Deadline Date: May 22, 2026
The TechBBQ Life Science Pitch Competition, supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation offers early-stage startups a platform to showcase innovations addressing human and planetary health.
The competition focuses on Life Science solutions targeting Human Health and Planetary Health, while emphasizing strong business models, scalability, and meaningful market impact. The competition offers a funding prize of 50,000 DKK (approximately €6,700) for the first-place winner, while second and third place winners will receive recognition without a cash award.
The initiative invites applications from European startups that are working within the life science domain and are developing solutions with a validated concept, prototype, or early scientific proof of concept. Eligible applicants must be independent companies based in Europe and should have received less than €2 million in funding. The competition is not open to consultancies, agencies, developers, marketing or advertising agencies, public companies, or previous finalists from the 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions.
Selected participants will have the opportunity to pitch live at the TechBBQ 2026 Summit, where eight promising startups will present their innovations. As part of the application, startups are required to submit a pitch deck and are encouraged to upload a one-minute product or service demonstration video in English. The video must clearly showcase the technology or solution, following specific technical requirements such as horizontal format, HD quality, and clear audio, without subtitles.
For more information, visit TechBBQ.
