Apply for the ruhrSUMMIT Award 2025 - and win up to €10,000 for your start-up!

Do you have an innovative start-up and want to pitch in front of a prestigious jury as well as a large audience? In that case, the ruhrSUMMIT Award 2025 is just right for you! Win not only up to €10,000 in prize money, but also visibility, new investors and valuable business contacts.

The ruhrSUMMIT is one of the leading start-up events in Germany. This is where founders, investors and companies meet to network, exchange ideas and promote start-ups with potential. Whether you are looking for funding, cooperation partners or mentoring - this is the perfect stage to take your start-up to the next level.

Take your chance and apply now until 04/13/2025!

What can you win?

1st place: € 10,000 prize money
2nd place: € 2,500 prize money
3rd place: Brand positioning workshop powered by SevenVentures

We would like to thank our long-standing, generous sponsor Aulinger Rechtsanwälte und Notare for providing the prize money.

Who can apply?

Start-up location: Worldwide
Foundation not older than 5 years
An innovative business model / digital component
Growing sales

What is the procedure?

Buy a start-up ticket or a start-up booth for the ruhrSUMMIT
Fill out the application form by 04/13/2025
An expert jury will evaluate the pitch decks based on defined evaluation criteria.
The best 8 teams will be invited to the final.
The ruhrSUMMIT Award will take place on May 27, 2025, at the ruhrSUMMIT in the Jahrhunderthalle.
The 8 finalists will pitch live on the Main Stage in front of a reknown jury (3 minutes pitch, 5 minutes Q&A).
The winners will be chosen directly at ruhrSUMMIT.

Deadline: 04/13/2025

application

Start-up Bewerbung (EN)

Your start-up:

Numerisches Feld

Start-up name

Numerisches Feld

Short description

Digital component / innovative business model

Please categorize your start-up:

B2B

B2C

Industry sector (multiple selection possible)

Founding Year

City

Land

SAles

Pitch Deck (.pptx / .pdf, max. 10 MB)

Choose File

Logo (.pdf, .zip, image-format - preferrably upload a vector file, max. 10MB)

Choose File

Product image if availabe (.pdf, .zip, image-format, max. 10MB)

Choose File

URL

Data of the applicant:

First name

Last name

E-mail

Phone

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We are looking forward to your innovative ideas and promising business models! Good luck with your application for the ruhrSUMMIT Award!

SPONSOREN

At our side since day one: Aulinger Rechtsanwälte & Notare has supported the ruhrSUMMIT Award as a long-standing partner and provides the prize money for our winning start-ups. Many thanks for this long-term commitment to the start-up scene!

Strong brands are created through clever strategies - and this is exactly where SevenVentures supports the third place winner of the ruhrSUMMIT Award! With an exclusive brand positioning workshop, SevenVentures gives the winner valuable impulses for market success. We say thank you for this great support!