- Switzerland: 18 April 2021
- Netherlands: 23 April 2021
- Romania: 30 April 2021
- Portugal: 9 May 2021
- Brazil: 16 May 2021
ClimateLaunchpad: The Green Business Ideas Competition has been launched to unlock the world’s cleantech potential, they support start-ups that address climate change and shape the world’s next economy.
It is the world’s largest green business ideas competition. Innovation and invention can lead the way to a clean future. That’s why they create a stage for the people who have great cleantech ideas and help them develop those ideas into startups making global impact. ClimateLaunchpad is part of the Entrepreneurship offerings of Climate-KIC.
Why should you enter ClimateLaunchpad?
Enter ClimateLaunchpad if you want to know how to navigate the cleantech field, want hands-on business advice while developing your business plan and become a pro in presenting your proposition to investors and prospective customers. This and more you will learn during the ClimateLaunchpad trajectory.
The Prize
- National Finalists are awarded prizes in-kind to be determined and organized by the National Partner Organisation.
- The overall winners of the Global Grand Final are awarded prizes to be determined by the Central ClimateLaunchpad team.
- The prizes are personal to the winners and not transferable.
- The winners are responsible for the payment of any taxes and charges on any prizes.
- Each year they also try to organise an extra pitch opportunity for the Semi-Finalists: the Theme Awards. After a pre-selection round, the participating teams will get the opportunity to pitch for Themes, which vary per year. Per Theme, one winner will be selected and receives a cash or in kind prize.
- They may alter, withdraw or modify any prizes at the discretion. There is no cash or monetary equivalent to the in-kind prizes.
How does the competition work?
The ClimateLaunchpad programme gets you all the knowledge and skills to build a successful start-up. The competition consists of four stages:
- 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. Their 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. The crème de la crème are chosen to compete in the digital Global Grand Final.
- Step 4 Global Grand Final: The top teams in the world pitch against each other on the international stage.
- Anyone with a promising cleantech idea, being a start-up, SME, researcher, student, public organisation, consultant, engineering company, a combination of these or anyone else.
- You can only enter in your own country (as defined under 3c);
- You cannot enter ClimateLaunchpad if you’ve already been accepted into EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator or have participated in ClimateLaunchpad (or the former CleanLaunchpad) with the same business idea in a previous year;
- 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);
- you have attracted less than € 200.000 in investment (definition: no funding as a venture. Funding as a student is not counted);
- you have not yet sold products, solutions or prototypes on commercial terms.
For more information, visit https://climatelaunchpad.org/competition/
