Innovate@BU New Venture Competition 2025

Innovate@BU New Venture Competition 2025 invites Boston University students and class of 2024 alumni to apply with their startup ideas. The competition provides coaching, feedback on ideas and pitches, founder and team skill-building, media exposure, and prize opportunities totaling $80,000 with separate tracks for general startups and social impact ventures. Semi-finalists and finalists receive prize money, and the competition progresses through multiple rounds from February to April 2025.

Coaching and feedback on the idea and pitch, founder and team skill-building, media exposure, and prize money.

At least one founding team member must be a current BU student (undergraduate or graduate) or an alum who graduated within the past year, and must hold a key management role and be the main presenter if advancing.

Submit a team application through the official BU Innovate page; only one application per team.