Founder-first startup competitions
Submit your idea to Ekidea, compete for recognition and prizes, and keep full ownership.
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Create an account, complete your founder profile, publish your startup page, unlock membership credits, then submit to the competitions that fit you.
Sign up for free so you can save drafts, publish a startup page, and enter competitions securely.
Add your founder details so people can understand who is behind the idea and what you are building.
Share your startup idea, problem, solution, target users, and current stage in a clean public page.
Pick a membership plan for Competition Entry Credits, idea nominations, and member benefits scaled to each stage.
Explore open competitions and use your Competition Entry Credits to submit your startup to the right one.
Live competitions
Themed competitions with published criteria, transparent prize terms, and active feedback.
A startup idea competition for founders at every stage. Two selected winners share a guaranteed $5,000 total prize pool after Ekidea review.
$5,000
2 winners · 1st place $3,500, 2nd place $1,500
168 entries so far
Contests
Ekidea runs founder contests with clear rules and prizes. Idea page or free profile, reviewed rewards, Winners page placement, no equity.
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Fair, founder-first contests
Typical contests
Pitch-first, idea-second
Join a focused competition and move toward a fair, transparent review after you publish your startup page.