HANNOVER MESSE 2017 seeks young tech startup pitches

10 minutes to sell an idea, excite an audience, win supporters, perhaps realize a life’s dream – that’s Startup Pitch @ Young Tech Enterprises.

Following the 2016 premiere, HANNOVER MESSE and the German Startups Association are partnering to stage the competition Startup Pitch @ Young Tech Enterprises from April 24-28, 2017. Forty young companies compete for prize money, potential investors, customers, partners, and media coverage.

Each competitor has 10 mins. to present their concept. The condition: impress with products and solutions relevant to HANNOVER MESSE – from industrial automation, power transmission, fluid technology, and energy to compressed air and vacuum technology, industrial supply, and research. Pitches take place daily at the Young Tech Enterprises stage in Hall 3. A panel of experts will select the winner. Constantia New Business provides prize money of 1,000 euros.

“The Startup Pitch offers founders a tremendous opportunity to network with a large number of decision makers at HANNOVER MESSE,” says Sonia Wedell-Castellano, project director at Deutsche Messe. “The format attracts investors, industry executives and incubators who are specifically looking for new technologies. At the pitches, they gather a quick, comprehensive overview of the latest projects that young innovators are working on.”

“We are enhancing HANNOVER MESSE with the Startup Pitch at Young Tech Enterprises. Established companies and investors meet tomorrow’s market leaders in a short period of time. We invite them to cooperate and work together to build new businesses,” says Sascha Schubert, co-chairman of the German Startups Association.

Applications for the Startup Pitch @ Young Tech Enterprises can be submitted at www.f6s.com/startuppitchyoungtechenterprises2017. The deadline is April 2, 2017.

Young Tech Enterprises in Hall 3 is the hub of startup activity at HANNOVER MESSE. Founders and young companies meet startup networks, accelerators, and economic development organizations as well as large companies and investors. The program features an exhibition area as well as a forum, pitching and matchmaking events, and workshops. Participants also profit from access to the thousands of exhibitors at HANNOVER MESSE. Young Tech Enterprises showcases 150 companies on a display area of 1,600m2 in 2017.