Startups@Reeperbahn 2015 Pitch (en)

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STARTUPS@REEPERBAHN –
Round III

As usual, September in Hamburg this year is bound to be baking hot and awash with opportunity: the Startups@Reeperbahn Pitch will again give five fantastic startups from throughout Europe the opportunity to present their business to over 80 investors and investment managers.

Besides a host of journalists and another 300 hand-picked VIP guests from Germany’s digital and media industry, participants can look forward to the opportunity of taking home the incredible first prize of €100,000 – the SPIEGEL ONLINE MEDIAPREIS, which comes with a media budget totalling €100,000.

Reeperbahn flair and bags of opportunity to rub shoulders with like-minded business visionaries: continuing the tradition of previous years, the investors attending the event will, the very same evening, whisk the pitch participants off for a more intimate business tête-à-tête in one of our ‘Lovemobiles’. And anyone adept enough to hard sell their business idea at one of these meetings might just find themselves following in the footsteps of Tinnitracks, our 2013 winning team, thus laying the foundation for important deals in the future.

And if that were not enough, our Grand Jury featuring Katharina Borchert (CEO SPIEGEL ONLINE), Chris Barton (co-founder of Shazam) and others will pick the 2015 winning startup, whose founders will doubtless be thrilled to pocket the SPIEGEL ONLINE MEDIAPREIS.

Here are some things you need to know…

Investor Application

The Pitch
Five fantastic startups will pitch their ideas to investors, journalists and digital experts, looking to take home the SPIEGEL ONLINE MEDIA BUDGET worth €100,000.
Getting here
Hamburg is so far away? Don’t worry! Thanks to our partners, we can guarantee that all finalists made it to our beautiful Hanseatic city!
Blind Dates
The startups can look forward to a perfectly rounded programme – our blind dates will bring them together with mentors and multipliers.
Timing
- The pitch will take place from 6 PM to 9 PM on 23 September (invitation only)
- The after-show party is held from 9 PM to 12 AM on 23 September (register here)
- The Reeperbahn Festival Conference runs from 23 to 26 September
Your hosts
Startups@Reeperbahn is a joint project by Hamburg Startups and the Reeperbahn Festival.
A big thank you
… to our superb partners, without whom this event would not be possible.
Aftershow Party
Join us after 9pm for the official Aftershow Party

The Finalists

The curators

A Who’s Who of the Hamburg startup scene has reviewed all applications and choosed the five finalists for the pitch on 23 September 2015.

Sanja Stankovic

Initiator Startups@Reeperbahn, Co-Founder Hamburg Startups & Digital Media Women

Sina Gritzuhn

Co-Founder and Managing Director Hamburg Startups, Editor

Detlef Schwarte

Co-Founder Reeperbahn Festival

Jennifer Schwanenberg

Program Manager nextMedia accelerator

Dirk Freise

Managing Director Shortcut Ventures

Thomas Promny

Entrepreneur, Investor

Diana Knodel

Founder Appcamps, Ambassador Hamburg Geekettes

Christian Growitsch

Managing Director Hamburg Institute for International Economics

Elke Fleing

Executive Consultant, Editor deutsche-startups.de

Angelika Eckert

Editor Page

Christian Fiedler

Managing Director neolox

May-Lena Signus

Director StartHub nextMedia.Hamburg

Jeremy Tai Abbett

Creative Evangelist, Google

Katharina Wolff

Entrepreneur, Managing Director Premium Consultants

Dr. Alexander Graf zu Eulenburg

Partner Hanse Ventures

Frauke Mispagel

Managing Director Axel Springer Plug & Play Accelerator

Stefanie Huppmann

Head Startup department Haspa SME division

Sebastian Tempel

Executive Director TUHH Startup Dock

Dr. Heiko Milde

Managing Director IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH

Franziska von Lewinski

Board member fischerAppelt group

Sandra Fisher

Global Alliance Director iVentureCapital

Lars Brücher

Managing Director & Founder betahaus Hamburg

Slaven Marinovic

Strategy, finance and communications consultant

Philipp Alvares de Souza Soares

Editor Tech & Startups, Manager Magazin

Dr. Christian Stöcker

Head of SPIEGEL ONLINES web, tech and media desk „Netzwelt“

Marc-Sven Kopka

Vice President Corporate Communications XING AG

Meike Neitz

Business Development & Communications Vural Öger Group

Robert Freitag

Managing Director Sutor Bank

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The Jury

The five carefully selected finalists will present their ideas to interested investors and a high-class jury, tasked with picking the Startups@Reeperbahn winner 2015 and awarding a SPIEGEL ONLINE media budget of €100,000.

Katharina Borchert

CEO SPIEGEL ONLINE

Jan Brorhilker

Senior Manager, EY (Ernst & Young), Startup Initiative

Lars Hinrichs

CEO Cinco Capital GmbH, Founder HackFwd & XING

Eva-Maria Bauch

Managing Director G+J Digital Products

Chris Barton

Co-Founder Shazam, Boardmember Shazam Entertainment, Business Developer Dropbox

Tarek Müller

Co-Founder & Managing Director ABOUT YOU & EDITED

Ruth Fend

Editor in Chief, Business Punk

Titus Dittmann

Skateboard-pioneer & entrepreneur

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. mult. Karlheinz Brandenburg

Director Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT

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Music meets Startups

What do music, startups and the Reeperbahn neighbourhood of Hamburg have in common? The answer is simple: musicians and startups are inspired by the same spirit. They both need the right team and have to believe in a shared vision, work hard to become successful and, in the end, reach a wide audience. Hamburg’s Reeperbahn neighbourhood is creative, boundless and authentic, which makes it the perfect setting. It’s a unique blend for an extremely personal and unusual format, used to bring start-ups and investors to the same table.

The Reeperbahn Festival is Germany’s biggest club festival and is among the three most important meet-ups for the music and digital economies in Europe. From 23 to 26 September, over 600 programme items across a variety of different brackets will take place at more than 70 locations dotted along and around the Hamburg Reeperbahn. Hamburg Startups is the foremost platform for anyone interested in the Hanseatic city’s startup scene, and lobbies for effective networking and showcasing of the startup scene itself. Besides a variety of event formats, the founders established a platform that provides all startups with a transparent forum to present their ideas. Initiated by Hamburg Startups, the two players came together in 2013 to launch Startups@Reeperbahn, and have since busied themselves breathing life into this exceptional format.