EEC Startup Challenge 2024

How to convert your innovative project into a unicorn or, at the very least, a prosperous company?

As shown by the success stories of many celebrated, high-profile start-ups in the market today, winning the EEC Startup Challenge, a side event of the European Economic Congress, could be a good start. The idea behind this large international platform for ground-breaking start-up projects is to connect the masterminds of innovative ideas with entrepreneurs looking for inspiration and new investment opportunities. Yours, too, can be one of the top 100 ideas evaluated by our jurors! Know and let yourself be known! Put the business potential of your ideas to the ultimate test!

 It is at the EEC Startup Challenge in Katowice that creative, innovative companies and their leaders get in contact with the management boards of established companies with lots of management experience, ample capital and strong interest in game-changing technologies. With financial investors. With the angels of business. With state agencies. With mentors and experts. With the media. And with one another.

EEC Startup Challenge categories:

MODERN ECONOMY
Industry, energy, telecommunications, transport, construction, robotics, automation
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental protection: technologies for climate, ecological farming, smart energy, resource use, waste processing
HEALTH & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Medicine, health, medical technologies, pharmaceutics, biotechnology
BUSINESS PROCESSES
Management, analytics, ICT, cybersecurity, logistics, HR
CLIENT & LIFESTYLE
Trade, customer experience, e-commerce, fintech, edutech, gaming, sport, leisure industry

There is no competition fee.

The results will be announced at the awards ceremony on 8 May, during a gala held at the European Economic Congress.