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Jetzt bewerben: Digital Health Pitch Day
Are you working on the future of healthcare? Then seize your chance: On November 27, digital health startups present their ideas to leading investors in Munich. Applications are possible until November 2.

European Pitch Contest: Bewerbungsphase jetzt offen
The European Pitch Contest at Bits & Pretzels 2025 again offers startups the chance to pitch in front of over 1,500 investors. Applications are possible until July 6 – the Golden Pretzel awaits courageous founders.

AI Music Summit 2025: Startup Pitch für die Musikbranche
The AI Music Summit 2025 invites startups to present their innovative AI solutions. The pitch competition offers opportunities for valuable contacts, 3,000 euros in prize money, and support through Fraunhofer Tech-Matching. Applications are possible until April 26.

Pitch your startup at Zukunft Handwerk
At “Succession and new ventures – The pitch in crafts”, startups, new entrepreneurs, or successors of craft businesses have the opportunity to convince the jury and audience at the Zukunft Handwerk Congress, which will take place from February 28 to March 1, 2024 at Messe München, with their ideas and secure prize money of 5,000 euros. The application deadline is January 12.

Pitcht auf der Laser World of Photonics Messe
Find a new investor in seven minutes? Startups have this opportunity at the pitch event by Push4impact at Laser World of Photonics trade fair on June 29. Interested startups can apply until June 16.