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.
| Track | Finalists |
|---|---|
| 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.