Prime Time is coming February 2026!
Regional Finals: February 23-27
Global Finals: February 28
// Prime Time Is Our Time
This is when it gets really good
It’s when our global community discovers the kinds of new ideas we can only get when people from around the world come together online.
It’s opportunities, answers, and beginnings.
It’s six pitch competitions over two rounds with city winners and challengers representing five regions of the world, and one founder emerging as our global champion.
Join our livestreams to see our top founders compete!
And it’s all decided by YOUR VOTES!
Competition
Recognition
Inspiration
INteraction
/ Why You’ll Love Prime Time
The six day series offers opportunities to connect with others from around the world, learn from experts, see exciting pitch competitions, and dive deeper into our global ecosystem.
Amazing new connections in the creative entrepreneurial space
Inspiration through hearing innovative startup visions and pitches
Insights into what you need to do next in your own journey
Access to world class products, services, and capital resources
A fun and unforgettable series!
// How the Tournament Works
Step 1 - Qualifiers:
Vote for Prime Time Competitors
Phase 1:
City Winners
Founders Live hosts pitch competition events nearly every week of the year in 125+ cities and 50+ countries!
Our audience votes to decide 1 city winner at each event.
Phase 2:
Regional Finalists
Every six months, city winners compete online for audience votes to produce 20 top founders from each of our global regions:
Latin America • Europe • Asia Pacific • North America • Africa
Phase 3
Challengers!
Founders from anywhere in the world can enter the Prime Time Pitch Challenge where the audience votes for 1 winner from each global region to complete the set of 25 regional finalists.
Step 2 - Tournament:
The Prime Time Global Competition
Phase 4:
Regional Finals
February 23-27
Each day, the top 5 founders in a given region compete live, online.
The audience votes for 1 regional winner each day.
This creates 5 regional winners.
Phase 5:
Global Finals
February 28
The 5 regional winners compete live online.
The audience votes for 1 global winner.
This champion wins the Grand Prize!
// Prime Time 2026 Schedule
Each day we livestream an exciting regional final, ending with our Global Finals and one global champion.
February 23
LATIN AMERICA
🇦🇷 Fingo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
🇵🇪 ThePrimeWay - Lima, Peru
+ 3 more TBA
February 26
EUROPE
🇫🇮 Hyper ICT Oy - Espoo, Finland
🇪🇸 ECTOS - Madrid, Spain
🇬🇧 Lambda Energy - Cambridge, UK
🇬🇧 Introstars - London, UK
🏴 Tilt Biotechnology - Edinburgh, Scotland
February 24
NORTH AMERICA
🇺🇸 Upkeep - Oceanside 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 TWYTCH INC - Miami 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Katsh.ID - Santa Monica 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Virtual Story - Palo Alto 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Gametime Hero - Seattle
February 27
AFRICA
🇪🇹 StriveIn Systems - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
🇳🇬 Xendam - Benin City, Nigeria
🇪🇹 Dream More Company - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
🇧🇯 Pixel-Mart - Cotonou, Benin
🇪🇬 Haader - Cairo, Egypt
February 28
GLOBAL FINALS
Latin America Region Winner: TBA
North America Region Winner: TBA
Asia Pacific Region Winner: TBA
Europe Region Winner: TBA
Africa Region Winner: TBA
// Voting Ended November 10
YOUR VOTES determined who will pitch in each region’s finals.
Click a region below to find and watch the qualified pitches.
Finalists are the top-ranked videos in each region as of 23:59:59 UTC, November 10.
Watch and vote for as many as you'd like, but you can only vote once for each pitch!
/ Founders Live Global Regions
What’s Great About Prime Time
Congratulations to our past winners:
Prime Time 2023
Prime Time 2024
// Partner with Us
Get your brand in front of our enthusiastic and open-minded audience here to take in the world’s newest ideas while taking active steps to learn and network.
These are the customers you’ve been looking for.
We have all kinds of ways for you to show up for this global community (and we’re open to hearing your ideas, too).
Premium Brand Positioning
Partner for the Prime Time Pitch Challenge and/or Prime Time 2025 global tournament
Demo your product
Present in regional competition(s) +/or Global Finals
Headliner speaking opportunities
Appear in all event listings and promo emails