THE BERLIN NEWCOMER STARTUP AWARD
FIVE YEARS CELEBRATING NEWCOMER ENTREPRENEURSHIP!
Watch out Newcomers: This could be your chance to kickstart your startup!
Berlin Newcomer Startup Award offers you not only cool opportunities to work on your concept with and get feedback from others, meet new people and expand your network but also – DRUMROLL – 27.500€ seed capital in total plus individual coaching and support for the lucky winners!
What is in it for you?
- you are living in Berlin,
- you moved to Germany within the last 8 years, i.e. in 2015 or later,
- you have the nationality of one of the countries from the DAC List of ODA Recipients,
- and you are over 18 years old.
- If you apply with a team: Your team members do not all have to match the criteria as well.
The 2024 edition of the Berlin Newcomer Startup Award is addressing Kickstarters only.
Meaning: We are searching for (future) entrepreneurs who are still in the ideation phase or currently working on their business plan and building networks as well as Newcomers who started or already finished the founding process – as long as they did not enter the market yet!
We’re offering a series of free online events to support you with ideation and other topics.
Check out our program here and join us to co-create exchange and network!
We only accept applications submitted via the application form on this website.
The call for applications will be open until the end of the day on October 11, 2024.
No. The program language for the whole contest is English – from online events and applications to your pitches and the award ceremony.
But don’t worry no one is here to judge your language skills.
Yes, you do need to upload a video to complete your application. But a nice video doesn’t necessarily need a lot of money or fancy equipment. We’re just interested to get to know you and your business concept a little better so:
- Tell us your story, what motivates you or why the world needs your idea.
- Explain what it is all about and what makes your product or service special.
- Describe where you stand and what you’re planning for the future.
- Share with us what you think we need to know about your business / business idea.
- Or show us your idea in action!
How to do so? Be creative and use what you’ve got! There’s a lot of cool people sharing their knowledge on how to make a convincing pitch video online.
You can also check our online events for support on how to convince your audience.
There are a few formal requirements for your video:
- max. 90sec
- horizontal format (preferably 16:9)
- mov or mp4
- file name = your name
To complete your application, please send your video via wetransfer to sbl@singa-deutschland.de.
If you get nominated as a finalist: Some party of your application (–> see application form for more information) may be published on our social media appearances or website for the public voting and / or in preparation for the award ceremony.
For all other applicants: We will only share your answers with the jury for evaluation and will not publish anything without your permission.
The probably most asked question when it comes to a competition
Besides great opportunities to co-create, exchange and build networks, our finalists will benefit from valuable feedback to their business ideas from our jury as well as more visibility and public awareness.
The winners will be awarded with:
- 1st prize: 10.000€ seed capital + 2.500€ budget for coaching and consulting
- 2nd price: 7.500€ seed capital + 2.500€ budget for coaching and consulting
- 3rd prize: 5.000€ seed capital + 2.500€ budget for coaching and consulting
- Winner public voting: 5.000€ seed capital + 2.500€ budget for coaching and consulting
No worries, we got you covered! All finalists will be supported with preparing their big entrance at the online award show.
You’re interested in learning more about how to present your idea in preparation for your application? Check out our online events.
Our jury preselects 6 awesome finalists! You support your favorite by giving them your vote, sharing the link to their profile with your network – and in the end making them the lucky winner of the extra prize of 5.000€ + 2.500€ budget for coaching / consulting.
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MEET THE 2023 JURY
Evaluating the entrepreneurs’ business ideas, analyzing potentials, and deciding which one of all the great (future) businesses should win the big prize? Was not an easy task to accomplish – but our expert jurors like a little challenge!
As a team of diverse backgrounds and expertise, they not only pre-selected the six finalists to compete for the public voting prize but also evaluated their live pitches at the final award show.
Decisions on the winners of the 3 main prizes were based on the following criteria:
- degree of innovation of product or service solution
- clear understanding of and attractiveness for a target group
- competition in the market
- feasibility
- business model
- entrepreneur / team and network
- entrepreneurial responsibility
Our Events Whether you are just starting your entrepreneurial journey or you are already part of the Berlin startup scene and interested to meet new people and expand your network. If you are interested in learning about newcomer entrepreneurs participating and their ideas, the Berlin Newcomer Startup Award organizes a variety of events covering these topics and interests from supporting the application process to expert days and networking events. All events are free of charge and open to everyone interested. |
sbl@singa-deutschland.de