EUNICE Start Cup

Introductory programme of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg to the start-up process in a creative environment. Includes workshops on project management, business plan creation, graphic design and pitching techniques. All ideas are presented to a qualified jury.
The equipment and counselling services of the Start-up Centre COLab are available for the creation of a (model) prototype.

The competition fosters talent and development in the region of Cantabria (Spain). It is open to all students of any degree of the University of Cantabria who are currently enrolled and graduates who have completed their studies in the last six years.
The Awards establish three categories of entreprenenurial projects: advanced projects, incipient, and social responsibility. On top of the monetary prizes, multiple sponsors award other prizes and access to support services to consolidate the start-ups.

After a call for proposals a committee selects 6 business ideas that receive support from sponsors to develop a business plan and to set up a company. Three of this projects are eligible for the Start Cup Sicilia and if they succeed in this regional competition opt to the National Innovation Award (PNI Cube, Italy).

The programme consists of an immersive week built around a main theme supported by one or more external organisations, including the School of Management. During this experience the students are divided into several multidisciplinary teams. Following a design-thinking approach, the teams propose and defend in front of a jury an innovative concept in which the user plays a central role.

Students at all levels and across all faculties are invited to submit expressions of interest, with details of the innovative idea which is to be pitched.

Pitches are reviewed by a jury that comprises Grants & Innovation Office staff and representatives from the student entrepreneurship organisation Drivhuset. Once a winning team is selected, the pitch and underlying idea will be refined in cooperation with the Karlstad University innovation support staff.

UMONS entrepreneurship competition to develop an entrepreneurial dimension in its students’ current projects. It´s preceeded by optional coaching sessions to maximise the participant´s chances of success.
The students create pitches and present them to a jury of experts.

This competition of the University of the Peloponnese is conceived to promote innovative ideas that address challenges in sustainability and technology-driven solutions. It awards two categories: AgroTech and FinTech.

Candidates obtain guidance and practical tools to refine their ideas towards a pitching phase to the evaluation committee. The top teams are announced in a ceremony with prizes awarded for innovation and environmental impact.

After a call for proposals a committee selects a maximum of 7 business ideas that will be asked to develop a business model for their project and pitch it to a panel of experts. To support this preparation participants benefit from training, workshops and metoring.

The evaluation criteria: innovation of the ideas; potential implementation; responsiveness to social/ infrastructural/ environmental needs; and fitting with the development priorities od the Wielkopolska region (Poland).

The students of the University of Vaasa benefit of a diamond approach: the Sprout experience and the Bloom Programme.

The first one provides basic notions of entreprenenurship: identifiying and understanding a problem, identifiying a solution and then a solution-market fit.

The Bloom Programme is a 12-week modular program where teams go from idea to start up: concretised plans, funding,…

Programme organized by a group of higher education institutions in Portugal, Poliempreende fosters the creation of new companies of an innovative nature with regional implantation.

The programme comprises start-up sessions and workshops for idea generation and mentoring, leading to regional and national competitions.