17th Innovation World Cup®

SUBMIT YOUR SOLUTION NOW!

Enter the 17th Innovation World Cup for Free! The Innovation World Cup®, the premier competition for IoT and DeepTech innovation invites startups, scaleups, and innovative SMEs worldwide to showcase their solutions. Submit your innovative solutions free of charge in the following categories: Industry, Energy, Robotic, Security, and Mobility. Winners will gain valuable business opportunities with top global technology companies, investors, and partners like STMicroelectronics, Earlybird, Würth Elektronik, Drakestar, EBV Elektronik, Siemens, Bosch, HTGF, VDMA, and more.

Finalists get the chance to present at prestigious events:

Top 12 Wearable Techpreneurs at WT | Wearable Technologies Conferences Europe 2025, at Americas & at ASIA 2025
Top 40 Innovators in the City and Home category at BIM World MUNICH 2025
Top 15 Techpreneurs in Industrial, Robotics, Energy, Mobility, and Security at HANNOVER MESSE 2026

By entering your submission you can additionally take part in the following special prizes of the competition:

ST Innovation Challenge powered by STMicroelectronics

Why Join the Innovation World Cup®?

Exclusive business connections with international leading tech corporates, potential investors and partners
Free use of production labs, testing facilities and technical support
Free Development Kits supported by STMicroelectronics, Würth Elektronik and EBV Elektronik
Free marketing packages and media publicity at a global level
Placement on the Hall of Fame of the Innovation World Cup®

The participation in the competition is FREE OF CHARGE.

Deadline: Submit your solution by 6 February 2025, 23:59 (CET).

The deadline for the 16th Innovation World Cup has passed! The Top 12 Techpreneurs 2025 in the categories of Industrial, Robotics, Energy, and Mobility will pitch live at HANNOVER MESSE 2025, on April 1, 2025, during the award ceremony at the TechTransfer Stage—alongside the finalists of the ST Innovation Challenge and the 8th EBV Innovation Hero. The finalists are announced. The finalists have been announced – check out the official announcement!

The jury of the 16th Innovation World Cup at Hannover Messe 2025:

Past Competition: 15th Innovation World Cup 2024

Deadline for this cup is over, but you can already submit your solution for the next year’s 16th Innovaton World Cup. The Top 18 techpreneurs in the Industrial, Energy, Mobility, and Robotics categories, along with the finalists of the EBV Innovation Hero and the ST Industrial Innovation Challenge, showcased at HANNOVER MESSE on April 24, 2024, on the Industry 4.0 Stage. Expert jurors evaluated their solutions live during the grand pitch finals of the 15th Innovation World Cup at HANNOVER MESSE 2024. Discover the jury members below:

Show how your connected solutions, including a wide range of sensor-based devices, wearables & applications, disrupt the following sectors:

MORE ABOUT THE DEV KITS

All submissions are evaluated by an international jury board based on the degree of innovation, technological feasibility, commercial potential, marketing and go-to-market approach, time to market and sustainability. The jurors will select the Top IoT and wearable techpreneurs, who will be publicly announced and invited to present their solutions at the official pitch and award ceremonies on the main stages of leading international industry gatherings.

Joining the Innovation World Cup® race will give you access to important industry players and multiple global events, speaking opportunities and more. Check out here our roadmap!

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