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At the Energy Cup of the energy accelerator AXEL, the team HeatPump23 has moved into the state finals of the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch 2024/2025. The team impressed with its business idea of a smart floor heat pump. With the start-up competition, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is looking for the most imaginative business ideas and best founders in the state. For this purpose, preliminary rounds for the state finals are taking place throughout Baden-Wurttemberg, which are organized independently by the partners. The Energy Cup took place as part of the Demo Day on November 12, 2024 in Karlsruhe. The team impressed with its business idea of a smart floor heat pump that can be installed in apartments - and is now moving into the 2025 state finals.
The Minister of Economic Affairs congratulates the newly crowned state finalist and emphasizes: I am delighted that the Start-up BW Accelerator AXEL is giving founders the opportunity to present themselves and their innovative business ideas in the preliminary round. With their innovative business ideas, founders play a decisive role in shaping the future of our country. That is why we want to support them in their projects as best as possible with ours. By taking part in the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch, they can present their business models to the public at an early stage and thus make valuable contacts for the further development of their companies. At the AXEL Energy Cup in Karlsruhe, twelve teams presented their innovative business ideas to a large expert audience and jury. The teams put in a lot of effort, says Senior Project Manager Christos Klamouris from AXEL, the energy networks accelerator: The variety of ideas was once again impressive - from purely digital solutions to hardware concepts, everything was there. Start-up BW Elevator Pitch The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism Baden-Wurttemberg has been running the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch start-up competition since October 2013 as a component of the Start-up BW state campaign. In the 2024/2025 competition round, the preliminary rounds will be carried out by the partners of Start-up BW.
They send their state finalists to the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch state final. The founders and start-up teams usually have three minutes to convince the jury and the audience of their business idea. The teams are evaluated by a qualified jury. At least seven start-ups should pitch in the preliminary round. Five criteria for the state finalists The following criteria apply to the state finalists in order to qualify for the state final: The start-up/founder is at least 18 years old on the day of the competition. At the time of the competition, the start-up/founder has not worked on the concrete implementation of the business idea for more than five years, is in the project or pre-foundation phase or has already founded a company. It must be a concrete business idea. Unfortunately, fictitious business ideas cannot be considered. The company is based in Baden-Wurttemberg. The business idea has not already been presented as part of the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch.
