BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2025 – YOA

Deadline: May 4, 2025

Applications are open for the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2025. The BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2025 marks one other thrilling version of this prestigious initiative led by the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (BRICS WBA) to empower ladies entrepreneurs throughout BRICS nations.

Organised by SEBRAE underneath Brazil’s BRICS Presidency, the competition highlights modern, excessive-influence startups led by ladies, fostering financial integration and world collaboration. As Brazil takes the lead in 2025, this version builds on the success of its inaugural launch, providing a platform for visibility, networking, and enterprise enlargement inside the BRICS ecosystem.

Categories

• Healthcare and Wellbeing
• Agriculture and Food Security
• Education and Skills Development
• Energy, Infrastructure, and Mobility
• Commerce, Service, and Digital
  Transformation
• Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions

Awards

• Trip to Rio de Janeiro (1-8 July 2025)
• 18 Finalists will be part of an unique Technical Mission:
  • Visits to high innovation hubs & companies
  • Networking with buyers & business leaders
  • BRICS Business Forum & Award Ceremony

Eligibility

• Open to ladies entrepreneurs who’re residents or everlasting residents of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, UAE) or BRICS companion nations (Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan). 
• Alternatively, they have to function primarily inside BRICS markets or have a transparent enlargement plan into these areas.
• Must maintain a key management place (Founder, Co-Founder, or equal).
• Must play an lively function within the startup’s operations & technique.
• Multidisciplinary groups with numerous experience are inspired.
• Must be an innovation-pushed startup addressing important challenges.
• Should have a powerful technological basis, leveraging AI, Blockchain, IoT, or superior tech.
• Deep-tech ventures based mostly on reducing-edge scientific analysis are inspired.
• Must show progress potential and scalability inside and past BRICS markets.

Evaluation Criteria

• Innovation: 20%
• Positive Impact: 20%
• Scalability in BRICS Markets: 15%
• Commercial Viability: 15%
• Partnerships & Networks: 10%
• Technical Capability: 10%
• Processes, Intellectual Property & Operations: 5%
• Presentation Quality: 5%

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to BRICS Women’s Startups Contest.