Entrepreneurial scientists, future founders and owners of start-ups can now apply for the ACHEMA Founder Award. For the third time, DECHEMA, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain and High-Tech Gründerfonds are looking for ideas, concepts and business plans from the fields of chemistry, process engineering and biotechnology.
For the first time, participation is also possible for international founders. The finalists have the unique opportunity to present themselves to an international audience of experts at ACHEMA 2021. Three overall winners will also each receive prize money of 10,000 euros. All further information at www.achema.de/gruenderpreis.
The chemical industry is a driver of innovation for numerous other sectors. Innovations in chemistry, process engineering and biotechnology can fundamentally improve technologies and products on a broad scale. However, the number of start-ups in these areas is low. Good ideas and young companies need support to bring innovations to the market and open up new business areas. This requires access to experienced mentors and a strong network as well as financial resources.
This is why DECHEMA, the Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain and the High-Tech Gründerfonds are organizing the ACHEMA Start-up Award for the third time at ACHEMA 2021. Idea providers and company founders can apply now.
The competition runs over three phases - ideas can be submitted until March 31, 2020, concepts until July 31, 2020 and business plans until November 30, 2020. Particularly in the early phases, applicants will have the opportunity to discuss their concepts with high-ranking, professionally experienced mentors from the outset and receive support for the development of their business plans on this basis. Applicants as well as young start-ups founded or in the process of being founded after July 1, 2018 are to be given access to potential investors at this early stage in order to discuss the possibilities of financing. Regardless of when they enter the competition, all business plans submitted by November 30, 2020 will be entered into the race for the final places.
Up to ten promising start-ups or start-up ideas will be given the opportunity to present themselves and make contacts at ACHEMA 2021 as part of a start-up award stand and a special pitch session. Three overall winners will also receive prize money of 10,000 euros each.
The ACHEMA Founders' Award is sponsored by DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V., DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e. V. and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The ACHEMA Start-up Award is also supported by the German Chemical Society (GDCh), the Association of German Engineers (VDI), the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) and the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF) as well as the Business Angels Network Germany and the Forum Start-up Chemie.
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