When a completed application and executive summary is received by TED Center staff, it will be reviewed for completeness and you will receive an electronic confirmation of receipt. The pre-screening will eliminate applications that are incomplete, don't meet the organization's minimum requirements (all fields in the application completed), or does not comply with the investing preferences of the funders (unique per funder).

Once an application has been accepted for review, a group of staff and committee members will review and further define the opportunity. If the applicant passes muster at this stage, the information will be forwarded to the funders in this category for review. If a minimum of (1) funder requests additional information regarding the application, the applicant will be invited to give a 10 minute presentation at the TED Center where the funder(s) will be present.

The applicant is invited to make his or her pitch at a meeting of interested funders in their category. (This meeting will be scheduled and held at The TED Center, 401 W Atlantic Avenue, Suite 9, Delray Beach Florida. Applications needs to be completed and reviewed 30 days prior to presentation. A question-and-answer session follows the applicant’s presentation, if interest is expressed by a Funder, a copy of your full business plan may be requested. This should be available at the presentation.

The funder is responsible for conducting a thorough check on you and your business. The objective is to validate the business plan, including the management team, market opportunity and amount of funding required versus requested.