BASF is prepared to support your Cleantech solution.
Ready to Innovate?
BASF is prepared to support your Cleantech solution.
What is BASF Innovation Hub 2021?
BASF Innovation Hub 2021 is a regional pitch event hosted by the world’s leading chemical company
BASF,
where young innovators and start-ups from Central and Southeast Europe present their ideas related
to
Cleantech, in order to gain further funding.
Who can apply?
Both individuals and start-ups, established or in a concept stage coming from selected countries:
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Romania,
Serbia,
Slovakia and Slovenia, aged 18+ years. If this is you, BASF could help you to develop your idea
further.
How can you use the funds from BASF Innovation Hub 2021?
BASF, the world’s largest chemical company is giving you the chance to accelerate your
start-up
or
innovative idea by providing you with the funding you need to go to the next level.
Build a product
Promote your product
Design your product
Upgrade or Optimize your product
Test your product
Hire external people to develop a feature for
your product
Market your product
What your solution needs to fulfil in order to qualify for the BASF Innovation Hub
2021 funding?
Regardless of the development phase, from concept to scaleup, BASF can help to move your innovation
solution or start-up
forward.
Your idea needs to cover one of the following topics:
Clean energy
Solutions for clean, reliable and affordable energy, examples include:
Digital
solutions that focus on increasing process and energy efficiency, solutions for increasing
the share
of renewable energies in power supply (thermal, solar, wind), thermal energy and insulation
solutions, optimizing heating and cooling and ventilation, decarbonizing energy systems or
promoting
zero-emission technologies.
Farm to fork
Solutions for sustainable agriculture, examples include: Precision
application
technologies, digital farming advisory services, digital farming solutions, solutions that
contribute to more sustainable food systems, selective crop protection products and
biological crop
protection.
Circular economy
Solutions that enable transition to circular economy, examples include:
Solutions that contribute to more sustainable, more environmentally-respectful production
cycles, digital base for closed-loop recycling, solutions for biodegradable and biobased
plastics, (bio)chemical recycling solutions, recycling process catalysts, recycling of
battery materials and resource-efficient products and services.
Qualify for the local competition by getting selected as one of the top 5
participants per country
Prepare
Prepare your pitch deck
Present
Present your idea in front of a local jury, be the best and secure your
place
at BASF Innovation Hub Grand Finale together with an investment of EUR 2,500 gross
Extend
Winning the local competition automatically extends your participation to
Grand Finale, where you’ll get to present your idea together with 6 more local
competition
winners
The winner announcement!
Become a winner of BASF Innovation Hub Grand Finale. Secure initial
funding of
EUR 5,000 gross to further develop your idea - You get to decide how to spend it, even
if the
solution will not be further supported by BASF
Apply now
Registration
If you are applying as an individual send us your full name and a
contact
number. If you are applying as a team, send us the full name and contact number of your team
leader. This is an obligatory first step to count you in.
Application
Next, download and fill out the Application Form and submit it together
with a .pdf about your project. Read more about how to do it in Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions
Here you can find detailed information about BASF Innovation Hub 2021
implementation, phases, timeline, requirements and correct application steps.
About the program
About the program
After a pilot project in 2018 and Start-up Science in 2020, this year we have decided to extend on
every possible scale. Instead of 4 countries, this year we will host participants from
11 countries (for country clusters and partnerships read more in our Terms and
Conditions or refer to BASF site). Jury members will come from 10 different countries in
Central and Southeast Europe. The topic is Cleantech, with three
subtopics with endless possibilities for ideas.
