Munich, 5 August 2026
Join the 9th EBV Innovation Hero for free and showcase your solution at the Innovation World Cup finals at HANNOVER MESSE 2027. The EBV Innovation Hero, powered by EBV Elektronik invites you to demonstrate the disruptive power of your connected solution, encompassing diverse sensor-based devices, wearables, IoT, Edge AI, and robotics applications.
Prizes and Benefits:
- Collaboration with EBV’s expert team, international tech leaders and investors.
- Hands-on engineering & supply-chain support from EBV experts, covering design, component sourcing, and logistics.
- Speaking slots in the grand pitch finals at HANNOVER MESSE 2027.
- Exhibition & speaking opportunities at global tech events such as MEDICA, BIM World, and WT | Wearable Technologies Conference.
- Global visibility through free marketing support and media coverage.
- Inclusion in the prestigious Innovation World Cup® Hall of Fame.
📅 Deadline: Submit your solution by February 11, 2027, 11:59 PM (CET). The best solutions will pitch live at HANNOVER MESSE 2027 in April, as part of the 18th Innovation World Cup®.
💡 All eligible EMEA start-ups in the Innovation World Cup®, including health-tech entrants, are automatically in contention for the EBV Innovation Hero Award.
👉 Enter now for free! Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate with EBV Elektronik and accelerate your tech journey. Sign up here.
Behind the scenes – The Innovation World Cup® Series
The EBV Innovation Hero special prize of the Innovation World Cup® is EBV Elektronik‘s initiative to support techpreneurs all over Europe. EBV is the European branch of Avnet, the largest semiconductor distributor, specialized in the EMEA semiconductor distribution helping the Innovation World Cup® contestants to bring their solutions to the market successfully. Previous winners of the EBV Innovation Hero are Ladon Energy, Luke Roberts, ARION, AFS Agro Flow System, BeFC and Dryad Networks.
The Innovation World Cup® Series is the global open innovation platform that connects corporates and techpreneurs. It acts as a catalyst for future innovations. The Innovation World Cup® Series powered by Techpreneurs Gmbh a Navispace company was initiated in 2003. Partners include STMicroelectronics, HTC VIVE, Google Cloud, Ericsson, Intel, EBV Elektronik, Swisscom, Würth Elektronik, Samsung, Telefonica, Telit, VARTA Microbattery and more.
Further partners include Hannover Messe, BIM World MUNICH, MEDICA, CSEM, HTGF, VDMA, WT | Wearable Technologies, AlpICT, BioAlps Association, ACCIO, Business OULU, Business France, Business Finland, G2 Startups, Gate Garching, Wolves Summit, The Trade Council Denmark, Medical Valley, UnternehmerTUM, IoTWeek, Innovability, WMF We Make Future, Werk1, Stanford University, Innosuisse, CENSIS, Invest in Bavaria, Technoport, THINGS Stockholm, Health Capital Helsinki, InfoShare, ITRI, TechBBQ, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, and many more.
More information: www.innovationworldcup.com, www.techprnrs.com
Press Contact
Hanna Sterzik | Project Manager
h.sterzik@techprnrs.com
