October 21-23, 2026
Winners 2023
Here are all winners from 2023, who were competing for more than 3.8 million euro of investments, cash, accelerate and skilling awards.
Stage Two Innovation Award
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1st place (Jury Voting), 20k by Siemens and Problem Solving Workshop by McKinsey & Company: IonKraft (RWTH Aachen University)

Stage Two Movement Award
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1st place (Audience Voting), 30k media budget by DvH Ventures and Problem Solving Workshop by McKinsey & Company: GEMESYS (Ruhr University Bochum)

Investment
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HTGF investment prize, 800k: IonKraft (RWTH Aachen University)

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Redstone investment prize, 750k: HospiChef (WHU)

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Atlantic Labs investment prize, 400k: GEMESYS (Ruhr University Bochum)

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b2venture investment prize, 400k: Intuitivo (NOVA)

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Onsight Ventures investment prize, 350k: Puresurf (University Graz)

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xdeck investment prize, 300k: HospiChef (WHU)

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STS Ventures investment prize, 250k: IonKraft (RWTH Aachen University)

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Fund F investment prize, 200k: Matrix Health & Care (Imperial College)

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Peak investment prize, 150k: Accuselect (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

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Earlybird investment prize, 100k: IonKraft (RWTH Aachen University)

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ROI Ventures investment prize, 50k: Accuselect (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Skilling
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Premium Access to PatentPlus Innovation Platform: Aestuarium (Maastricht University), Apheros (ETH Zürich) & Noriware (University St. Gallen)

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Tech for Good Award by Value for Good: socialbnb (University of Cologne)

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EIC Readiness Workshop by Zaz Ventures: Biomotion (TU Vienna) & Magmatic (INiTS)

Accelerate
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FoodTech Bootcamp by FoodLabs: Aestuarium (Maastricht University)

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B2B Sales Bootcamp by UVC: Caplyzer (KTH Stockholm)

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Fast-Track to Armilar IC Meeting: GEMESYS (Ruhr University Bochum)

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Fast-Track to SquareOne IC Meeting: Noriware (University St. Gallen)

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Fast-Track to Contrarian Ventures IC Meeting: Vuala (University Cambridge)