Participating startups will deliver a 5-minute pitch followed by a 10-minute Q&A to an external panel of judges. The competition will take place across four tracks:

Health Sciences Enterprise Track (HSE)

Open to startups innovating solutions in the fields of biomedical/ biochemical engineering, advanced therapeutics, medical/ surgical devices and software, computational health, health monitoring, health & wellness, and more, to improve health, quality of life, patient centered healthcare, prevent and cure diseases, and understand how humans and animals function.

Technology Driven Enterprise Track (TDE)

Open to startups developing global solutions upon a new technology in the fields of computer science, robotics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, construction, communications, education, business, financial and information technology as well as a variety of multidisciplinary fields that are working to significantly or radically disrupt their industry sector.

Social Impact Enterprise Track (SIE)

Open to non-profit or for-profit startups that apply commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and social well-being, such as trading cooperatives, credit unions, community organizations, NGOs or other multidisciplinary fields that are working to achieve social, cultural and/or community economic outcomes as their mission.

Environmental Enterprise Track (EE)

Open to startups developing innovative solutions to address one or several major global environmental challenges in the fields of nature conservation, agricultural science, renewable energy, transportation, waste management, food production, consumer goods, retail and packaging or other multidisciplinary fields that are working to reduce negative impact or increase positive effects on the environment.