Get in the Ring Impact Competition

The Netherlands

The pan-European Impact Competition is our endeavor with ImpactCity to identify and scale the most promising impact ventures in the fields of food, water and energy. Get in the Ring The Netherlands – Impact was aimed at testing, proving and scaling promising Dutch impact startups internationally. 

On a global livestream watched by thousands of fans, airborne wind energy pioneers Ampyx Power took on SolarDew. The battle was won by SolarDew, whose desalination technology impressed the jury because of how rapidly it can be deployed to provide clean drinking water. The second pitch battle saw Circularise’s blockchain-based platform to make raw materials traceable, competing against Willicroft’s plant-based cheese. In a closely contested fight, Circularise were able to convince the jury and audience of the scalability of their solution.

After The Hague, the Impact Competition travels to Berlin, Lisbon, Geneva, Copenhagen and Oslo – with the winners of all events competing for a 500K convertible loan at the Impact Finals.

Get in the Ring Osaka 

Japan

Get in the Ring loves Japan…and Japan loves Get in the Ring! This season, we had the opportunity to host two events in Osaka. Our Osaka event in February 2020 will go down in history as the last Get in the Ring event around the globe before the pandemic – and what a show we had on our hands, with HoloAsh and Nihon Agri taking the top honors.

10 months later, this time in a fully virtual setting, Get in the Ring Osaka AI in December 2020 was a digital showcase of the leading Japanese AI ventures – out of these EAGLYS, Hishab and Lizuna emerged as the best amongst the best.

In fact, EAGLYS’ game changing solution to process encrypted data without decrypting it went on to the Global Finals, with their solution proceeding to be adjudged the Global Winner of the Get in the Ring Global Startup Competition 2021.

Get in the Ring Cannes

France

While our online events were a hit amongst organizers, startups and dealmaking partners alike, we couldn’t wait to get back to our natural element – in-person, live events. After conferring with the relevant authorities, the organizers of Cannes Entrepreneurship Summit (CES) were able to get the green light for the first in-person Get in the Ring events in this truly unique season!

With social distancing, sanitizing and masking strictly observed, we witnessed a pitch battle final between two leading Monegasque solutions – Manage My Box and WATUXRU. Get in the Ring Cannes served as a timely reminder of the thrill and excitement of a live Get in the Ring battle, showing fans around the world that there was indeed light at the end of the tunnel.