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Impact Competition

Frontrunning impact cities join forces to scale impact startups and strengthen the global impact ecosystem. Identifying the most promising startups and providing them the opportunity to prove their solution with city- and industry partners.

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Selection Rounds

Finding the most promising impact startups in leading impact cities with Get in the Ring events across Europe and the U.S.

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Impact Finals

All selected startups are flown towards The Hague for the Impact Finals, which will take place during the biggest impact meetup of Europe: ImpactFest.

Bringing together over 1600 impact makers from across the world to demonstrate that social impact and economic success can go hand in hand.

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Achieve global exposure

  • Compete for a convertible loan of up to €500K
  • Test and prove their solutions with partners
  • Be recognized as a leading impact startup in Europe

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Berlin

Copenhagen

Geneva

Lisbon

Oslo

The Hague

"By winning the Get in the Ring competition LifeSense Group has transformed the largest women’s health secret, into the largest spoken solution.”

Julia van Zanten, LifeSense Group: solving urinary incontinence for women through wearable technology

Initiative Of

Connect you to the opportunities of our partners to test and scale your solution.

ImpactCity

Unknown Group

Main partner

Rabobank

Partners

Euclid Network

VenturesOne

Innofest

Doing good by doing business

The Impact Competition is focused on innovations that contribute to a better world. Solving global challenges in food, health, water and energy, dedicated towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

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Energy
Health
Water
Impact Competition is part of

Impact Meetup

During impactfest

Impact Finals

27/10/2020

Taking place in The Hague, ImpactFest is Europe’s biggest impact meetup, bringing together 1600+ impact makers from across the globe. ImpactFest provides an unique opportunity for startups, scale-ups, investors, government officials and others impact makers to create valuable connections.

Achieve global exposure

  • Compete for a convertible loan of up to €500K

  • Test and prove your solutions with partners

  • Be recognized as a leading impact startup in Europe.

  • Become part of an international network.

How does it work

Open Application


Apply for the competition and motivate why you should be selected

Selection Round


Participate in one of the selection rounds in leading impact cities in Europe.

Impact Finals


Selected startups receive a ticket to the ImpactFinals in The Hague during ImpactFest 2020.

Competition winner


Through an epic Get in the Ring startup battle, the final winner of the Impact Competition will be chosen
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