The future doesn’t change by accident. It changes when innovators advance ideas. For the past five years, we’ve introduced hundreds of bold technology entrepreneurs and innovations that are making a difference in the world in the KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator Competition.
Now you have the opportunity to make that next step in the 2026 competition. It brings together some of the world’s most promising and bold technology innovators — founders and entrepreneurs like you who are challenging assumptions and building solutions to real-world problems that others may not have imagined.
If your tech solution has the potential to transform industries, empower communities, or redefine markets, and you’re ready for growth, the competition offers visibility, credibility, and connections with global technology leaders and investors. It’s your platform to demonstrate the impact of your innovation at scale.
Who is eligible to enter the competition?
Qualifications and eligibility criteria
Applicants are typically technology entrepreneurs who are successfully making the transition from the startup phase to the next stage in the growth of their businesses. They have developed innovative, proven technologies, established robust business models, demonstrated traction and have the potential to scale up globally.
To be eligible for the competition, you must:
- Be a registered company in the country/region where the country/region final is being held.
- Have been actively operating for 7 years or less (in the current form).
- Generate revenue between US $1 million and $15 million; or have raised at least US $500,000 in equity.
- Be either a pure technology or a tech-enabled, tech-driven or tech-led business.
- Not be majority owned by a large corporate.
- Be able to conduct all pitches in English.
- Be available to pitch at a country/region semi-final event in the timeline outlined by the country of origin (if applicable).
- Available to pitch virtually at a country/region final event in the timeline outlined by the country of origin.
- If selected as a finalist, be available to pitch at the global final in November 2026
