LOPEC Start-up Competition & Award
At the LOPEC Forum, selected founders will present their business ideas in short, ten-minute presentations.
As part of the Start-up Competition at LOPEC 2025, selected founders will present their business ideas in ten-minute pitches at the LOPEC Forum.
The aim of the Start-up Competition each year is to find partners and investors to support the realization of the founders' plans and ideas. A Board of Experts of investors and companies reviews the submitted applications in the run-up to LOPEC 2025 and puts together a selection which then present their business idea on site at the LOPEC Forum on February 26, 2025.
The best presentations in each of the categories Best Business Case and Most Impactful Technology or Most Impactful Product will be awarded the LOPEC Start-up Award as part of the LOPEC Get-together on the evening of February 26, 2025.
As a special honor, the two winners will each be provided with a start-up full service stand package worth around EUR 2,200 free of charge at LOPEC 2026.
Both the Get-together and the Award Show are open to all exhibitors, conference participants and trade fair visitors.
The application deadline for the 2025 LLOPEC Start-up Award was November 28, 2024.
Milestones
- Second half of December: Announcement of the Start-up Competition finalists
- Presentation of the nominees and selection of the winners at the LOPEC Forum on February 26, 2025
Board of Experts LOPEC Start-up Competition & Award
A high-ranking Board of Experts will evaluate the submitted applications and select the start-ups that will then be allowed to present their business idea live at the LOPEC Forum during LOPEC 2025.
From this group, a jury will then select the two winners in the categories Best Business Case and Most Impactful Technology or Most Impactful Product.
The Board of Experts of the Start-up Competition & Award 2025 will be composed of the following members:
Chair:
- Dr. John Fahlteich - Managing Director, KETMarket GmbH (DE)
Further members of the Board of Experts:
- Dr. Kerry Adams, Business Chair LOPEC, Director and Founder, Ventoux Consulting Ltd. (UK)
- Dr. Michael Hack, Vice President of Business Development at both Universal Display Corp. and UDC Ventures (US)
- Rudolf Fryček, Managing Director, AMIRES Investment s.r.o. (CZ)
- Sebastian Mähler, Founder and Managing Director, white ip Business Solutions GmbH (DE)
- Dr. Anne Umbach, Investment Manager—Industrial Tech, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (DE)
The winners of the LOPEC Start-up Awards 2024
In the category Most Impactful Technology:
BeFC SAS for „Biofuel Cells – Batteries made Sustainable“
In the category Best Business Case:
Amperial Technologies GmbH for “Smart window foil to protect buildings from unwanted solar heat”
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