ESMT Demo Day

Create a better tomorrow

September 15, 2023, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

For startups
For participants

Are you a tech startup?

Pitch your idea to investors and the ESMT startup ecosystem to win €5,000 to fund your idea.

Apply now

The ESMT Demo Day is a startup event where tech startups, investors, corporates, and other stakeholders of the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem meet and discuss new ideas. Besides startup pitches, we host panel discussions and keynotes around the topic of entrepreneurship and innovation to enable connections, networking, and growth for our partners and the ecosystem.

Save the date for this year's event: September 15, 2023

ESMT Demo Day 2022

The ESMT Demo Day is a startup event where early-stage startups, investors, corporates, and other entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem stakeholders meet and discuss new ideas.

In addition to keynotes and panel discussions, startups pitch their founding ideas. Maximilian Köhler (Ph.D. student at ESMT) won first place at this year's event with his startup Optiwiser A.I. Solutions, a cloud-based platform that enables AI-driven demand and inventory planning for food and beverages.

Application information

Application for Pitch Competition at ESMT Demo Day 2023

Tech startups pitch their ideas in front of a jury and pre-seed investors and connect with the local startup ecosystem in Berlin. The jury consists of entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders of the startup ecosystem and will select the winners of the € 5,000 prize money. Are you a tech startup and want to pitch?

Then apply now here.