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Timeline

Key Dates for Your Journey

April

Deadline to Submit your Application

From all the submission a total of 190 teams will be selected to participate in the Competition.

Remember, the applicants should include:

  • Your innovative concept.
  • What makes your technology unique.
  • The development stage of your idea.
  • Your team description.
  • The problem your innovation addresses.
  • Your team’s current challenges.

May

Online Bootcamps Begins

Kickstart your journey with our first Online Bootcamps. Gain insights and skills to validate your idea and find market fit.

Bootcamps are composed of online modules and learning group meetings.

June

Bootcamps End

After the Online Bootcamps, teams will pitch their business ideas during an online, thematical Pitch Day in late June 2024.

In this phase, the organisers will select the best 80 teams (10 teams for each category), which will advance to the next phase.

July – October

Local Joint Training Begins

The Local Joint Trainings aim to help teams test and validate their main assumptions set up in the previous phase.

The Local Joint Training will be organised in a hybrid mode, combining in-person and online participation.

After the Local Joint Training, teams should submit their Business Plans prepared with the support of local trainers.

The 6 best teams in each category will be invited to pitch at the EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final event.

November

Grand Final Event

Showcase your refined business idea at the Grand Final. Compete for the final prize of 10K€ per category.

What come after the The Grand Final event

Accelerator programmes

After the EIT Jumpstarter program, participants can apply for accelerator programmes of other KICs.

Continue your journey, scale your startup. Pre-register to secure your spot in the program.

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Journey

Transforming Ideas into Viable Businesses

Our program guides you through the essential stages of business development. From validating your idea to securing investor pitches, we provide the tools you need to succeed.

Knowledge to Build Your Success

  • Condensed expertise to avoid the most common pitfalls.
  • Entrepreneurial toolbox for creating strategies and business models.
  • Structured support to refine and validate your idea into a market-ready concept.

Networking Opportunities

  • Access to experienced mentors and industry-leading investors.
  • Membership in the vibrant EIT Jumpstarter Community.
  • Exclusive connections to a pan-European investor network.

Market Access & Financial Growth

  • Guidance to achieve product or solution market fit.
  • Direct opportunities to pitch your idea to investors.
  • Visibility across the pan-regional start-up ecosystem.

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Apply now to turn your innovative ideas into successful businesses with our expert guidance.

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