Enjoy our wonderful breakfast buffet and get to know the participants better.
Welcome to IdeaLab! 2023 - From Vision To Reality.
From Vision to Reality: Three Key Principles behind Enpal’s Success Story
Listen to an inspiring speech by Frank Köhler (CMO at Enpal). Enpal is one of the fastest growing companies across Europe and revolutionized how solar systems are build, financed and marketed. Enpal offers a solar solution including a battery storage, a heat-pump, a wallbox, and just recently added a electrical vehicles as well.
How to start a company
Daniel Khachab is the founder and CEO of Choco, a software company to fight the global problem of food waste. Choco employs 400 people across 7 countries and has raised €300mn to date. It is the world’s first food supply chain Unicorn.
What question have you always wanted to ask Verena? 20 participants will get the unique opportunity to exchange ideas with Verena Pausder in a relaxed atmosphere and with a delicious breakfast. You can apply via the following link: Google Forms.
Get in touch with our sponsors in a speeddating session. It is time to connect with Europe's leading VCs and start-ups! Don´t miss this unique opportunity!
Employee Participation Programs - VSOP, ESOP and Growth/Hurdle Shares
Join Orrick in an insightful workshop on one of the most hot topics in startups today: optimal employee engagement, VSOPS, ESOPS.
All workshops are at the Burgplatz in the C-Building. Room C-102 /C-103, Upstairs.
Innovate, Invest, Inspire: Women Transforming the Startup Landscape
Join an inspiring panel by Verena Pausder (Pausder Ventures), Gülsah Wilke (2hearts) and Sabrina Stöckl (b2venture) on the topic of how to empower more female talent in the startup and venture capital ecosystem. They will share unique insights and learnings from their own personal backgrounds.
What Entrepreneur do you want to be?
More and more young companies are focusing on environmental, social or sustainable issues. Which entrepreneur do you want to be? Robert Lacher (Founding Partner at Visionaries Club and LaFamiglia) will address this question at IdeaLab! 2023.
Take part in a workshop of one of the best known and most important venture capital companies from Germany and Europe: HV Capital.
All workshops are at the Burgplatz in the C-Building. Room C-102 /C-103, Upstairs.
Food trucks from GoDumpling and Frittenwerk will be waiting for you on our Burgplatz. Have a nice lunch and a great time networking.
AI, the most important topic in the current startup world is the focus of Quantum Black's workshop. Quantum Black is the AI consultancy of McKinsey & Company.
All workshops are at the Burgplatz in the C-Building. Room C-102 /C-103, Upstairs.
Road to Tomorrow - How to succeed in a highly competitive landscape?
No industry is as competitive as the mobility industry. Daniel Krauss (Co-Founder at Flix), Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss (Co-Founder at Dance) and Oliver Mackprang (CEO at Miles Mobility) are all successful with their companies in this industry. What is the key to competitive advantage and what role will sustainability play? These are the questions the three founders address on this mobility panel.
Get in touch with our sponsors in a speeddating session. It is time to connect with Europe's leading VCs and start-ups! Don´t miss this unique opportunity!
Get in touch with other Investors.
Participating startups will have the unique opportunity to meet investors and present their own project to possibly secure the next funding.
What VCs wanted to see from me as a founder of a software startup & How HTGF decides to invest in early-stage startups
If you've ever wondered What VCs wanted to see from me as a software startup founder & How HTGF decides to invest in early stage startups, you should attend this workshop from HTGF.
All workshops are at the Burgplatz in the C-Building. Room C-102 /C-103, Upstairs.
AI Fireside Chat: To Be Announced
David Fischer (Principal at HV Capital), Melvin Schwarz (Vision AI) and Artjem Weissbeck (Charles) will discuss the hottest topic of today's world: Generative AI. Get inspired by Melvin Schwarz's story how he became the founder of Vision AI.
Insights from VCs: How to secure funding in times of financial downturns?
