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Klimahouse Prize - Startup category 2023

Call for entries

Klimahouse, the international reference fair for energy efficiency and sustainability in the building sector, is organising the Klimahouse Future Hub from 8 to 11 March 2023 at the Bolzano Exhibition Centre, FieraMesse. The Future Hub is an area where all the innovations and the best startups from the building, energy, services, IT (information technology) and IoT (Internet of Things) sectors will come together.

During the four days of the event, the Klimahouse Prize will be held in the Klimahouse Future Hub with the category for startups: a competition aimed at 10 startups that, after being selected by a jury of experts, will be able to attend the event free of charge and exhibit their innovative products with a personal desk directly in the Klimahouse Future Hub (accommodation and meals will be at the participants' expense). The selected startups will be invited to compete in a series of pitches over the four days of the event to present their products and ideas to the public and the jury.

The aim of the award and the Klimahouse Future Hub is to help all new entrepreneurial realities that contribute to innovation in the field of sustainable construction and housing to quickly get in touch with industrial partners that can accompany them on the market.

1 Startup category
10 Startup finalists
10.000 Euro the value of the prize money

Requirements, conditions and modalities for participation

Participating start-ups are companies based in the European Union, founded in 2017 at the earliest and whose main activity is strongly characterised by innovative elements.

The Klimahouse Prize in the Startup category is open to all startups active in the fields of construction, energy, services, It (information technology) and IoT (Internet of Things), provided they are related to the field of construction, renovation and energy efficiency of buildings.

Each selected startup will be provided free of charge (accommodation and meals will be at the participant's expense):

  • a personalised desk in the Klimahouse Future Hub, which includes exhibition space, 2 stools, personalisation of the desk with the company name, a power socket, Wi-Fi, 1 parking pass and cleaning of the common areas;
  • 20 invitation vouchers for clients and prospective clients;
  • inclusion in exhibitor catalogue with logo and product in online product catalogue;
  • web promo kit;
  • visibility during the fair: Pitch on stage at the Klimahouse Innovation Forum, opportunity to meet the press, opportunity to participate in all Klimahouse 2022 events.

Trade value of the package: €2,500+VAT

Applications must be submitted by 11pm on 18 December 2022.

By 31 December 2022, a jury of experts will select the 10 startups that will exhibit their services and products in Bolzano from 8 to 11 March 2023 at the Klimahouse Future Hub in the exhibition halls.

During the application phase, the start-ups are explicitly requested to be available as stand attendants during the days of the event and, if selected as finalists, to be present at the semi-final and the final. Willingness to be present at the above events is a prerequisite for participation in the Final.

Prize for the Winning Startup

Exhibition space (8-10sqm) for Klimahouse 2024

Visibility package in the communication of Klimahouse 2023 - Newsletter, visibility in social media, mention in press releases

Commercial value: € 10,000+VAT

Are you a Startup too?

So apply now for the Klimahouse Prize, Startup category! But remember: you have time until 11pm on 18 December 2022!

Apply now

Contacts

Sara Menaldo
Organising Secretariat
Klimahouse Startup Prize
Mobile +39 324 5827909
Email: klimahouse@blum.vision

This was the final of the Klimahouse Prize 2022 - Startup category

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