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Summer Entrepreneurship Program (SEP)

Vali Berlin - The Entrerpreneurship Hub

Make this summer count

Deadline March 3rd

Apply now to the Summer Entrepreneurship Program at Vali Berlin - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT

The launchpad for ideas and tech teams with global ambitions.

The SEP helps entrepreneurial talents to develop and elaborate their own startup ideas: finding co-founders, identifying trends and problems, finding and building solutions, and pitching in front of Venture Capitalists (VCs) and business angels. On Demo Day, the talents and teams will present and pitch their vision in front of an audience and a jury to win €5,000 prize money.

Overview

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April 15 - July 5

Program
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Face-to-face and virtual

Format
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March 3rd, 2024

Application deadline

Target Group

We are looking for talents that strive to become entrepreneurs and tackle the largest problems of our time. We are especially looking forward to working with:

  • Technologists
  • Entrepreneurial-driven generalist/business person
  • Industry experts
  • Other (e.g. design)

Value Proposition

During the program, you will

  • Connect with tech and business talents and potential co-founders
  • Gain valuable insights into trends, technologies, and sustainability
  • Identify and validate significant problem opportunities and solutions,
  • Develop landing pages, prototypes and an MVPs,
  • Receive mentorship and coaching, and
  • Meet the Vali network, including students and alumni of ESMT.

Highlights

  • Participation is free
  • Pitch your idea in front of an expert and investor jury
  • The winning team wins prize money and a spot at the ESMT Demo Day

Program

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Phase-2
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Phase 3
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Program

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Phase-2
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Phase 3
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Vali Berlin Alumni

Senvo_JPGDisrupting the logistics industry

Senvo is a B2B SaaS solution for logistic departments across industries built by a team with more than 10+ years industry experience. Senvo automates manual processes and aggregates data, so that customers can optimize their logistic performance and spend while reducing their carbon footprint.

 

Vali_SEP_MarieMarie Kober - Founder at Senvo, MBA2022

"During my time at ESMT, I took a deep-dive into Berlin’s vibrant startup ecosystem. Building up a network of successful founders and partaking in ESMT’s Incubator Vali Berlin was a great source of inspiration and fueled my motivation to start Senvo."

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Robbi Forest - Fire prevention with software

"We contribute to solving global challenges like wildfires by providing real-time insights for prevention using Robotics and AI. Pushing robotics and AI technology beyond the limits to solve important issues is at the core of our company." Andres Jimenez and Jhorman Perez (Co-founders of Robbi).

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Interested?

Application deadline: Mar 3rd, 2024

SEP Past Events

  • Events (examples)

    • Opportunity and Trend recognition, Mega Trends
    • Sustainability and SDG 
    • Agile Work in Teams
    • How to talk to customers
    • How to develop an MVP
    • No-Code Hackathon
    • Pitching
    • Business Angel investment
    • VC funding
Still have questions?

We're happy to assist!

Contact

Baris Efe

Manager & Co-founder at Vali Berlin - Entreprenurship Hub at ESMT
+49 30 212 31 1649

Henry Sauermann

ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship & Academic Director at Vali Berlin - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT

Juanita Corredor

Program Manager at Vali Berlin - Entreprenurship Hub at ESMT
+49 15158585612