Black Ambition HBCU Prize Competition

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The Black Ambition HBCU Prize seeks to strengthen pathways to entrepreneurship, increase access to capital and expand pathways to growth, and highlight the talents of Black and Hispanic founders. 

Teams applying for the Black Ambition HBCU Prize must have a team lead with an affiliation to an HBCU and be a member of the founding team (VP or C-Suite level). HBCU affiliation is defined as at least one current HBCU undergraduate or graduate student (full-time or part-time), or one recent alum within 5  years of graduation, or one former student within 5  years of attending the institution. Team leads must identify as Black/African/African American and/or Hispanic/Latino/a/.

The Black Ambition HBCU Prize is for ventures that have raised no more than $1M in dilutive funding to date. This category is for projects that have shown progress against the venture concept (tested the concept, working prototype, minimum viable product).

For additional information on eligibility criteria for the Black Ambition HBCU Prize applications, please visit our website.

If you would like additional support with your application, please take a look our application resource guide . If you have additional questions please feel free to email us at info@blackambitionprize.com.

Thank you for your interest in applying!

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