What's this all about?
The Road to Berlin consists of several smaller Startupnights in Munich, Cologne and Aachen prior to the main event on September 7th in Berlin.
There will be startup exhibitions, pitches, workshops and various talks.
Participating startups will get the chance to pitch their products in front of a jury consisting of partners and VCs. The winner will get a wildcard for Berlin and all travel costs will be paid by us.
We are heavily working on the details to create an unique and exciting experience for you!
Check out more below!
Aachen
Here it is!
Our stop in Aachen on July 6th, 2018 will be at the Digital Church in cooperation with Hub Aachen.
We will start at 5 pm and there will be a startup exhibition, speed dating, BBQ and finally also party from 10 pm. As a part of our program you have the opportunity to take part in two great workshops:
- 3 pm: "Essential Marketing Hacks for Tech Startups" with Ben Sufiani
- 5 pm: "How to pitch" with The Pitch Doctor
The Pitch Doctor is pitching Berlin at 7:15 pm and the winner of the Ticket to Berlin will be announced 8.45 pm.
Since this event is not public unfortunately, but only open for visitors with a professional background, you need to have an invitation. If you are a startup, a partner of Startupnight or think that you should take part, please email us: aachen@startupnight.net
Jury
- Ivan Albino, Investment Principal, E.ON SE
- Manuel Heckel, Business Journalist
- Mark Nierwetberg, Senior Vice President Transformation Office Technology & Innovation Deutsche Telekom AG
- Stefan Gotthardt, Ambassador, Volkswagen Digital:Lab Berlin
The winners were selected from all participating startups of the event. Congratulations to PhysioSense and camboo!
Exhibiting startups
Cologne
Join us here!
The Road to Berlin will have a stop in Cologne on June 28th, 2018!
Exhibiton, Pitches, Workshops and Pretzels
- 5 pm Start exhibition
- 7 pm - Opening and Berlin Pitch by The Pitch Doctor
- 7:15 pm
- Workshop "How to pitch" with The Pitch Doctor
- Fireside Chat with Sebastian Pitzler, Managing Director of InsurLab Germany e.V., and Sebastian Heithoff, Marketing Manager of Personal Business Machine AG
- 7:30 pm - Pitching session
- 8:30 pm - Review of Telekom challenge
- 8:50 - Announcement of winner of pitching session and closing
- 9 pm - Networking
- 10 pm - End of event
The winner of the pitches gets a wildcard for Startupnight in Berlin including all costs for the travel.
This is public and open for everyone to join!
Deutsche Telekom 5G Challenge - "Ready Player One – Fantasy or Reality with 5G? Create the future with us!"
In this challenge we will focus on 5G technology as an enabler for new services in following areas: VR/AR, Future Mobility, Entertainment, Virtual Gaming.
The challenge is not public and for invited guests only.
Jury of pitching session
- Daniel Becker, Managing Director of E.ON Off Grid Solutions GmbH
- Robert Thielicke, Editor-in-Chief of Technology Review
- Mathias Proske, Founder of ValueTech Network
- Antonio Angelo Gatti Balsarri, Chief Executive Officer at lemonblood
- Marc Kley, Head of the GATEWAY Gründungsservice of University of Cologne
Munich
Our first stop!
The Road to Berlin will have its start in Munich on June 7th, 2018!
Exhibiton, Pitches, Workshops and Pretzels
- 5 pm Start exhibition
- 7 pm - Opening and Berlin Pitch by The Pitch Doctor
- 7:15 pm
- Workshop "How to pitch" with The Pitch Doctor
- Fireside Chat "Growth with corporates - challenges and solutions" with Kai Uhlig, Userlane, and Deepa Gautam-Nigge, SAP
- 7:30 pm - Pitching session
- 8:30 pm - Review of Volkswagen challenge and presentation of winning startup
- 8:50 - Announcement of winner of pitching session and closing
- 9 pm - Networking
- 10 pm - End of event
The winner of the pitches gets a wildcard for Startupnight in Berlin including all costs for the travel.
This is public and open for everyone to join!
"Volkswagen Challenge – experts, joint projects and waffles"
The goal is to bring Volkswagen’s Data:Lab Munich experts and AI/ML startups together. The winner will potentially qualify for our startup collaboration space in Munich and for a booth at Startupnight Berlin.
- Startup pitches
- Brainstorming about potential projects with experts of Volkswagen
- Presentation of developed project concepts Relocation to Telekom Flagship Store
The challenge is not public and for invited guests only.
Jury of pitching session
- Cem Ergün-Müller, founder Startupnight
- Deepa Gautam-Nigge, Next-Gen Innovation Network Manager at SAP SE
- Jörg Mühle, VP Sales and Member of the Executive Board of Heise-Medien
- Véronique Ruhrmann, Volkswagen Data:Lab
- Natalie Kho, LMU Entrepreneurship Center München, Innovation and Acceleration Architect
