Falling Walls Venture is an international platform showcasing the most promising research based start-ups from all over the globe. Each year, universities and research institutions from all over the world are called upon to nominate their most innovative science start-up. From all nominations, 20 pioneering young companies are selected to participate in Falling Walls Venture in Berlin. The start-ups have to meet the following criteria:
- Each start-up must be endorsed by a nominating institution. This can be a university or a research institution.
- The company must be founded (incorporated) between 1 January 2014 and the application date at the latest.
- Start-ups should at least have a proof of concept/protoype and should already have received some funding.
- Applications need to be submitted online by 30 June 2019.
The 25 most promising start-ups will be invited to attend the pitch event and the Falling Walls programme as well as the Berlin Science Week from November 7 to November 10.
