Provided by: AWE Funds
Funding Support
Equity capital; exact investment ticket is not stated on the official challenge page
Application Deadline
Open / Rolling
Official Website
Not listed
AWE's official page confirms the AWE Tech Innovation Challenge and links to a live application form. AWE's investment thesis focuses on early-growth, generally post-revenue deeptech businesses in climate, health, fintech and future-of-work sectors. The advertised investment range and deadline are not displayed on the official challenge page. Final conditional resolution — Checkpoint 22: Official AWE equity-challenge page and live application form verified. Removed the unverified USD $100,000–$300,000 range and retained the official live equity application.
Startup Stage
All stages
Industry Sectors
All sectors
State Limitation
Pan-India
DPIIT & MSME Recognition
DPIIT Not Mandatory • MSME Not Mandatory
Top 40 get ₹20,000; top 20 get ₹1 lakh; winning 4 teams share ₹2 crore grant and incubation support
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Online application form
Pitch deck
Founder and company information
Traction and financial information