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Why apply?
CONNECTIONS
Winners get 1-to-1 coaching & personal introductions with potential investors, partners and clients.
Connect with industry experts, investors & fellow entrepreneurs at our Global Summit.
Join our Deep Tech Pioneers community for all-year access to a global network.
VISIBILITY
Receive the Deep Tech Pioneer recognition & get a chance to be featured in our reports and invited to speak at future events.
Pitch or showcase opportunities in front of renowned industry leaders & investors.
Get spotted by international media, with interview opportunities.
FUNDING
€100K Grand Prize, €30K 2nd prize and €20K 3rd prize – all equity-free, no strings attached.
Advertise your open fundraising to our active international investor network.
Join our Investor Day for 1-on-1 meetings with 150+ renowned VCs and CVCs.
Our 2024 Finalists
Looking for the best early-stage deep tech startups across industries & technologies
Thanks to the credibility and increased visibility from the Global Challenge, we’ve raised $1.5M right after and been able to scale up, join a famous accelerator in China and create a 2nd generation of our scanner.
ADEBAYO ALONGE, CEO & CO-FOUNDER OF RXALL
Sweetch Energy, France
Expanding the frontiers of renewable energy with osmotic power
Atlant 3D Nanosystems, Denmark
A revolutionary atomic layer 3D printing technology.
Agora Energy Technologies, Canada
A CO2 redox flow battery: grid scale battery technology sequestering CO2.
Dendra Systems (previously Biocarbon Engineering), UK
Mass reforestation using automated drones
Onward (Previously GTX Medical), Switzerland
Implant therapy to make paralyzed people walk again.
Jury members
Get hand-picked by the best
An international and interdisciplinary committee of leading scientists, industry specialists, successful deep tech entrepreneurs and renowned VCs help us to select the best startups in each industry track. Below are some of the jury members from the 2023 edition.
Challenge eligibility
Am I eligible to apply?
We welcome startups that are:
- In the early-stage of development or the beginning of their commercialization phase (up to series A)
- Based on a new technology, a scientific discovery or a complex engineering process
- Addressing an industrial, societal or environmental unmet need or creating a new market
- Composed of a team of at least 2 people
- Not a subsidiary or spin-off of an existing company