a unified cloud for developers and teams to host all their applications, databases, and websites.
Vurb
Vurb is a local app helping consumers find local things to do and letting them save their ideas.
Last Year’s Winner
Glīd
Glīd is transforming first-mile logistics with autonomous road-to-rail vehicles and AI-powered orchestration.
Website:glidtech.us/
Asset Summary
$5.1MMoney Raised
Other finalists from the 2025 Startup Battlefield competition:
MacroCycle Technologies
MacroCycle is the venture creating circular plastics and textiles at price parity and with zero carbon emissions.
Unlisted Homes
Unlisted is a $31T real estate market-maker focused on the 98% of homes that aren’t for sale — yet.
