October 21-23, 2026
Winners 2025
Here are all winners from 2025, who were competing for more than 5 million euro of investments, cash, accelerate and skilling awards.
Stage Two Innovation Award

1st place, 100k media budget by DvH Ventures and Problem Solving Workshop by McKinsey & Company: WeldNova (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung- und prüfung)

Investment

World Fund investment opportunity, 1 Mio.: Neamine (École Polytechnique de Paris)

HTGF German Deep Tech Award, 850k: Porelio (Technical University of Berlin)

MITO Technology Ventures investment prize, 750k: Porelio (Technical University of Berlin)

Redstone investment prize, 750k: EBHEALTH3 (UPV Universitat Politecnica de Valencia)

Nucleus Capital investment prize, 500k: Rement (KIT Karlsruhe)

Creator Fund investment prize, 500k: WeldNova (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung- und prüfung) 

Atlantic Labs investment prize, 500k: Porelio (Technical University of Berlin)

caesar. investment prize, 400k: Smarobix (TU Dresden I HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management) 

Marvelous investment prize, 350k: WeldNova (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung- und prüfung) 

Accelerate

Fast-track to IC by Armilar VP: Entangled Quantum (Oxford University)

Fast-track to IC by APEX: InfiniNode Technologies (Chalmers University of Technology)

Go-to-Market Workshop by UVC: GeoCura (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

Tech-to-Market Strategy by Visionaries: WeldNova (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung- und prüfung) 

Scale Across the Atlantic – Founder Access Pass by Drumbeat Capital: Orbion (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)

Launch & Lift by NAP: NodeX Cloud (Lund University)

Outstanding Innovation Enabler

7000€ for the 1st Place by Jackstädt Foundation: Erasmus University Rotterdam

5000€ for the 2nd Place by Jackstädt Foundation: Kyiv School of Economics

3000€ for the 3rd Place by Jackstädt Foundation: Lund University