Deadline: Varies

ClimateLaunchpad competition is your ticket to global success. Provided you have a green business idea and have what it takes to become an entrepreneur. Your idea can be an innovation in renewable energy, a sustainable transition in the food chain, a mind shift in urban mobility or any other way to tackle climate change.

They have finalised 8 themes for this year’s CLP competition. These themes will be the pitching streams for the teams at the Regional Finals and the Global Grand Final.

The themes are:

• Adaptation and Resilience
• Circular Economies
• Urban Solutions
• Clean Energy
• Sustainable Mobility
• Food Systems
• Blue Economy
• The Next Big Thing

ELIGIBILITY

Let them challenge you, join the competition. But before you do, they just want to make sure that you:

• have not yet started a business or you started it less than one year ago;
• have no substantial revenue;
• you have attracted no more than € 200,000 in investment;
• you have not yet sold products, solutions or prototypes on commercial terms.
• In 2022 the competition is open to participants based in the countries listed on this page.

THE PROGRAMME AND BENEFITS

Once you’re accepted to join the competition, the games begin:

Step 1: Boot Camp
The top teams chosen by our National leads* take part in the ClimateLaunchpad National programme which kicks off with a multi-day digital Boot Camp. Our trainers will teach you all you need to know about jump-starting your business.

Step 2: Intensive coaching and National Finals
The Boot Camp is followed by a period of intensive coaching. You’ll perfect your pitch, value proposition and business model. After that, you’re ready to rock your National Final where you’ll pitch digitally for a National Jury.

Step 3: Regional Finals
The top teams of each country go to the Regional Finals where they pitch in front of the region’s best and brightest. The crème de la crème are chosen to compete in the digital Global Grand Final.

Step 4: Global Grand Final
The best teams in the world pitch against each other on the international stage. The overall winner of the Global Grand Final receives € 10,000, the runner up gets € 5,000 and the idea that comes in third place wins  € 2,500.

The top 16 teams selected by the jury in the semi-finals to perform in the final round of the Global Grand Final, will automatically get direct access to the Climate-KIC ClimateLaunchpad Accelerator.

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