Startupnight Application 2018

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Startupnight 2018 offers 250 startups more benefits than ever before. Free booths, exclusive speeddating and fantastic pitching opportunities. All for free and all in one application!

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Benefits

Free Tickets & Exhibition Booth

Show your product to thousands of visitors!

Startupnight belongs to the most prestigious startup events in Europe. Not only investors and corporates, but also thousands of visitors come to our event every year. Our jury will select the most promising 250 startups to receive three free startup tickets and a free exhibition booth (worth 1450€) to showcase their amazing product.

Speeddating and Pitches

Meet corporates and investors in exclusive sessions!

In order to boost networking, our jury will select the most suited startups to join one of the following three formats: In the Pitch & Pitchers session, a selected group of startups will pitch their product in front of all our investor partners and enjoy networking with beer afterwards. In the speeddating sessions, selected startups will meet either our investor or our corporate partners in 1:1 sessions. On our topic-focussed pitching stages (e.g. blockchain, ioT, etc...), selected startups present their product to interested customers, partners or investors.

Feedback and Prizes

Get feedback and win amazing prizes!

Of course, our jury and our partners will award the most shiny startups with cash, reputable badges and infinite fame! We have already stacked up prizes worth more than 400K, eg.: Sponsored trips to New York and Israel by Start Alliance and Go Jerusalem, Tech Boost Acceleration by Telekom, Seed Financing by Bundeswehr, and the famous Startup Choice Award by IBB and Octorank. This year, there is no need for extra work, just do the main application and you will hear from us!

Jury

Cem Ergün-Müller Head of Digital Open Space, Deutsche Telekom

Cem is the founder of Startupnight. One of the largest and most intense startup events of Europe. In his other life he is Head of Digital Open Space at Deutsche Telekom AG.

Vaiva Seskeviciute Communications, E.ON :agile accelerator

Vaiva is a communications person. Coming from the area of journalism, she works for E.ON :agile accelerator and will judge your startup from the communications perspective.

Stefan Gotthardt Ambassador to the Digital:Lab Berlin, Volkswagen AG

Stefan is part of the Volkswagen Group IT since 2011. Being one of the founding members of the Digital:Lab in Berlin he was nominated its ambassador in 2015. Before he joined Volkswagen he was assigned Head of Communications at the European Network Exchange (ENX), an association of the European automotive industry. Stefan has a graduate degree in communications science, psychology and media science (M.A.).

Raphael Kube Key Account Manager ICT/ Media/ Creative Industries, Investitionsbank Berlin

Since 2011, Raphael is consultant at the customer service department at IBB, the business development bank of the Federal Land of Berlin.
For round about 2 years he focusses himself on the cluster ICT/ Media/ Creative Industries. During that time he has evaluated lots of different innovative business models and talked to plenty of startups about their concepts. At IBB he is the first contact person in questions about subsidy programs and financing options for startups and IT-based companies.

Felix Scharf Business Innovation Manager, Volkswagen Group

Berlin-based Business Designer Felix Scharf is part of the Volkswagen Group IT Innovation Team called Ideation:Hub, in particular leading the Business & Startup Innovation Program. Connecting new mobility, digital services and smart city topics within the organization, he and his team develop solutions for urban challenges focusing on new business models and ecosystem extension through research cooperations and strategic partnerships.

Dirk Maass CEO, IBB Business Team GmbH

Since 2008, Dirk is a project manager for the largest german initiative for startups, Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg. With this initiative, Investitionsbank Berlin offers a professional way to create your business plan step by step for all startups in each cluster.

Maria Freitag Venture Scouter and Developer :agile accelerator

She’s the one whom startups applying for :agile accelerator need to impress first: Maria Freitag reviews applications for submission to the program and decides who goes on the short list. She loves that her work at :agile connects her with so many inspiring ideas and teams. She likes to challenge existing concepts and work towards a new startup and energy future.

Dr. Philipp Ulbrich Vice President Strategic Co-Investment E.ON SE, Vice President Strategic Co-Investment E.ON SE, Managing Director :agile accelerator,

As Vice President for Scouting and Co-Investments, Dr. Philipp Ulbrich heads E.ON’s co-investment team, focusing on minority shareholdings in mature start-ups to bring innovation to E.ON. In addition, he acts as Managing Director :agile accelerator, E.ON’s accelerator and seed financing vehicle. The two teams have offices in Berlin, Essen, Düsseldorf and San Francisco.

Inga Land Managing Director :agile accelerator

Inga truly believes in Walt Disney words “If you can dream it you can do it” and that daily motives her to help startups questioning and developing their business model and supporting them with her UX / UI, marketing, communication and sales skills. #better tomorrow

Carl-Philipp Wackernagel Berlin Partner

Carl-Philipp works for Berlin Partner, the official economic development agency for the city of Berlin. There, he works on keeping Berlin a great place for startups from all around the world. He implements city strategies for a healthy entrepreneurial environment and helps setting up new strategies to grow Berlin as Europe’s most important startup hub. He also co-founded the Start Alliance, a global city network helping startups from all over the world with fast market entry.

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