Check Out Start Up Events and Deadlines Below
Upcoming Events & Deadlines
April 2026
Events Calendar
April 18 -eMerge Summit AI Hackathon | Miami, FL
April 20 - Startup Ole Miami | Miami, FL
April 20-21 - Onward FX | Arkansas
April 22-24 - Innovate South | Lafayette, LA
April 23 - AI Summit at the Square Room | Knoxville, TN
April 23 - Kiva NWA Annual Celebration | Fayetteville, AR
April 23-24 - 2026 eMerge Americas Conference + Expo | Miami, FL
April 24-25 - Makers Demos and Workshops | Knoxville, TN
April 27-30- Isreali Tech Week Miami | Miami, FL
April 28 - Startup Grind Conference | New Orleans, LA
April 29 - Stennis Business Roundtable | Stennis Space Center, MS
April 29 - Startup Junkie | Fayetteville, AR
April 30 - Mississippi Polymer Institute Pitch Competition | Hattiesburg, MS
April 30 - VillageX Demo Day | New Orleans, LA
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines
April 28 - gener8tor SPARK program | Huntsville, AL
May 2026
Events Calendar
May 5 - The Bean Pitch Competition | Jackson, MS
May 5 - StartUp Nola Now | New Orleans, LA
May 13 - Veteran Owned Small Business Demo Day | Bentonville, AR
May 18-19 - Seed the South | Charlotte, NC
May 19 - 2025 Gulf Coast Pitch Competition | Gulfport, MS
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines
May 9 - Mid-South Reach Pre-Applications | KT, TN, MS, VA
May 27 - Spark Accelerator | Knoxville, TN
Ongoing - BioChallenge Company Applications | New Orleans, LA
2026 & Rolling
June 2 - StartUp Nola Now | New Orleans, LA
June 8-12 - Charleston Tech Week | Charleston, SC
June 9-11 - Guardian Summit | New Orleans, LA
June 11 - Oxford Lafayette Inc Pitch Competition | Oxford, MS
June 11-12 - Dig South Tech Summit | Charleston, SC
June 15 - The Community Development Foundation Pitch Contest | Tupelo, MS
June 24 - SLOSS.Tech Pitch Competition | Birmingham, AL
July 7 - StartUp Nola Now | New Orleans, LA
October 29 - BioChallenge 2026 | New Orleans, LA
Rolling - Startup FIU Local | South Florida
Rolling - 2025 Venture Capital Conference - Apply to Pitch to Investors | Florida
Rolling - ScaleUp by Endeavor Cohort | Florida
Rolling - NC Idea Startup Grant | North Carolina
Rolling - Florida Atlantic Market Valuation Workshop | Florida
Rolling - Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program’s Facilitated Growth Cohort | Florida
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines
June 15 - Startup Prize Health | Shreveport, LA
July 6 - Startup Prize Energy | Shreveport, LA
July 6 - IDEAfue | New Orleans, LA