Start-up BW Summit 2024: A must for founders and innovators

The Start-up BW Summit 2024 brings founders, investors and innovators to Stuttgart on July 11 - and participation is free! Experience exciting pitches, inspiring keynotes and a special kind of festival. Be there when the future is being shaped!

Stuttgart - The Start-up BW Summit 2024 will take place on July 11 in Stuttgart. The event combines a trade fair, a congress and a festival and is aimed at start-ups, investors and representatives of the start-up ecosystem from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe and the world. The program starts at 10:00 am at Haus der Wirtschaft and ends with a festival at Börsenplatz from 5:00 pm.

Trade fair & congress in the Haus der Wirtschaft

The Start-up BW Summit offers a platform for start-ups to present their ideas, network and learn from each other. Here are some highlights of the program:

Main Stage:

• 10:00 a.m.: Opening & Welcome to Start-up LÄND
  • Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg
  • Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
• 10:40 a.m.: The LÄND meets Friends - international cooperation in the start-up sector (panel talk)
• 11:10 a.m.: Now is the time to take off! A plea for start-ups (keynote)
  • Verena Pausder, founder, investor, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Start-up Association
• 11:30 a.m.: Tailwind for FEMALE start-ups - how female founders can get off to a successful start (panel talk)
  • Verena Pausder
  • Katharina Aguilar, Co-Founder & CEO UpVisit
  • Christine Chlench, Founder CHLENCH Fashion
• 12:00 p.m.: Start-up financing in challenging times - opportunities for the future (panel talk)
  • Johannes Heinloth, Board of Directors L-Bank
  • Guy Selbherr, Board Member of Bürgschaftsbank Baden-Württemberg & Managing Director of Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg
  • Alec Rauschenbusch, Founder & CEO GRAZIA EQUITY
• 12:30 p.m.: AI Innovation in Baden-Württemberg: Opportunities and Challenges for Start-ups - powered by Cyber Valley (Panel Talk)
  • Elias Schneider, CEO Codesphere
  • Max-Frederick Gerken, CEO Optocycle
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle, Fraunhofer IAO
  • Moderator: Rebecca C. Reisch, CEO Cyber Valley
• 13:15: Ultramarathon | The path to the market for MedTech and LifeScience start-ups (panel talk)
  • Sabrina Hellstern, CEO Hellstern Medical
  • Dr. Ilai Schwartz, CTO NVision Imaging Technologies
  • Dr. Kathrin Brenker, Founder & CEO opto biolabs
  • Harpreet Singh, CEO Immatics
• 13:45: The Sky is (not) the Limit (Paneltalk)
  • Marius Bierdel, Co-Founder & CTO constellr
  • Philipp Engelkamp, Co-Founder & CEO INERATEC
  • Maria Birlem, CEO Yuri
• 14:15: Green technologies and mobility for a sustainable future (panel talk)
  • Dr. Sven Killinger, greenventory
  • Niko Schmidt, Founder & CGO Aampere
  • Manuel Messmer, SOL Motors
• 14:45: Deal or no deal - What decides the deal? (Keynote interview)
  • Georg Kofler, start-up pioneer, founder and investor, known from "Die Höhle der Löwen"
• 15:05: Convincing investors - how do I find the right investor and partner for my start-up journey (panel talk)
  • Georg Kofler
  • Elias Schneider
  • Jonas Menesklou, askui
• 3:50 p.m.: Award ceremony state finals Start-up BW Young Talents 2024 (presentation of prizes by Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut)
• 16:15: Award ceremony AI Champions Baden-Württemberg 2024 (presentation of the prizes by Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut)

Pitching Stage:

• 11:00 am: Opening
• 11:05 am: State final Start-up BW Young Talents 2024
• 1:15 p.m.: Start-up BW Pitch Competition 2024
• 1:20 pm: Creative Industries, Fashion & Food Tech cluster
• 1:35 pm: Cluster Energy, Environment & Greentech
• 2:00 p.m.: Cluster Life Sciences, Medical Devices & BioTech
• 2:20 pm: Manufacturing, Mobility & Hardware Cluster
• 14:40: Cluster Social Innovation & GovTech
• 2:45 pm: Cluster Software, AI & IT Security
• 3:30 pm: International Pitch Competition 2024

Festival at the Börsenplatz

The festival at Börsenplatz starts at 17:00. In addition to live music and a poetry slam, there will also be the opportunity to enjoy food trucks and drinks stands. Here is the program:

• 17:00: Registration pitches
• 18:00: Opening with a review of the day and a poetry slam by Nils Straatmann
• 6:10 p.m.: Award ceremony pitch competition (presented by Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut)
• 18:30: Award ceremony international pitch competition
• 6:40 p.m.: Start-up pitches
• 7:10 p.m.: Entertainment
• 7:25 p.m.: Start-up pitches
• 20:00 hrs: Let's party! With the band La Diri and DJ Salome

Speakers and speakers

Here are some of the prominent speakers:

• Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
• Verena Pausder, founder, investor, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Start-up Association
• Georg Kofler, start-up pioneer, founder and investor
• Katharina Aguilar, Co-Founder & CEO UpVisit
• Marius Bierdel, Co-Founder & CTO constellr
• Maria Birlem, CEO Yuri
• Dr. Frauke Goll, Managing Director appliedAI Institute for Europe
• Sabrina Hellstern, CEO Hellstern Medical
• David Reger, Founder & CEO Neura Robotics
• Harpreet Singh, CEO Immatics
• Christine Chlench, Founder CHLENCH Fashion
• Dr. Ilai Schwartz, CTO NVision Imaging Technologies
• Dr. Kathrin Brenker, Founder & CEO opto biolabs
• Jonas Menesklou, Co-Founder & CEO askui
• Niko Schmidt, Founder & CGO Aampere

Further speakers to be announced.

Link to the registration

The Start-up BW Summit 2024 promises an exciting and diverse program that leaves nothing to be desired. Founders and innovators should not miss this event. Participation is free of charge, registration and all information at https://summit.startupbw.de.