Applications Open: UrbanTech Pitch Competition (Denmark)

This year, they are excited to showcase 8 remarkable UrbanTech startups as they take the stage to pitch their innovative ideas at TechBBQ 2025 Summit.

Prize Information

• The prize money is 10,000 Euros. Additionally, there will be second and third places, although these prizes do not include a monetary award.

Costs Covered

• Your ticket to TechBBQ is covered.

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups that:
  • Have an unique and promising startup based in Denmark
  • Have innovative product solutions with unique features
  • Are within UrbanTech
  • Are at seed stage < 2 mio. € in funding

Ineligibility Criteria

• Applications are not open to consultancies, agencies, developers, marketing/advertising agencies, or public companies.

Judging Criteria

• Startups will be judged on each of the following 3 criteria which will be scored from 1 (low) to 10 (high):
  • The quality of the idea
    • Is the idea clear, coherent and well thought out?
    • Is it based on relevant knowledge from own experience, education, research, or work experience?
    • It should be clear what makes the idea innovative and how it combines knowledge with new or existing solutions to create new solutions in the form of new behavior and/or new products, processes, or services.
    •  It should be clear how the business idea and its implementation differ from competing solutions, products, or services.
  • Impact
    • It is plausible that there is a need, users, paying customers, and a market (however the size) – including an international one, if possible.
    • It is plausible that a financially sustainable business/not-for-profit can be established.
    • The business idea should have the potential to create value for Denmark or internationally through economic growth and/or by solving significant societal challenges including environmental and societal challenges.
    • Any potential impact on society should be sufficiently described and explained.
  • The execution strategy
    • The team should have relevant and diverse experience and abilities for realizing the business idea. Furthermore, there should be a realistic plan for how the team intends to address a potential lack of abilities.
    • The business idea must be realistic and possible to implement in practice (technically and in terms of regulation).
    • Does the team have a clear plan for implementation (time to market) of the idea with a realistic budget?

For more information, visit TechBBQ.