Pitch your startup
on the bits & pretzels
Main stage
5,000 highly relevant attendees including 1,500+ VCs and business angels await you.
This is the biggest stage for startups. Apply today and showcase your company.
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Pitch training by experts
Your pitch will be awesome. To prepare you best, all contestants join a pitch training session by renowned experts.
We will make you a better founder. Are you ready?
The best startups from all over europe
Applications from over 30+ European countries - this is true European championship.
Do you have the guts to get to the top?
your vc exposure will be huge
1,500+
Vcs and
angels
15,000+
Founder -
Investor meetings
3,6bn €
raised since
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Your VC company is missing? Contact us
Who can
participate?
Eligibility Criteria:
Only startups that fit these criteria are eligible to participate in the European Pitch Contest:
You have an MVP or an existing product
Your startup was founded in 2019 or later
Your startup has less than 100 employees
Your startup has raised less than 15 mio € in cumulative equity funding while not exceeding Series A
How does it work?
1.
Apply for the startup pitch competition via the application form.
2.
Our jury will select the most promising startups to compete in the European Pitch Contest taking place at Bits & Pretzels.
3.
The selected contestants will face each other live with a 3-minute pitch in thematically clustered preliminary rounds. Playoffs will decide who is moving to the grand final.
4.
Only one winner will emerge as the European Pitch Contest champion from the big stage.
Current results
Check out what's the current number of applications by country.
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Timeline
June – September 2024
Application start
Application deadline
Contestants announcement
Pre-rounds and playoffs at Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival
Grand Final at Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival
Let's go
Apply now
The application process for the European Pitch Contest consists of two steps:
1. Request the official application form
Please leave your contact information and click on ‘submit’ to request access to the official application form.
2. Complete the official application from
As soon as you submitted the request for application, you get redirected to the application page. Additionally, you receive an email with the link to the application page.
ATTENTION: Please be aware that filling in the request for application form is only the first step of the process. Your application will only be valid once you filled in and submit the complete application form that you receive after submitting this request.