A founder community, students first

Never miss a pitch
competition again.

Every competition, grant and fellowship open to student founders (plus the ones open to any founder), sorted by deadline every month. And a community of founders going after them together.

$950K+ in cash prizes and grants for student founders, tracked in one place. Free money is real money.

Watch: why we built this (2 min)
Video coming soon
Join Pitch Collective · $9.99/mo
Cancel anytime. Instant access to 4 training videos.
Two days after we started, a member took a spot nobody else could make, and won the whole thing.

Jackson Poynor, a USF student building Simple Referrals, heard about the Tampa Bay Innovation Q3 Pitch Showcase in our group and said yes. He wasn't more ready than anyone else. He just heard about it in time.

$950K+in cash prizes and grants across 16 student competitions. No equity deals or software credits counted.
60+opportunities tracked, each checked against its official page before we post it
1stof every month: the full list, sorted by deadline
$105K+won by the two of us in pitch competitions, pitching our own startups as undergrads
What you get

The list we wished
we'd had.

Day one

4 short training videos

  • 01 How the competition circuit works
  • 02 Writing applications that get picked
  • 03 A pitch deck judges remember
  • 04 Delivering the pitch itself
Every month

The monthly drop

Every opportunity worth your time, with who can apply, what you win (cash, grant or equity, labeled clearly), the deadline, and the link.

Every Monday

Closing this week

A short heads-up on anything closing in the next seven days, so nothing slips past you mid-month.

Always

A founder community

Founders from across the country chasing the same competitions, swapping notes and making intros. Going to the same event? We'll connect you before you get there.

A look inside

One channel.
Every deadline.

  • Student-only competitions flagged so you know your odds
  • What each one is worth, plus the month's total
  • Cash prizes and equity deals labeled, never mixed up
  • Estimated dates marked as estimates
  • Pick two or three a month. We'll help you prepare.
🔒 monthly-opportunities
TPC
Pitch Collective Today at 9:00 AM
🗓️ THE NOVEMBER DROP: everything worth your time, sorted by deadline.
💰 $950K+ in cash prizes and grants on the list
$182K+Rice Business Plan Competition
student-onlycash
Opens Nov 9 · closes Jan 29
$40KUF Big Idea Competition
UF studentscash
Applications open now · finals in spring
Who it's for

Building something?
You belong here.

Built by Mathis (USF) and Dillon (FGCU), who won over $105K in pitch competitions as undergrads. Started at USF and FGCU, built for student founders, and open to any founder hunting for competitions and grants.

Undergrads Grad students Recent grads Founders out of school Idea stage Already launched Any major
Questions

Fair questions.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime, in one click on Whop. You keep access until the end of the month you paid for.

Is this only for USF and FGCU students?

No. That's where we started, but the list covers opportunities across the country, and members can join from any school.

I'm not a student. Is this for me?

Yes. Most of the list is for student founders, but some competitions and grants are open to any founder, and we tag those so you can spot them fast. The community is open to you either way.

Will I win funding?

We can't promise that, and nobody honestly can. What we promise is that you won't miss the chance because you didn't know about it.

I only have an idea. Is it too early?

No. Plenty of competitions take idea-stage teams, and we tag them so they're easy to find.

Can't I just find these myself?

You can, if you check a hundred university pages, newsletters and LinkedIn posts every week. We do that so you don't have to, and we check every listing against the official page.

How do I get in after I pay?

Checkout is on Whop. Connect your Discord there and the members-only channels unlock automatically. The training videos are on Whop right away.

Hear about it in time.

Join Pitch Collective · $9.99/mo
Cancel anytime · or join the free community