North Rhine-Westphalia is well known for its industrial heartland and its countless successful industrial companies operating worldwide. Due to a rapid change in climate and economic strategies, the industry sector is transforming. Innovations for the industry sector are highly demanded. How to bring your industrial solutions and innovation to North Rhine-Westphalia, you will get to know in this webinar.

Start.Up! Germany Tour Series (Webinar 4):

Access to Industrial Solutions - How to Bring your Innovation to Germany's Industrial Heartland NRW

23 June 2022

4PM CEST / 10PM GMT+8



This fourth webinar of the Start.up! Germany Tour is hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia & Chamber of Industry and Commerce Dortmund (IHK).

Webinar series overview:

• 26 July 2022, 2PM CEST | How to pitch in Germany (Digitally)?
• 17 August 2022, 4PM CEST | It's a Match: Find the best acceleration support for your startup in North Rhine-Westphalia
• 18 August 2022, 4PM CEST | Sales in Germany
• 23 August 2022, 4PM CEST | The Legal Framework in Germany: Taxes, Company Forms, and many more to start your business
• 25 August 2022, 4PM CEST | The German Chambers - your gateway to reach more than 1 million companies

Criteria Start-Up Selection

Start.Up! Germany Tour 2022 - Criteria

1. Up to five startups per country are allowed to participate at the Start.up! Germany Tour 2022.
2. The startup should provide an innovative business model in one of these sectors: Logistics & Mobility; Industrial Solutions, Green Tech
3. The startup should be younger than ten years.
4. The startup must have passed the seed stage and be successful on the market. Successful accomplishments of first investor rounds are a plus.
5. The startup has already developed a scalable business model with an international approach, preferably with a German/European focus.
6. The startup should have developed sophisticated approaches to how their business model can be applied to the German market and its customers. The startup should have a clear understanding of success factors in the German market. If there is still a need to catch up here, the startups should attend the preparatory webinars (pre-program).
7. The startup should be made aware that German investors tend to invest only if the startup established an office in Germany.
8. The startup should be able to present in public in pitches in a professional manner and in fluent business English.

Inter.national! StartUp Contest - Criteria

1. Each AHK is allowed to send one startup to the regional contest (Inter.national! Startup Contest).
2. It does not matter which of the three verticals the startup comes from.
3. This startup should fulfill the previously mentioned criteria to a particular degree.
4. We will provide a separate registration form for participants in the Inter.national! Startup Contest at a later date.
5. Together with our partners, we will finally check whether the startups submitted for the contest meet the criteria.