Solve Challenge Finals 2024

Solve Challenge Finals is an unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in service of a better world. This event, hosted annually in New York City, unveils Solve’s latest cohort of innovators and their solutions to our Global Challenges. Investors and philanthropists gather to meet the innovators who join from all over the world, hear them pitch their solutions, and watch them win funding from a $1 million prize pool designed to catalyze scale. Amidst leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, Solve Challenge Finals is progress in action.

What you can look forward to

Outside of reveling in the buzz of NYC during the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, these are just a few reasons to join us:

1. Meeting the 2024 Solver Class in person! All of our newly selected innovators for this year’s cohort will travel from around the world to meet at Solve Challenge Finals. This is the kickoff to their nine-month support program with Solve and an opportunity for them to get to know us, each other, and YOU! 

2. Listening to the Solver pitches. Each year we leave Solve Challenge Finals feeling hopeful for the future after hearing so many world-changing ideas from these innovators dedicated to change. 

3. Watching prize reveals! There’s nothing quite like seeing the look on someone’s face when they find out they are a prize recipient! A pool of over $1 million is available for eligible solutions.

Location

The event will take place at the Apella, 450 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016. Please bring a photo ID with you.

This year, over $1 million in prize pool funding will be distributed. In addition to prize funding revealed at the Solve Challenge Finals, each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding, enters a nine-month support program to scale their work and impact, and is eligible for additional investment from Solve Innovation Future, Solve’s solution to persisting funding gaps.

Health Equity Innovation Award supported by Johnson & Johnson Foundation as part of its larger commitment as the Global Health Equity Anchor Supporter ($100,000)

The GM Prize supported by General Motors ($150,000) 

The GSR Foundation Prize supported by GSR Foundation ($150,000)

The AI for Humanity Prize supported by Patrick J. McGovern Foundation ($150,000)

Climate-Positive and Equitable Food Systems Prize supported by Seeding the Future Van Lengerich Foundation ($150,000)

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Ocean Innovation Prize supported by the Prince of Monaco ($100,000)

Schmidt Marine Wavemaker’s Prize supported by Schmidt Marine Technology Partners ($100,000)

Morgridge Family Foundation AI Innovation Prize supported by Morgridge Family Foundation ($50,000)

The Experian Prize supported by Experian ($50,000)

Habitat for Humanity Sheltertech Prize supported by Habitat for Humanity ($50,000)