Vali Berlin Pitch Competition at DFS
Will you shape the future? Pitch your idea and in front of experts and a big audience!
After the great success in 2019 and 2020, Vali will host the Pitch Competition 2021 at #DFS – this time completely online!
The Vali Berlin Pitch Competition offers early-stage startups the unique opportunity to pitch in front of a jury consisting of well-known and successful founders and investors and more than 600 talents.The audience consists of the global ESMT community and ESMT partner companies. They could be your first customers, potential business partners, or talent for your startup!
Applications are open now!
Vali’s Pitch Competition at DFS 2021 is a place for startups that strive to shape the future. This year’s DFS guiding questions are:
Sustainability: How do we continue to address environmental challenges?
Mobility: How do we get to where we need to be?
Work: How are we maneuvering remote environments?
Technology: How do digital solutions reshape industries and life?
Are you Interested? Then apply to be part of the Vali Pitch Competition at DFS21!
Facts about the Pitch Competition
Facts about the event
- Date: July 9th 2021
Time: 9.30-11.00 am - Audience: ~ 600 international students
Event Design
Five start-ups will pitch their business model within five minutes in front of the audience and jury. After, they will receive verbal feedback from the jury directly and will be evaluated based on objective criteria that will be shared with the start-ups in advance. The winning teams will receive great prices, which will push them forward to keep shaping the future.
The Jury for the Pitch Competition 2021
The selected start-ups will pitch in front of our jury and will get valuable feedback on their idea!
The jury consists of:
Lukasz Gadowski
Founder, entrepreneur and investor
Lubomila Jordanova
Founder and CEO at Plan.A.Earth & Co-founder of Greentech Alliance
Alexander Kölpin
CEO of seed + speed Ventures
Daria Markova
Pitch Competition Moderator
Ecosystem & Accelerator Builder, Startup Trainer, Writer
Looking back at the #DFS20 Pitch Competition
Prizes at #DFS20
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Sponsors at #DFS20
Network
Pitch in front of 600 participants consisting of the global ESMT community and ESMT partner companies. They could be your first customers, potential business partners, or talent for your startup!
What is Vali Berlin?
We are Vali Berlin – the Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT Berlin.
Vali’s mission:
- Inspire, educate, and support entrepreneurial talents
- Connect technology and business
- Serve as a platform for entrepreneurial students, alumni, and the broader Berlin start-up ecosystem
Find more information about Vali and what we do here!
About #DFS
At the very first virtual DigitalFuture Summit, a selected number of the world’s top students, graduates, and young professionals will digitally engage and interact with the leading companies in digitalization, entirely for FREE.
For two mornings on July 9 and 10, leading firms will gather on one digital platform to host keynote speeches, interactive workshops and eye-opening masterclasses exploring the future of digitalization and the latest digital trends.
Directly connect with companies and recruiters through virtual company booths and exclusive online interviews available only for #DFS20 participants. Learn insights directly from employees of trailblazing companies, get a better understanding of what the digital future looks like and accelerate your career directly from your computer