On Thursday, April 11, 2024, the time had finally come. The anticipation could turn into joy and this year's Hub Battle could take place. After we see you at the NRW-Tour about our instagram— and linkedinchannel were able to give first exciting insights into the other locations and start-ups, the wait was over. Im Bonner Cityhub All eight start-ups came together to win the 5th Hub Battle in NRW. The start-ups were there AKEYI ofthe Digital Hub MünsterLand, Fellbox From the RuhrHUB, Habbys from Starting point Cologne, LichtWart from the Founders Foundation gGmbH Bielefeld, Broker Whale ofthe DigitalHub Aachen, Smart Plastify from Starting point57 in Siegen, Soulely. de ofthe Digital Innovation Hub Düsseldorf as well as TF Industries from the host hub, the DIGITALHUB.DE. Not only on site in Bonn, but also via live streaming via Instagram, youtube and on Instagram, hundreds of start-up fans were able to watch and cheer on the battle either at the parties of the other NRW hubs or from home: Who will win the title of most exciting start-ups in NRW 2024?
From 18:00 it was time for the curtain up and the stage was clear for the ESC of start-ups: A voice from the commentator booth, Christoph Hoffmann,greeted the audience and accompanied them alongside the presenter Sophia Tran and the presenter Ken Reise, who even had various outfits up their sleeve through the evening. Before we pitched what it takes, our Special Guest Daniel Schmidt with me on a short trip back to the Hub Battle 2023. Together with Simon Grossmann the start-up Trusted craftsmen founded and brought the trophy to Bonn last year.
And let's go: Pitch after Pitch. Each start-up announced itself with a strong challenge and convinced the jury and the audience in just three minutes from their innovative idea. Each presentation was followed by three questions from the jury, who wanted to know exactly. Cristina Doumitrachko of DeepTech & Climate Fund, Christoph Büth from the NRW.BANK, Heike Snellen from the KPMG and Tobias Lakämper of Telekom Techboost represented our partners as jury members.
After the break and fresh drinks, it was time for Scoring. Just as with the ESC, the result was made up of 50% of the jury's points and 50% of the points from the audience, who of course were not allowed to vote for the start-up in their own region. After the jury, the individual hubs announced their points with a lot of noise and atmosphere. And the title”Start-up Champion 2024” goes to...
A start-up that, as a leading provider of corporate games, helps companies to convince the right people in recruiting, employer branding and marketing. Full of joy took Stephan Egbringhoff den Travelpokal as well as the 5,000 EUR prize money, sponsored by NRW.Bank, opposite. At the beginning of 2019, he worked together with Oliver Holz and Robert Holtstiege Lean Ocean Software GmbH, which stands behind the AKEYI brand, was founded and pitched for the now 25-person company. We are happy for you and warmly congratulate you! Our congratulations also go out in particular to the second-placed start-up, LichtWART, and third place, TF Industries.
It goes without saying that such an evening full of innovative ideas, exciting moments and excitement must be celebrated down to the last second. Bruce Kapusta With his trumpet and vocals, he opened the aftershow party at CityHub before the DJs Philipp Niemann and Alex Taetz Took over until late at night.
We would like to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts who helped to get this event off the ground, all start-ups for the great pitches and everyone who took part for the great atmosphere! Thanks to you, we all had an unforgettable evening together!
The Hub Battle 2024 has once again shown that we are together behind our Start-up ecosystem and the Tomorrow's ideas stand. We are already looking forward to the Hub Battle 2025 in Münster! Be excited!
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