More and more startups are suffering from falling company valuations and young companies are finding it increasingly difficult to raise money for their ideas. In this exciting panel, Konstantin Zedelius (Atomico), Maximilian Mayer (Activant Capital) and Ricardo Schäfer (TargetGlobal) discuss how to succeed despite this.
The Science behind the Taste - Reshaping the Food industry.
How do you get a foothold in a high-tech industry with a business background? What steps do you have to take and why will the foodtech industry become more and more interesting in the future? Jan Wilmking (ProjectEaden), Marco Ries (ProteinDistillery) and Jonas Janssen (Magnetic) will discuss these questions at IdeaLab! 2023.
Hackathon
Get inspired by the best hackathon teams that have completed their own product within the last 24 hours and cheer along which one will end up with the Golden Ticket to the big hackathon from Junction to Finland.
Get to know the other attendees, speakers and sponsors better at our Flying Dinner. There will be a delicious flying dinner and live DJ.
End the first day of IdeaLab! 2023 with a cocktail tasting sponsored by Haufe in our town hall. But watch out: The next morning we continue with the second day of the conference.
Let's start the day with a cup of coffee and a comforting breakfast to recover from the hangover of last night's cocktail tasting.
Get in touch with many of our sponsors in a speeddating session. It is time to connect with Europe's leading VCs and start-ups! Don´t miss this unique opportunity!
EduTech: Teaching the next Generation of Innovators
Experience an interesting panel discussion led by Thomas Bachem (CODE University), Benedict Kurz (Knowunity) and Dr. Marcus Erken (Sunfish Partners. The main topic is the influence of EduTech startups on the development of new education standards.
Heating Up Change: Shaping a sustainable future.
Listen to a talk from the perspective of a founder and investor on probably the most important issue of our time: combating climate change. What impetus needs to come from startups and what is Ceezer creating in the fight against climate change?
Food trucks from GoDumpling and Frittenwerk will be waiting for you on our Burgplatz. Have a nice lunch and a great time networking.
Get in touch with many of our sponsors in a speed dating session. It is time to connect with Europe's leading VCs and start-ups!
Don´t miss this unique opportunity!
From hype cycle to life cycle: The consumer tech shift
This Speech will be held by Grover Founder and CEO Michael Cassau. Grover became unicorn status and the global leader in technology rentals.
Driving impact in e-grocery through ChatGPT
Have you ever wondered how to use ChatGPT most effectively for your own business? Flaschenpost has established the tool company-wide and gives in this workshop best-practices how to leverage ChatGPT properly.
All workshops are at the Burgplatz in the C-Building. Room C-102 /C-103, Upstairs.
The German consumer-facing startup ecosystem
Listen to this inspiring talk from successful founders Hendrik Sander (Neotaste) and Niklas Brackmann (prematch), as well as their investor Friedrich von Wulffen (Burda Principal Investments).
Topic: Growth & Expansion
Profit meets Purpose: How Impact broadens the horizon of Investing
What is true impact investing? How do you pull up a company if you only rely on crowd-funding and impact investors? And why is impact investing becoming more and more important? Exciting questions that will be addressed by Inas Nureldin (Tomorrow) and Fridtjof Detzner (PlanetA).
Pitch your startup in front of leading VCs and consultants. You have 3 minutes to pitch your idea to a jury of experts. The winner will win a 75k media budget and a McKinsey Workshop!
Join us on the Mainstage for some final words from our Team.
Join the Galadinner in the Townhall and meet other participants and our beloved sponsors.
Let's start the evening at our Burgplatz with music, drinks and food.
Our buses will take you to our after party.
Have fun at our legendary after party!
Let's celebrate and have fun at our legendary after party! Let's celebrate and most importantly: enjoy our SPIRIT. This year's party is sponsored by Flaschenpost.
Flaschenpost is Germany's first immediate delivery service for drinks, groceries and other products. Your order will be delivered directly to your home within 120 minutes. Importantly: enjoy our SPIRIT.