Get in the Ring Berlin – Impact

Get in the Ring Berlin - Impact aims at identifying the best Impact startups from Germany to test, scale and prove their solutions with investors, corporates and governments. We’re looking for the most promising solutions that are able to shape our future and help solve 21st century challenges.

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Application deadline: 09 Nov 2020

Event date: 19 Nov 2020

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Our champion jury members

Aline Vedder

Investment Manager Ananda Impact Ventures

Julia Hitzbleck

Head of LifeHub Berlin Bayer

Erwin Stahl

General Partner BonVenture Management GmbH

Our selection jury

Gonzalo Gonzales Essenwanger

Business Innovation Manager Helm AG

Bruno Meireles de Sousa

Venture Architect Cargill

Katja Filippenko

CEO Saatgutkonfetti

Laura Guarino Conde

Product Manager Volkswagen AG

Bert de Wilde

Alternate Head of Economic Affairs Dutch Embassy in Germany

Suhail Bhat

Product Manager Digital:Lab Volkswagen AG

Regina Schmidt

Head of Innovation Projects - Accelerator WFP

Olaf ten Duis

Senior manager group Innovation I partnerships & acceleration E.ON Innovation

Lydia Kos-Hogendoorn

Startup Liaison Dutch Embassy in Germany

Lena Heinrich

Managing Director Isle Utilities

Afra Müller

Project Manager Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany

Bernd Klosterkemper

Partner Ananda Impact Ventures

Joost Waeterloos

Senior Leader - Corporate Tech Scouting The Dow Chemical Company

Stefanie Horn

IT-Consultant & Business Developer Smart City Fujitsu

Sira Saccani

Director Sustainable Production Systems EIT Climate-KIC

Luis Sperr

Senior Investment Manager & Business Creation Manager InnoEnergy

Jan IJspeert

CEO BAE Batterien GmbH

Fridtjof Gustavs

Founder MotionLab.Berlin

Alexander Piutti

Founder and CEO SPRK.global

How you benefit

STIMULATING BORDERLESS INNOVATION

Stamping its passport at five leading European impact cities with six events, the Impact Competition aims to unearth the most promising impact startups and innovations. Selected startups gain invaluable access to the experts in the Get in the Ring and Impact Fest 2020 network. Sometimes, one meeting is all it takes to foster a game-changing collaboration!

GLOBAL EXPOSURE FOR YOUR STARTUP

Applicants have the chance to test and prove their solutions with partners and be recognized as a leading impact startup on an international stage. Winning solutions will be displayed on our website and communicated across our marketing channels to our global network of investors, corporates and governments.

DOING GOOD BY DOING BUSINESS

We focus is on solutions that contribute to solving global challenges in Food, Water and Energy – on a social and humanitarian level – to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The key to accelerating these solutions lies in exposing them to partnership and collaboration opportunities with local and national governments, corporates and NGOs.

Get in the Ring Berlin is part of Impact Competition

How can we meet the growing needs within the limited means of our planet without leaving anyone behind? Impact Competition aims to answer this by putting a spotlight on impact startups to prove their solutions, scale them globally in leading impact cities and strengthen the global impact ecosystem.

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Food
Water
Energy

Food

Growing, processing, packaging, distributing, consuming and disposing. While the means are many, the end is one - to use innovation to end global hunger.

According to the World Food Programme, 135 million people suffered from hunger in early 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic could now double that number, putting an additional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger by the end of the year.

We’re looking for innovations that can accomplish Zero Hunger (SDG 2) and help eradicate all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Solutions focused on Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the disparity that irresponsible food habits has created globally.

GROWING
Sustainable alternative input of raw materials and growing processes
- Aeroponics
- Alternative pest repeller
- Alternative proteins (e.g. insects)
- Aquaponics
- Hydroponics
- Indigenous seeds
- Natural crop protection
- Sustainable irrigation
- Vertical farming
FOOD PROCESSING
Making the production process more sustainable and less polluting
- Cleaning
- Crop harvesting
- Cultivating
- Grading
- Pre-preparation
- Sorting
PACKAGING & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring the processing & distribution of food becomes more sustainable
- Alternative food packaging
- Biodegradable food packaging
- Emission reduction in logistics & shipping
- Local sourcing
- Preservatives
- Transportation
- Warehouse storage
FOOD CONSUMPTION
Solving the polluting effects of food consumption
- Certifications / registration
- Humane
- Locally sourced
- Sustainably sourced/harvested/organic
- Veg(etari)an
- Wild sourcing (fish)
FOOD WASTE
Dealing with food waste across the value chain
- Composting
- Non-synthetic
- Recyclable
- Waste reduction
- Waste tracking

