The recent 126th edition of the Rheinland Pitch took place in partnership with the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (HSD) and their Gründungszeit program.
Cellgo GmbH, TenderFlow, Oberheim Speakers, and wemote mad it all the way from the application process and through pre-pitch filter to contend on stage at HSD.
And the winner was… CELLGO!
Go team!
Recently I had the honor and pleasure to be invited to the infamous RWTH Aachen University of great engineering and innovation fame, to hold one of my on-site Pitching Masterclass workshops for startups in their Materials Lab Incubator prepping for investor day.
I think it went down ok, as their innovation manager bursted out “It was marvelous! We’re doing this again!” ;)
Recently I had the honour of being invited back to Gateway at the University of Cologne to teach the selected startups for their “Startup Your Idea Contest” how to (better) pitch with my Pitching Masterclass workshop.
Want to see the results for yourself? Grab a ticket for the event at University of Cologne!
It was that time of year again, time for the Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals!
It’s a wrap! And the winners were…
Defence Tech: Auxsys
Female Founders: Youro
Enterprise SaaS: Neo Predicts
The Rheinland Pitch was founded in 2013 by Lorens Gräf, Matthias Gräf, and me – and since grew to become Germany’s largest startup pitching event. It is open to all startups (for free) and a public audience on a regular basis ever since.
Check out https://rheinlandpitch.de for more photos and the next events.
Recently I was honored to be invited to “Migrant Momentum“, an event focusing on immigrants and entrepreneurship during the Startup Week DUS to speak a bit on a panel about fundraising for early-stage startups and moderate one of the break-out sessions on fundraising hurdles and success metrics for fundraising for founders.
I had really no idea of what to expect, but it turned out to be one of those rare “lightning in a bottle” event where the atmosphere and the attitude of everybody participating was contagiously positive in the extreme.
Many thanks to the event organisers Avela Gronemeyer and Archita Fritz for creating such a pleasant and productive atmosphere!
And I wasn’t at all prepared for the feedback I received… Made me blush.
“[…] thank you so much for the passion, energy, expertise, and heart you brought to yesterday’s “Migrant Momentum”. We received unbelievable feedback from the “Investor Circles” – your authenticity, openness to honest talks, passion for your work, and your humanity was clearly felt.”
– A. Gronemeyer, Event Organiser
