Deadline: 6-Apr-23
If your idea can be an innovation in renewable energy, a sustainable transition in the food chain, a mind shift in urban mobility or any other way to tackle climate change, then apply for Climate Launchpad’s Green Business Ideas Competition.
The competition is your ticket to global success. Provided you have a green business idea and have what it takes to become an entrepreneur.
Themes
Climate Launchpad works with eight themes chosen in consultation with EIT Climate-KIC. These represent a selection of the most pressing and relevant focus areas of the time in the fight against climate change.
This ensures that ideas are judged equally against their peers by industry experts, ensuring that the best of the best rise to the top.
The selected themes for this year:
- Adaptation & Resilience.
- Blue Economy.
- Circular Economies.
- Clean Energy.
- Food Systems.
- Sustainable Mobility.
- Urban Solutions.
- The Next Big Thing.
What can I win?
- Prizes in the National and Regional Finals differ per country and region (cash or in kind).
- The big prize? A bunch of new acquired skills & knowledge and networking opportunities to get your business thriving. And of course infinite glory.
- All prizewinners are responsible for any taxes, wire transfer costs and other possible costs related to receiving the prize.
Stages
- Step 0: Mini-course
- After your application teams are automatically invited first for participation in a CLP Mini-course to help National Leads to make a better selection or to prepare you for the Boot Camp.
- Step 1: Boot Camp
- The top teams chosen by the National Leads take part in the ClimateLaunchpad National programme which kicks off with a multi-day digital Boot Camp. The trainers will teach you all you need to know about jump-starting your business.
- Step 2: Intensive coaching and National Finals
- The Boot Camp is followed by a period of intensive coaching. You’ll perfect your pitch, value proposition and business model. After that, you’re ready to rock your National Final where you’ll pitch digitally for a National Jury.
- Step 3: Regional Finals
- The top teams of each country go to the Regional Finals where they pitch in front of the region’s best and brightest.
Eligibility Criteria
- Anyone with a promising cleantech idea who dreams of becoming an entrepreneur should join. You can be a new start-up, SME, researcher, student, public organisation, consultant, engineer, a combination of the above or something that doesn’t fit a job title. Don’t worry if you don’t have a business plan quite ready. Climate Launchpad will help you strengthen your plan or teach you how to create one.
- You can only apply in your own country and you can only enter if:
- You have not yet started a business or your company has been incorporated for less than a year (definition: your legal entity does not exist for more than 1 year);
- Your new venture has attracted less than € 200.000 in total funding (this includes all funding, like grants, government loans, angel and/or VC investments, et cetera)
- You have not yet sold products, solutions or prototypes on commercial terms.
Dealines
- Australia: April 26th 2023
- France: May 22nd 2023
- Spain: April 6th 2023
- Switzerland: May 24th 2023
- The Netherlands: April 19th 2023
- Uganda: June 7th 2023
For more information, visit Climate Launchpad.