Startup Battlefield 200 Closes Applications June 8, Offering $100,000 Prize at Disrupt 2026
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 5
Startup Battlefield 200 Closes Applications June 8, Offering $100,000 Prize at Disrupt 2026
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 5
Summary
June 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT is the deadline for startups to apply to Startup Battlefield 200, which will take place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in October at San Francisco’s Moscone West.
One selected company will win $100,000 in equity-free funding, while all chosen startups get a live pitch opportunity, investor and media exposure, and access to founder-only programming.
Early-stage companies with a working MVP are the main target, including bootstrapped, pre-seed and seed startups; some Series A firms in capital-intensive sectors also qualify.
More than 250 alumni exits and over $32 billion raised by past participants are part of the program’s pitch, with former contenders including Dropbox, Discord, Mint, Fitbit and Trello.