D-Prize Competition 2025 for Aspiring Entrepreneurs – Up to $20,000

D-Prize Competition 2025 for Aspiring Entrepreneurs – Up to $20,000: D-Prize Competition is now accepting applications from aspiring Entrepreneurs Worldwide to participate in its 2025 challenge. Each winner will get up to $20,000 to launch a pilot in any region where extreme poverty exists.

D-Prize expands access to poverty-alleviation interventions in the developing world. Many solutions to poverty already exist. The challenge is distributing these solutions to the people who need it most.

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D-Prize Competition 2025 for Aspiring Entrepreneurs – Up to $20,000.

D-Prize programs produce new “distribution entrepreneurs” – social entrepreneurs who start new ventures that distribute proven life-enhancing technologies to millions of people living in extreme poverty.

Who Should Apply for D-Prize Competition.

You should have enormous ambition, and can imagine yourself as a successful entrepreneur. You are ready to launch your new venture, and – if a pilot proves successful – you are excited to grow it into a world changing organization.

If you are still a student or have existing commitments, you should have a clear idea how to transition into a full-time founder.

D-Prize is exclusively interested in ventures that will scale distribution of an already proven poverty intervention in the developing world. We do not fund prototypes of promising new interventions.

D-Prize Competition Challenges.

The world has already invented ways to end poverty, yet the best interventions are not being distributed at mass-scale. Can you design a business or NGO that solves one of the Distribution Challenges below?

• + WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
• + GIRLS’ EDUCATION
• + AGRICULTURE
• + ENERGY
• + GLOBAL HEALTH
• + EDUCATION
• + GOVERNANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• + CUSTOM

D-Prize Competition Eligibility.

• D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background.
• D-Prize is also open to any business model (for profit, non-profit, and everything in between).
• They will consider funding existing organizations only if: you are piloting a new distribution-focused initiative, and you need high risk capital.

D-Prize Contest Benefits.

Up to $20,000 USD will be awarded to selected applicants to launch a pilot version of their new organization in any region where extreme poverty exists.

D-Prize Competition Timeline.

Early Submission Deadline: October 18th, 2025 at midnight PT (pacific time)

Regular Submission Deadline: November 8th, 2025 at midnight PT (pacific time)

Extension Deadline (limited to 200 people who register): November 29th, 2025 at midnight PT (pacific time).

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How to Apply for D-Prize Competition 2025.

Go to the registration portal at https://d-prize.org/#challenges to apply

Round 1 – Submit your concept note and resume(s).  We generally receive 1800 submissions a competition.

Round 2 – Top 5% of entrepreneurs are invited to submit a full 10 page proposal. You will have  four weeks to draft and submit.

Final Round – Top entrepreneurs interview via phone and email.  The top 1-2% will receive up to $20,000 to launch.

Launch – You will spend the next three months using your talent to start a venture that can grow and help millions of people.

If you have questions, send an email to the D-Prize team at help@d-prize.org.