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Strategic success of a Polish start-up. Only 2 start-ups from Poland are among the top 103 from around the world.  MassChallenge is the strongest promoter of innovation for bold entrepreneurs. Way to go AlphaPowders! #AlphaPowders

The application phase for the #OUTOFTHEBOXNRW Award is coming to an end. Do you have a tech startup based on a digital model that could be a true game-changer? But before signing up, you would like to know more about the benefits of the #OOTBNRW competition? We asked the winners from the past three years what benefits they got from the event (besides the prize money, of course). Here are their honest-to-goodness responses, in part one of “One question, three answers - Startup edition”: 🧮 syte was the 2023 winner. Here’s what they said: “We only won the prize because of our outstanding work of our entire team. We therefore invested the prize money of 25k in a one-week workation with the team in Gran Canaria to give something back to our team, celebrate our success and bond even more closely as a partly remote company. The win has also given us a lot of visibility through various press releases and articles and was the basis for contacts to potential investors, politicians and other great minds from the startup world.” 🔋 ACCURE Battery Intelligence won first place in 2022 and they answered: “Participating in the award brought us significant benefits beyond the prize money, including increased visibility and recognition, valuable networking opportunities, and insightful feedback. It also enhanced our credibility in the market. These advantages have supported our growth and opened up new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.” 🏥Last but not least, we asked Clinomic, first-place winners in 2021. Looking back, they said: “OOTB enabled us to gain attention from investors and connect with innovative startups in the region. Additionally, we were able to showcase Clinomic to visitors from all over NRW at the Digital Demo Days 2022 in Düsseldorf. We garnered attention from investors and connected with exciting startups!” And now it’s up to you. Apply now and seize your chance at a prize of 50k euros, a year membership to AddedVal.io and your spot on stage at this year's Hinterland of Things Conference in Bielefeld. We look forward to seeing you there! **The OOTB.NRW award was initiated by the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MWIKE) and is proudly hosted by Founders Foundation gGmbH Foundation.** #ootbnrw #whatwinnerssay #whyapply #foundersfoundation #outoftheboxnrw #startupprize

📣 IT'S OFFICIAL - Berlin-Brandenburg has the chance to get a joint, highly digital center for science-based startups - #UNITE #Berlin   👏 CONGRATULATIONS AND A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS VISION!   Yesterday, the consortium behind UNITE Berlin convinced at the lighthouse competition Startup Factories.   Beginning of 2024, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action called for the Startup Factories lighthouse competition. A total of five to ten Startup Factories are to be established as cross-university ecosystems with international appeal and strong integration into regional and national value chains.   ABOUT THE VISION: With UNITE Berlin, science, business, and society jointly create a leading, highly digital ecosystem for science-based startups and national and international entrepreneurial talents:   🚀 A new science-based startup every day 💪 50.000 new entrepreneurial talents every year   UNITE Berlin has the goal to unite the fragmented ecosystem in order to strengthen it as a whole. Especially for science-related spin-offs, it will create the best platform for the future success of start-ups.   Internationality, diversity and entrepreneurial responsibility are drivers and success factors. The focus is on seven units: Talents, Education, Programmes, Funding, Infrastructure, Marketing and Think Tank.   🕵♀️ Who is behind UNITE Berlin? A Berlin-Brandenburg consortium of more than 30 universities, colleges and research institutions as well as players from business, associations and venture capital companies.   🙌 We can't wait to expand and concretise the UNITE Berlin vision. Together, we can make a difference!   Find out more: https://lnkd.in/evFhsVzg   #StartupBerlin #CityOfEnablement #CityOfCooperations #CityofImpact #CityOfDiversity #CityOfDeepTech #CityOfTalents #UNITE

Are you a startup based in Germany going to Viva Technology this year? 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Check out the Startup Challenges and Awards! ⚡ Apply to #Startup #Challenges to showcase your product, get feedback from potential users, and build partnerships with new clients. ⚡ Check out the #VivaTech #Awards and discover the best solutions and breakthrough innovations created by startups ans students from around the world. #LaFrenchTechDüsseldorf is offering 30% discount to the first 50 attendees, startups or investors 👉 Get your pass with the code: FRTECHSNCXTD or via this link: https://lnkd.in/ecC9nT3D Viva Technology is #Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, taking place every year over four exciting days in Paris, gathering under one roof the brightest entrepreneurs, executives, investors, students and academics to collaborate, network, pitch, get inspired and showcase their innovations. The 8th edition will take place on 22-25 May 2024. The first three days are reserved for professionals, and on Saturday the doors are open to include the general public. 💡 2023 edition in numbers 👤 150,000 on-site visitors 🗺️ 174 nationalities represented - most represented countries : France, UK, Germany, US, Italy 🚀 11,400 startups - 43% International and 57% French 🚩 96 public sector actors, including 34 different country pavillons 💸 700 investment funds - more than 2,600 VCs, 59% of them from outside of France 👀 6.9 billion views on social media

#opencall Ready to take your tech startup to the next level? Apply now for imec.istart, world's leading university-linked business accelerator program 🚀 (Or give us a call, it's kind of what we do as well, but enough about ourselves, moving on.) The most promising innovative tech startups selected into imec's program, will get access to: 💰 at least 100.000€ (and up to 250.000€) funding 🤝 individual tailored expert coaching & mentoring ⚙️ imec technology 🌏 broad (inter)national network (featuring our founder Maarten Jansen) 👩🏫 workshops lead by industry experts 🏠 free housing And much more... Who can apply? imec.istart is looking for ambitious tech product-oriented startups who have a working proof of concept. (If you're unsure about your PoC, feel free to reach out - we're happy to help where we can.) 👉 Do you know someone who qualifies? Just tag them below. More info on how to apply and how to get selected: https://lnkd.in/eYVrDkp ⏳ Call closes June 1st at 23:59!

