"CEE startup call"
The eleventh startup call led by Veolia Germany is the first cross-country startup initiative organised in the Veolia Group. The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) zone looks for startups in the following field: Energy Services for Territories. The objective is to start three to five startup projects in order to support the business development strategy of all CEE countries: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.
More information on U-START can be found on our website about innovation by Veolia.
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Key Topics for this Edition:
- Energy flexibility in local grids including interseasonal energy storage.
- Challenge 2: Reduction of heat losses in heat production and distribution systems.
- Challenge 3: Disrupting approaches for biogas use (bioCH4, H2, CO2, black C …).
- Challenge 4: Disrupting approaches for local production of renewable energy.
Who is eligible?
We are looking for entrepreneurs, innovators and companies with a venture at an early stage of its development that can serve as the basis for a viable new business. Entrepreneurs should be full-time on their venture and have a TRL 6 -8. They should also be interested in the CEE market as the pilots should happen in these countries.
Five good reasons to join this call
#globalplayer: Team up with the world leader in resource efficiency and the biggest municipal service provider in the world
#projectfunding: Benefit from up to 50,000 € to deploy your solution
#collaboration: Develop your project in a co-creation mode with our experts
#scaleup: Deploy your solution on the CEE market with our commercial teams
#market: Accelerate access to global market through Veolia network
We are looking forward to hearing about your ideas!
Events & Dates
About 10 promising startups will present their innovative solutions in a digital event to be held on 22nd of November in front of a selected crowd of Veolia employees including technical experts, local site managers, business development and innovation employees. The objective of the event is to identify 3-5 concrete cooperation projects with the startups and our business units, using feedback from the participants. After a maturation phase, the best projects will be presented at a second event (final pitch event) in February 2023 in front of a panel of experts, including the participating country managers, who will take the decision to start the cooperation with the selected startups.
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the U-START program in general, feel free to contact us per e-mail: [email protected].