https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/08/meet-the-final-round-judges-who-will-decide-the-winner-of-this-years-disrupt-battlefield-competition/

It’s never easy, deciding which of the 20 companies that make it into the Disrupt Battlefield Competition will be anointed its winner. There’s just so much at stake each year and this year at Disrupt 2020 this September 14-18 the stakes are even higher.

For that one startup that makes it all the way through the gauntlet, winning means $100,000, along with some serious bragging rights, which is non-trivial. But it can also be life-changing, given the interest the winner receives from customers, from investors, and from the corporate development teams of the world’s biggest companies. (While some past winners have gone public, like Dropbox, others have quickly sold, like Mint and like Vurb.)