🔥 We recently attended the exciting “Innovation Day” event by IT-VN Association, where one of our own, our CBDO, took third place in the startup competition with his innovative platform for presents! We couldn’t be prouder of the accomplishment. Here are some key insights from our CBDO: 1️⃣ Every project pitch should blend emotion with hard data—investors love numbers. 2️⃣ You have to be like a shark—always moving, always doing. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither does a startup. 3️⃣ Networking is your biggest asset. Focus on building those connections. We take pride in being actively involved in Ukraine’s thriving IT industry and serving as a reliable partner in the startup ecosystem. This event was a great opportunity to connect with fellow tech enthusiasts and network with investors. A big thank you to all the organizers and participants for an incredible event! Dariia Nyshporska Sergiy Opria Anatoliy Klepach Dmitry SOFYNA Andrii Stakhov We’re thrilled to be part of the growth and innovation driving Ukraine’s tech landscape. #InnovationDay #Startup #UkraineTech #Networking #StartupInsights

HighTechXL is one of the founding members of Rise Europe. Together we aim to strengthen the startup and scaleup ecosystems across Europe. The last few days were very inspiring, productive and provided lots of optimism. Yes, WE CAN ignite and make the changes required to solve the societal challenges. Rise Europe’s goals are for Europe to become the best place to grow the new economy by contributing one third of global solutions, specifically, specifically ⅓ of startups, ⅓ of scaleups, ⅓ of unicorns. We will transform Europe from a world leader in research to a world leader in economic, societal, and environmental impact, while carrying on as the best place to live and work. 20 leading ecosystem builders from 13 European countries came together in the second #RiseEurope Summit in Madrid and Segovia this week, hosted by @iescitech. The goal was to define the next steps and strategy for vision in Europe 2030 of the second year of Rise Europe to empower and support European tech start-ups. Rise Europe is more than a group of visionaries who want to make the best out of European entrepreneurship. Rise Europe is driven to transform the current ecosystems and help start-ups thrive in Europe and internationally. #RiseEurope

[ 🗓️🚀 Event #SPRING2024 - #SPRING50 ] Join the 2024 SPRING 50 cohort! 👉 Each year, the Paris-Saclay ecosystem honors 50 of its brightest ideas of tomorrow, through the Paris-Saclay SPRING event. 🚀Entrepreneurs, ·  Are you looking for funds and/or strategic partnerships? ·  You want to boost your startup, find new potentiel customers ? ·  Is your startup a good example of the scientific and technological excellence of the Paris-Saclay cluster? Does it have a promising project that contributes to the future challenges? 📅 #Deadline for applications: Friday, March 1st 2024 ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eHR8Jysh 🖊 #What is SPRING 50? The SPRING 50 is an annual award ceremony for the 50 most innovative and promising startups from Paris-Saclay deeptech ecosystem. The aim of the organizers is to increase visibility for these 50 startups in the media and by connecting them to investors, industrialists and, more broadly, innovation actors in France and abroad. Paris-Saclay SPRING is about achieving concrete and operational results with 7,200 business meetings organized in 2023 and more than 305 M EUR raised by the startups of the SPRING 50's 2021, 2022 and 2023 promotions. Réseau SATT | Établissement public d'aménagement Paris-Saclay | Université Paris-Saclay | Région Ile de France | Communauté Paris-Saclay | Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Versailles Grand Parc | Choose Paris Region | HEC Paris | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | La French Tech Paris-Saclay | CNRS Île-de-France, Gif-sur-Yvette | ASTech Paris Region

⏰ Calling Startups! - Tomorrow is the last day to apply for the last GovTech Connect Boot Camp, run with the support of the European Commission! ⏰ Central Eastern European startups with a focus on public sector impact should seize this opportunity to apply before the 20th June deadline - it should only take 10 minutes! 🧩 As the first EU-wide programme specifically designed for GovTech startups, the Boot Camps aim to equip early-stage tech startups with the skills, tools, and network to develop solutions addressing critical European challenges. 🚀 With over 40 startup alumni from across Europe, this final Boot Camp is particularly focused on startups offering smart city solutions that can drive the digitisation of the public sector and support the green transition. 🗓️ Running virtually this September-October, the Boot Camp offers an unparalleled opportunity to advance your startup and make a significant impact. Learn more below and apply by 20th June ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gNv99UaW #GovTechConnect delivered by Intellera Consulting, PUBLIC, The Lisbon Council & Politecnico di Milano, with the support of the European Commission

🫨 What a week it was! Before getting into the weekend, what about a quick summary of some things that we have been up to at Aalto Startup Center? Here it goes! 🇰🇷 We hosted a delegation from Jeju Island (South Korea) who visited us wanting to learn more about our work with startups. Thank you Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education for coming! 🧑🚀 On Monday, the fantastic team from ESA BIC Finland organized an Info Webinar so potential applicants could get their questions answered. Deadline is next Friday, you still have some time to apply and take your startup to space. 💥 Later in the week, it was time to run the info session for startups wondering about what the Business Generator Accelerator Program is all about. The application period closes next Wednesday! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the sessions, we can not wait to work together and reach new levels of success together. ➡️ Interested to join our community? Everything you need to know (including more information about the current open calls) here: startupcenter.aalto.fi #fromideastoimpact #startupaccelerator #finnishstartups #deeptech #esabicfinland