(R)evolutionize Green Cities
No matter if you are a student, a researcher, a new team or an early-stage startup:
Collaborate with EnBW Innovation to take action for one of the main challenges of our time. Come up with an innovative and viable business case that tackles greenhouse gases, reduces pollution and fights climate change in our urban environment! Be the spark that lights up the future!
✅ Completed 🏁 Winner Congratulations to Solaga, BRC Solar and Twostay. Aftermovie zur Challenge
🏆 Prize €10.000 + Access to award-winning incubation program + Chance for scholarships
Submission
In the qualification phase, EnBW Innovation's main goal is to identify the most promising visions and visionaries. To make this possible, you should submit at least two documents:
- In the first document: Bring your idea and business case to the point using an awesome Pitch Deck. You can use the given structure to do so!
- In the second document: Introduce yourself and eventually your team members. Demonstrate why you are capable of delivering outstanding progress in the field of fighting climate change
- If needed, support your submission with everything you want to: From more detailed concepts, explanations or references to significant resources
Your pitch deck should include at least all of the following contents:
- Problem & Customer - which problem do you want to solve and who is facing the problem?
- Solution - How does your solution and your use case look like and which business model can be derived from it?
- Market - What does your market look like and who are your competitors?
- Unique selling proposition - How do you differentiate yourself from everyone else?
- Outlook & Implementation Plan - What are the next steps of your development until a possible market entry?
- Legal - Do your idea or business case already have rights worth protecting such as a patent?
- Financing plan (optional)
Demanded by EnBW Innovation
This challenge is about looking for something with a spark of ingenuity. Therefore our advise is:
Think big. Shoot for the moon, cause even if you miss, you land among the stars.
Besides this we do have some concrete requirements:
- It is explicitly looked for new business models. It is not "just" looking for new products or ideas.
- The idea should be related to urban environment, the urban infrastructure and the urban processes. It´s not about building dishwashers.
- Try to tackle old problems by using new approaches, maybe new modern technologies - like the power of the crowd, Big Data, connectivity or even 5G.
Not demanded by EnBW Innovation
- This challenge is NOT about EnBW’s core business or the German “Energiewende”. EnBW is already working on the Energyworld of tomorrow.
- It should NOT be about yet another conventional idea of improving inner city vehicle traffic. Like another autonomous vehicle or car sharing service. It’s about the cities and the people, not the cars.
- It should NOT be about Life Science cases like agriculture, bio- and chemical.
- It should NOT be about foundational research work that’s not applicable for another decade.