BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 19, 2026

Applications are invited for the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2026. The Women’s Startups Contest 2026 marks as the distinguished initiative led by the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (BRICS WBA), aimed toward empowering and accelerating ladies-led startups throughout BRICS nations. This 12 months, India takes the lead, underscoring its sturdy dedication to selling ladies-led growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship on the worldwide stage.

Building on the success of the earlier editions, the 2026 version continues to highlight revolutionary, excessive-influence ladies-led enterprises, fostering crossborder financial integration, collaboration, and data alternate inside the BRICS ecosystem. The initiative gives a dynamic platform for visibility, networking, and enterprise growth, enabling ladies entrepreneurs to scale their ventures and interact with buyers, trade leaders, and policymakers throughout BRICS nations.

Categories

• Healthcare and wellbeing
• Agriculture & Food safety
• Education & talent growth
• Energy, infrastructure & mobility
• Commerce, service & digital transformation
• Sustainable growth & local weather options

Awards

• Start-ups can be evaluated throughout six classes. Winners can be chosen beneath every growth stage, culminating in 18 finalists.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be residents or everlasting residents of BRICS nations (Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE), presently working in a number of BRICS markets, and actively exporting or supplying inside these markets.
• Must maintain a key management place (Founder, Co-Founder, or equal).
• Must play an energetic position within the startup’s operations & technique.
• Multidisciplinary groups with various experience are inspired.
• Demonstrate the lengthy-time period social, financial, or environmental influence and sustainability of the answer.
• Provide proof of a viable enterprise mannequin, market demand, and any current traction or progress.
• Clearly describe the answer, the issue it addresses, and its revolutionary and scalable options.
• Demonstrate alignment with BRICS priorities and the potential to scale, replicate, and create influence throughout BRICS nations.

Application

Applicants are required to submit:

• Business pitch (most 5 pages, PDF format).
• Link to a brief video presentation (most 3 minutes).
• Financial and operational abstract (if out there).
• Proof of eligibility (citizenship/residency or enterprise registration doc).

Click here to apply

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