betapitch | global

betapitch 2016

Welcome to BETAPITCH, the startup competition powered by betahaus. This year BETAPITCH took place in 12 cities around the globe. The local winners met at the grand finale BETAPITCH global & Investor Day at betahaus Berlin on October 15th.

Read about BETAPITCH Global & Investors Day 2016

ALUMNI FROM SOFIA ON AIR 1/2

Katka March 13, 2014

May 2014 is the month of betapitch and it will make it hot also at betahaus | Sofia!
For those who have missed the previous versions of the competition, we caught up with some of our former participants and here is what StatAce, Gruvit and Lionsharp Voiceboard told us.

All the startups reading, apply here, and get the $50 Elance credit for free right away!

50$ for every startup which applies

Madeleine Gummer von Mohl March 12, 2014

Ok we are the first startup pitch which gives away gifts before the pitch even started! Every startup that applies for the betapitch – no matter in which city – will get 50$ credit from Elance to get your application papers in shape! Here is the link https://www.elance.com/q/betapitch so just log in, get your 50$ credit for a job, find a designer to pimp up your one pager and apply for the upcoming betapitch | Berlin! We are looking forward to review your application.

Protonet – betapitch | Hamburg alumni – won pitch at SXSW!

Madeleine Gummer von Mohl March 10, 2014

Ali from protonet won the the startup pitch at the German House at SXSW 2014! Protonet not only was the startup of the year 2013 it also is one of the betapitch | alumni! Congratz to Ali and his team! Here is an article in “Der Spiegel” about it. PS: the next betapitch | Berlin is coming up – you should apply you might end up winning at SXSW one day! www.betapitch.net/berlin

Alumni startups

Here's a look at our startup alumni who took part in the BETAPITCH over the last few years.

Network

Who came to our Investors Day?

Ralph RieckeSenior Investment Manager hub:raum
Philipp SemmerBusiness Angel Investor
Paul von BünauManaging Director at idalab
Fabian ProbstManaging Director at Step2Venture

Fabian LeipeltAssociate at WestTech Ventures
Karsten LemmSenior Editor at WIRED
Sonia ParkSupervising Technology Transfer & Global Startup Group in KIC-Europe
Robin HaakAxel Springer Plug n Play

Fred EichelbaumFounder of Berlin.ai
Yatan Blumenthal VargasHardware.co Co-Founder, Startup Coach, Freelance Consultant
Andre MarquisExecutive Director of the Lester Center
Jakob SchreyerCofounder of Orderbird

Matt WebbManaging Director of R/GA's Internet of Things startup accelerator
Jessica GeutnerCorporate Strategy - Business Development, Digital Services/ Digital Portfolio bei AUDI AG
Bastian SchmidtkeCofounder of Orderbird
Alper AlsanHead of Business Development at Siemens

Stephane GantchevLAUNCHub
Sebastian HerfurthCoFounder & CEO of Friendsurance
Ian LuceyAngel Investor at the Lucey Fund
Julius RüßmannAnalyst bei Earlybird Venture Capital

Partners

They make BETAPITCH possible!

hub:raum
hub:raum will sponsor a cash prize of 5000 € for the winning team of the BETAPITCH | global. Let the best startup have the cash!
Holvi
Holvi offer banking for Makers & Doers. The company is a digital current account for your business. Combined with streamlined bookkeeping and powerful business apps.
Klöckner
Klöckner is our great supporter who seeks for potential startups to invest in.
Welcome Startup EU
Welcome Startup EU aim to connect 5 different major EU ecosystems (Berlin, Dublín, Milan, Madrid and Salamanca) The company work with local WELCOME partners to identify and engage the most relevant players.
YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a great supporter of BETAPITCH
SIEMENS
Siemens is global BETAPITCH supporter, merging its corporate expertise with innovations brought on by startups.
Startup Safary
Startup Safary create open doors days for startup ecosystems. Attendees have a chance to visit startups, VCs, accelerators, incubators and community hot spots in a given city. The event takes place all over the city in multiple locations, most of them – offices of participating companies. We're super excited to have them as a parter for our Investor's Day this year!
CleanTech
Our partners at The CleanTech Innovation Center (CIC) provide the ideal place for startups and growing companies in the cleantech sector. They have the infrastructure for young founders and entrepreneurs!