Education, Events, pitching

Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals 2015 in Cologne

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And the winner is…

Yesterday saw the first ever winter finals of the Rheinland Pitch event series – and a spectacular success it was!

The Rheinland Pitch is a monthly startup event where regional startups receive professional pitch training and a stage to present themselves to investors, media and the general public – for free. I’ve been involved from the start in April 2013 and thus far I have trained over 270 startups to pitch – and counting!

Once in a while we pick the best of the best to pitch in a grand finals. This summer the first ever Rheinland Pitch finals took place in Düsseldorf and was a rip roaring success and we were very excited to bring the finals to Cologne, hosted by the wonderful Wallraf-Richartz Museum.

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Quiet before the storm – The foyer of our awesome venue, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne

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And it started to fill quite quickly…

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One of they mayor’s of Cologne opening the event…

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Daniel Attallah, founder of Cologne’s own Pixum firing up the audience

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…a full house of investors, politicians, media, people, founders and the general public…

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The investor jury…

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The winner pitching; Thomas Müller of Curassist – disrupting home care

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Victoria Blechman-Pomogajko moderating the event with yours truly…

 

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