Elevator Pitch Contest at Accelerate@HHL
Our Elevator Pitch Contest will take place again at Accelerate 2021!
This year in an online format. Three Startups are going to pitch their business idea/ start-up for 90 seconds in front of a renowned jury and have the chance to win 1,000 EUR prize.
Use this opportunity to get in touch with some of the most successful Venture Capitalists of Germany!

Submission Deadline - 24th April
Premium Pitch Jury
Pitch Contest:
- Everyone with a startup idea or an already young startup can participate
- The prize money is 1000 EUR
- Either provide a five-page slide deck or a 90sec elevator pitch video. (We must say that we love videos!)
- Accelerate@HHL selects 3 Contestants for the Final
- During the Final, contestants have to pitch and defend their idea/startup in front of a VC jury and a live audience
Your Pitch:
- The attention-grabbing line to draw us in
- A description of your idea/startup
- For who is it? Who is your target market?
- Why are you/ the team the right to realise it?
Time Table - Pitch Contest
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Please provide us with your pitch deck/video
We are going to review every pitch deck/video with an internal jury to announce the 3 contestants for the final pitch contest
We are going to announce the 3 contestants that will be in the Final
We are looking forward to the exciting Final. The winner will be determined by a professional jury and announced afterwards