{"id":18675,"date":"2017-11-15T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=18675"},"modified":"2017-11-15T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:07:44","slug":"call-urban-future-competition-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2017\/11\/15\/call-urban-future-competition-deadline-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL: Urban Future Competition Deadline Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deadline to apply is\u00a0December 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 just a little over\u00a0two weeks from now<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>!\u00a0Apply today<\/a>\u00a0 for non-dilutive cash prizes of $50,000. Winners in each category \u2014 smart mobility, smart city, and smart grid \u2014 will also receive entry to ACRE, New York City’s longest running cleantech incubator.<\/p>\n

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The Urban Future Competition debuts the world\u2019s most revolutionary smart mobility, smart city, and smart grid technologies by bringing the brightest entrepreneurs together with mission-driven investors, policy leaders, and corporate sponsors for a prestigious pitch competition in NYC. Thanks to BP, New York Community Trust (NYCT) and NYSERDA, we are able to offer each of three winners a $50,000 cash prize and admission into the ACRE incubator at UFL, NYC\u2019s longest running cleantech incubator program.<\/div>\n
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New York’s supportive state and city governments, flourishing tech sector, and massive scale make it the #2 startup ecosystem in the world. The city has become the ideal laboratory for creating sustainable solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges. Apply today to build a better\u00a0tomorrow<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n
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WHY APPLY<\/div>\n
In addition to the cash prize and admittance to the internationally acclaimed ACRE incubator, winners of the competition will gain access to both BP\u2019s and ACRE\u2019s community of experts who will help to scale their businesses and accelerate their paths to success.<\/div>\n
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ACRE companies have raised more than $340 million in follow on funding and have a survival rate of >90% since the program\u2019s inception in 2009.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The deadline to apply is\u00a0December 1\u00a0\u2014 just a little over\u00a0two weeks from now!\u00a0Apply today\u00a0 for non-dilutive cash prizes of $50,000. Winners in each category \u2014…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}