2026 22nd annual edition

2026 NVC

Grand Finale. 2026-05-21, 5:00-9:00 PM PT · SB1 Merage Auditorium, 4291 Pereira Drive, Suite 2300, Irvine, CA 92627.

Announced prize pool. Over $100,000 plus AWS credits for all semi-finalists.

Tracks. Business Products & Services · Consumer Products · Consumer Services · Life Sciences · Social Enterprise.

Finalists

10 finalists per Merage NVC page as of 2026-05-12: two per track. An earlier archive pass recorded 'AegleBio, Billify, NeuroBoost, Grad2Go' as named semi-finalists; those teams do not appear on the current finalist page and could not be re-verified against a primary source on 2026-05-12.

TrackFinalists
Business Products & Services Abner Computing, Simly
Consumer Products PAQQ, RestWing
Consumer Services CuraVoice, Pipeline
Life Sciences LAMON, NeuroStrat
Social Enterprise Ascend First, BrickCycle

Source: Merage NVC page.