Hargol Foodtech

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2017

Sustainable grasshopper production

eAgrar

Winner Get in the Ring Croatia 2019

Monitoring crops and microclimate conditions to predict onset diseases

eFishery

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2014

IoT feeding machines for aquaculture

Cellugy

Winner Get in the Ring Denmark 2019

Bio-cellulose material to replace plastic packaging

Wakuli

Direct to customer sustainable sourced coffee bean service

FreshStrips

Winner Get in the Ring Netherlands 2016

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Mimica

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Energy

How can energy storage, distribution, generation and consumption be disrupted to accelerate the global switch to clean energy?

Renewable energy constitutes 17% of total energy consumption. While this is progress, we need to capitalize on their potential and further scale sustainable energy implementation.

We’re pursuing Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) solutions that are making production cleaner, greener and more efficient. Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the damage that irresponsible energy consumption has done to our Planet.

STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring energy is delivered to the consumer in a sustainable and efficient way
- Battery technologies
- Carrier
- Grid management
- Pipeline adaptation
- Safe and effective transportation methods
ENERGY GENERATION
Making the process of energy generation more sustainable
- Efficient Processing
  - Catalyzation
  - CO2 capturing
  - CO2 utilization
  - Heat capture
  - Kynetic
- Renewable sources
  - Chemicals
  - Geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and wave energy
  - Hydrogen
  - Biomass
  - Heat
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Efficient energy that is utilized by the end-consumer at the right time
- Electric & Hydrogen mobility
- Energy saving
- Insights into energy use
- More efficient public energy use
- Self sufficient buildings
- Smart grids

Brill Power

Winner Shell New Energy Challenge 2017

Intelligent control system to extend the lifetime of batteries while maintaining high performance

NanoSUN

Winner Shell New energy challenge 2019

Accelerate the transition to hydrogen mobility through safe hydrogen storage

Opus 12

Finalist Sustainable Industry Challenge 2019

Convert CO₂ into profitable chemicals, such as plastics and transportation fuels

Hiiroc

Finalist Shell New Energy Challenge 2020

Low-cost, zero-emission Hydrogen production through a unique plasma process

Wellsun

Finalist Strukton Sustainable Buildings challenge 2019

Highly efficient transparent glass solar panels for energy production, solar shading

Maxem

Finalist Achmea comfortable living challenge

Measures all energy flows in your home and makes adjustments where necessary

At the Global Meetup 2021…

UNUSUAL SUSPECTS CONVERGE IN A TRUE MELTING POT

At Global Meetup 2021, you join our curation of elite changemakers from around the globe – from Ouagadougou to Berlin, and Miami to Antananarivo.

COMPETE FOR A € 500,000 CONVERTIBLE LOAN

Selection round winners earn a fully-sponsored ticket to attend the Impact Finals in The Hague in 2021, where they will compete to win a €500K convertible loan.

… AND A FREE RIDE TO THE GLOBAL MEETUP 2022

Impact Competition champions earn a fully-sponsored ticket to the Global Meetup 2022, where they will join 600 of our best and brightest from the Global Network.

Get in the Ring Global Meetup

The Global Meetup is the final of the Global Startup Competition of Get in the Ring. In the past, the event has been hosted in cities such as Medellin to Berlin and from Cascais to Singapore. This year, Global Meetup will be held digitally.

“After winning the Global Meetup 2017, we got investors’ attention and gained the recognition we needed to close a $3m fund. Being part of the Get in the Ring community has been hugely beneficial for us.”

JULIA VELDHUIJZEN VAN ZANTEN – LIFESENSE GROUP

Get in the Ring Impact Competition is initiated by ImpactCity and Unknown Group. Both organizations align on a shared ambition of growing impact entrepreneurship across Europe and strengthen the global impact ecosystem.

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