The competition

Would you like to take part in the Startup Impulse competition? Great! Find out everything you need to know here:

Application

Register now and submit your business concept by midnight on January 6, 2025. Your concept should answer the following questions:

  • What makes your idea special?
  • Who are your target customers?
  • What is your competitive environment like?
  • What problem do you solve for your customers?

Important evaluation criteria are feasibility in the Hannover Region, your solution approach, your unique selling proposition and your market strategy (pitch deck, summary, CV). Details can be found in the guidelines for the application documents .

Support during the competition

If you are unsure whether your presentation meets the competition criteria? We will support you and offer the following from 21.10.2024 to 06.01.2025:

  • Information evenings on the competition process on two dates
  • Six consultation hours via Zoom for open questions
  • Free, individual coaching sessions (dates: gruendung@hannoverimpuls.de )
  • A check of your application documents on three dates

Evaluation process

A multi-stage process follows the submission:

Pre-jury phase (approx. 3 weeks)
Review of formalities and content assessment. The TOP 10 in each category will go through to the next round and pitch in front of a pre-jury on February 10 or 11, 2025. Two applications per pre-jury will be nominated for the main jury after the pitch. Those who do not make it into the TOP 10 can obtain feedback (individual appointments bookable from 29.01.-31.01.2025)

Jury phase (approx. 3 weeks)
The eight nominees receive pitch training, image clips and present themselves again on 17.03.2025, this time in front of the main jury.

The award ceremony will take place on 26.03.2025.

Are you ready to present your innovative idea? We look forward to seeing you! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Your Startup-Impuls team

contact us

hannoverimpuls
Project manager for start-ups and entrepreneurship
Anke Pawla
Project manager for start-ups and entrepreneurship
hannoverimpuls GmbH
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