Vapogroup GmbH in the final of the Start-up BW Elevator Pitch 2023

The start-up Vapogroup GmbH from Stuttgart convinced the jury at the Regional Cup Nordschwarzwald. Thus, the start-up moves into the state finals of the "Start-up BW Elevator Pitch 2023".

With the start-up competition "Start-up bw elevator pitch" most imaginative business ideas and best founders in the country. For this, preliminary decisions for the state finals take place throughout Baden-Württemberg, which are organized independently by the partners. The regional cup of November 15th 2022 instead.

The team Vapogroup GmbH-Vapowesp convinced with his business idea of a smoking box for a defense against wasps and moves into the state finals 2023

Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut congratulated the newly elected state finalist and emphasized: "I am pleased that the IHK Nordschwarzwald Founders with the preliminary The opportunity to present yourself and your innovative business ideas. BW ' support in your project as best as possible.

At the Regional Cup Nordschwarzwald, ten teams presented their business ideas in front of a specialist jury.

for the "Start-up BW Elevator Pitch"

The Ministry of Economics, Labor and Tourism Baden-Württemberg has been carrying out the founding competition "Start-up BW Elevator Pitch" as a component of the state campaign "Start-up BW" since October 2013. In the competition round 2022/2023, the preliminary decisions are carried out by the Start-up BW partners. They send their state finalists to the state finale "Start-up BW Elevator Pitch".

The founders, founders and start-up teams usually have three minutes to convince the jury and the audience of their business idea. The teams are evaluated by a qualified jury. In the preliminary decision, at least seven start-ups, founders.

The following criteria apply to the state finalist to qualify for the state finals:

• The start-up / the founder is at least 18 years old on the day of the competition
• The start-up / the founder has no longer worked on the specific implementation of the business idea at the time of the competition, is in the project or pre-foundation phase or has already founded
• It must be a specific business idea. Fictional business ideas cannot be taken into account.
• The location of the company is in Baden-Württemberg
• The business idea was not already presented as part of the "Start-up BW Elevator Pitch"

Start-up BW Elevator Pitch