Registration Open: EIT Digital Challenge 2018

Are you a fast-growing European digital technology scaleup? Does your product or service leverage digital technology applied to industry, cities, wellbeing, infrastructure or finance? Does your company already have significant revenues and is less than ten years old? Apply for the 5th edition of the EIT Digital Challenge.

The Challenge

EIT Digital announced the 5th edition of its EIT Digital Challenge and is again looking for the most innovative European digital tech scaleups. In total, 25 scaleups in five categories will be selected to pitch their product or service in front of an international jury of corporates and investors at the final event in October. Applications are open for the following categories: Digital Industry, Digital Cities, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Infrastructure, and Digital Finance. In each category, the best two companies will receive a full year of dedicated support from the EIT Digital Accelerator to scale up their business. On top of that, the first prize winner in each category receives a cash prize of €50,000. The winners from previous years have now grown into successful companies, such as HSD Partner Storro, third in 2015. 

Who can apply?

Growth stage startups (scaleups) based in EU28, with a minimum annual revenue of €300.000 or €2 Million in equity investment, that are max 10 years old. The deadline for applications is 14 June 2018.