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VC26: DATUMRA® VENTURE COMPETITION
A global stage for people building innovative ventures.
Access useful technology. Learn from people who have built and backed businesses. Meet investors and operators. Get your venture seen.
Open to ambitious ventures from every industry
Global venture competition
Eight categories
Investor + operator judges
Open worldwide
Powered by Datumra
Great ideas can come from anywhere.
Opportunity does not always follow talent.
Some founders start with strong networks, access to investors, experienced advisers and the latest technology.
Others are building without any of those advantages.
VC26 was created to open more doors.
We bring founders onto a global stage, connect them with useful knowledge and technology, introduce exceptional ventures to people who can help, and give overlooked ideas the exposure they deserve.
What VC26 is here to do_
Access
Give founders useful technology and knowledge. Participants get access to monthly founder meetups, Q&A sessions, workshops, and a preliminary venture systems report.
Open Doors
Bring founders closer to people who can help. Investors, operators, mentors, partners and other founders from around the world, including office hours with experienced operators.
Get You Seen
Give promising ventures a bigger stage. VC26 creates opportunities for ventures to pitch, showcase their work, tell their story and reach new audiences.
Award Categories_
There is more than one way to build something extraordinary. Choose the category that best represents what you are building.
For people taking an idea from zero to one.
For solo founders building with the leverage to become a One Person Unicorn.
For small teams building with the ambition and systems to become a Ten Person Decacorn.
For companies with the potential to become a Hundred Person Hectocorn.
For ventures with the structure, ambition and evidence to become investable.
For ventures creating serious positive impact for people, animals, or the environment.
For ventures removing barriers in life, work, travel, education, health or public spaces.
For unusual, overlooked or hard to categorise ventures with serious potential.
More Than An Award_
VC26 is a competition, community and operating platform for ambitious ventures. It brings together recognition, founder support, operating insight, partner resources and access to the right people.
Awards
- Category recognition
- Winner prizes and partner rewards
- Finalist badges and certificates
- Public winner and finalist profiles
Community
- Category circles
- Founder meetups
- Finalist network
- VC26 alumni community
Systems
- Preliminary systems report
- Growth sessions
- Operating insights
- Datumra OS resources
Access
- Office hours
- Partner resources
- Selected introductions
- Launch and showcase opportunities
The Process_
Five stages designed to discover, support and showcase exceptional ventures.
Register
Choose your category and start your VC26 entry.
Apply
Tell us what you are building, who it helps and where you want to take it.
Shortlist
Selected ventures are introduced to the wider VC26 community.
Showcase
Finalists take the stage in front of founders, investors and operators.
Awards
Category winners are recognised and supported beyond the competition.
The people around VC26_
The competition brings together founders, investors, operators, technology companies, mentors and people who want ambitious ventures to succeed.
Founder events and conversations
Meet people building alongside you.
Investor access
Selected opportunities to meet and be seen by investors.
Operator knowledge
Learn from people who have built, scaled and supported companies.
Technology access
Discover tools and partner resources that can help your venture move forward.
Long-term network
Stay connected to the wider VC26 ecosystem beyond the competition.
What applicants, finalists and winners receive_
Winners
- Global VC26 Winner showcase
- Selected investor and partner introductions
- Official VC26 Winner recognition
- Media and storytelling opportunities
- Datumra systems support
- Partner technology and venture support
- VC26 alumni opportunities
Finalists
- Live Finalist Showcase
- Exposure across the VC26 network
- Official VC26 Finalist recognition
- Expert feedback
- Founder profile
- Awards Event invitation
- Access to selected VC26 partners and opportunities
Every Applicant
- VC26 founder community access
- Founder events and workshops
- Practical business resources
- Datumra operating insights
- Partner technology opportunities
- VC26 updates and future opportunities
Powered by Datumra_
VC26 was created by Datumra as part of our commitment to making entrepreneurship more accessible.
Datumra OS helps founders run their businesses from one connected system, bringing together knowledge, relationships, priorities, growth systems and security.
VC26 takes that mission beyond the software by opening access to knowledge, technology, relationships and opportunity.
The VC26 Philosophy_
VC26 celebrates founders and ventures building with ambition, leverage and operating power. From The New Idea to Future Giants, from Purpose Ventures to Barrier Breakers, every category is designed to recognise a different kind of serious potential.
The award is the starting point. The community, systems, exposure and relationships are what make it last.
What are you building?
VC26 is looking for ambitious ventures from around the world.
- An idea at the beginning.
- A solo founder building something remarkable.
- A small team moving quickly.
- A venture ready for investment.
- A company tackling an important problem.
- Or something we have never seen before.
We want to hear about it.