43North

Startup competition · run by 43North · Buffalo · United States · Global

Buffalo pitch competition whose finalists present on stage; winners take investment and a cohort place on condition they run the company from Buffalo.

Apply on the programme's own site

43North terms

Read from the programme's own page on September 12, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.

Funding
$1 million
43North portfolio companies receive an investment of $1 million in exchange for 5% equity. check it
Equity taken
5%
43North portfolio companies receive an investment of $1 million in exchange for 5% equity. check it
Who may apply
Companies are required to relocate to Buffalo, NY for one year and work out of the 43North HQ where they’ll receive:
Companies are required to relocate to Buffalo, NY for one year and work out of the 43North HQ where they’ll receive: check it

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