Prepare for pitch battle: Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are open

Pre-Series A founders, this is your moment! If your startup is acceptable to beryllium tested nether existent pressure, the battlefield is open.

We’re still accepting nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200. This is your changeable to measurement into the arena at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and spell head-to-head successful beforehand of world-class VCs and the afloat TechCrunch audience.

Where breakout companies are forged

You’ll compete for $100,000 successful equity-free funding, gain planetary vulnerability connected the main signifier at Disrupt in San Francisco, and get raw, unfiltered feedback from the investors who signifier the aboriginal of tech. In addition, you’ll join an elite cohort of founders preparing to instrumentality connected the biggest startup signifier successful the world.

Startup Battlefield alumni see Trello, Mint, Dropbox, Discord, and Fitbit — more than 1,500 startups that erstwhile stood precisely wherever you are now: early, hungry, and acceptable to beryllium it.

Make your mark or get near behind. Nominate now.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 29: (L-R) Kevin A. Damoa, Founder & CEO, Glīd, Claire Kroft and Ankit Malhotra, winners of the Startup Battlefield 2025, airs onstage during time 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 astatine Moscone Center connected October 29, 2025 successful San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images

Competition is fierce. Enter early.

Thousands of startups applied past year, and this year’s tract volition beryllium adjacent much competitive. TechCrunch reviews every nomination, but founders who participate aboriginal springiness themselves a strategical edge. If you’re serious astir winning, don’t wait to articulation the fight.

Startup Battlefield 200 perks

• Free grounds array for all 3 days of Disrupt

• 4 complimentary Disrupt passes

• Startup branding and listing successful the Disrupt lawsuit app

• Press database entree and pb procreation opportunities

• Access to exclusive laminitis masterclasses

• The accidental to transportation unrecorded connected the Disrupt Stage

• Direct feedback from top-tier, world-famous VCs

• A changeable at $100,000 equity-free funding

Explore the afloat database of perks.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 21: (L-R) Former TechCrunch Managing Editor Matt Burns, Kleiner Perkins Partner Mamoon Hamid, Pear VC Founding Managing Partner Mar Hershenson, Precursor Ventures Founder & Managing Partner Charles Hudson, Sunshine Co-Founder & CEO Marissa Mayer, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Matthew Panzarino, Greycroft Co-Founder & Managing Partner Dana Settle, Magnestar CEO & Founder Jacqueline Good, and Magnestar Director of Operations Dani McCoy talk onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 astatine Moscone Center connected September 21, 2023 successful San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images

What it takes to participate the arena

We’re looking for bold, early-stage founders with an MVP and a imaginativeness that challenges the presumption quo. If you’re bootstrapped, pre-seed, oregon seed-funded, this battlefield was built for you. Series A startups in capital-intensive industries whitethorn besides qualify.

Start the conflict today

Nominations close on June 8, but champions don’t wait for the past call. Prepare early. Nominate early. Enter Startup Battlefield 200 and combat for your spot connected tech’s biggest stage.