Anyone with a promising cleantech idea who dreams of becoming an entrepreneur should join. You can be a new start-up, SME, researcher, student, public organisation, consultant, engineer, a combination of the above or something that doesn’t fit a job title. Don’t worry if you don’t have a business plan quite ready. We’ll help you strengthen your plan or teach you how to create one.
You can only submit your application in your own country. Check this page to find out if there is a ClimateLaunchpad competition in your country.
You can only apply in your own country and you can only enter if:
You have not yet started a business or your company has been incorporated for less than a year (definition: your legal entity does not exist for more than 1 year);
Your new venture has attracted less than € 200.000 in total funding (this includes all funding, like grants, government loans, angel and/or VC investments, et cetera)
You have not yet sold products, solutions or prototypes on commercial terms.
You cannot enter ClimateLaunchpad if you have:
Already been accepted into Climate-KIC (pre-/Clim)Accelerator with this idea;
Already been accepted into ClimateLaunchpad (or the former CleanLaunchpad) in a previous year with the same idea.
Not sure if you should enter? Contact us.