INNOVA STARTUP COMPETITION SERIES
BerliN
2025
The yearly INNOVA Europe Competition is a premier pan-European startup challenge for student and alumni ventures committed to responsible entrepreneurship. Each year, top teams from our member institutions compete through national selection rounds, culminating in the INNOVA Grand Final, our flagship event showcasing Europe’s most impactful early-stage ventures.
Environmental
Transition
Healthy
Living
Empowerment
& Inclusion
YOUNG HOPES CATEGORY
The idea stage is designed for visionary entrepreneurs in the early conceptual phase. Perfect for creators and innovators with groundbreaking ideas or emerging technologies, this category invites proposals that define the core concept, explore its potential impact, assess feasibility, and outline a strategic roadmap for bringing it to life.
RISING STARS CATEGORY
The startup stage is for ventures that have moved beyond the idea phase and developed a functional prototype or an early-stage product or service. Submissions should showcase core features, user experience, initial feedback, and potential for scalability.
TIMELINE
Berlin 2025
SEP 5th
Attend the Grand Finals Event
Celebrate with us and connect to founders and investors from all across Europe
Winning INNOVA Europe was a great challenge for us and it was an achievement of months of work. It was a great recognition as it was a fierce and serious competition among the best innovation centres in Europe.
Aziz Kaouech, Co-Founder & CEO of DOODA, 2023 INNOVA Winner
It was super impressive to see the impact that all the startups that joined will have on society and the future of our generations. The INNOVA Challenge was really motivating and inspiring.
Hendrik Stotz, INNOVA Young Hopes Winner 2024, from ESMT Berlin
I feel responsible, I feel proud, and I feel privileged to hold this prize and implement this in my project.
Mariia Alipatova, CEO Tova Industries, INNOVA Rising Stars Winner 2024, from Kyiv Schools of Economics
This whole journey ending at INNOVA has shown me how relatively easy it is to acquire all the skills necessary to get to a point where you have the confidence to be able to go out and say “I’m gonna start my company”.
Hendrik Stotz, INNOVA Young Hopes Winner 2024, from ESMT Berlin
INNOVA Europe stands as the ultimate gateway for those who dare to excel, scale, and blaze the way forward.
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