#IDT24
5 - 6 June 2024
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ABOUT IDT
Investor Days Thuringia connect investors and stakeholders of the start-up community in Erfurt. The event offers a wide range of the latest technologies and innovative business models, an early and later stage pitch stage as well as numerous networking opportunities with over 500 regional, national and international stakeholders of the innovation ecosystem, start-ups, growth companies, venture capitalists SMEs and corporates.
The event offers space for discussion, experience sharing, inspiration and networking and offers the optimal conditions for promising matches and the best deal flow.
The first event day provides start-ups a digital pitch stage where they can present their innovative products and business models and impress valuable investors, cooperation partners and customers. In a live voting investors will choose the three best pitch performances which will be awarded with attractive prizes. There is also the chance to win the public award. This time the virtual stage will belong not only to the founders, investors will also introduce themselves to the online community with a pitch. In preparation for their online pitch all participants receive an exclusive training on investment readiness and pitch performance from experienced coaches.
Despite its virtual format the event leaves much space for networking and feedback exchange. Within an “Innovation Broadcast” the start-ups can present their innovations in detail and interact with the audience in their own digital showrooms. Additional breakout sessions ensure that all participating start-ups get in contact with the right investors.
The interactive event format opens up a lot of space for new discussions with national and international actors of the start-up community as well as with representatives from business and science.
MEET THE RISING STARS
The second event day “Meet the Rising Stars” focuses in particular on innovative growth companies, which are looking for cooperation partners and investors for follow-up financing. Selected companies will present their business concepts to potential investors in a digital format. Each online presentation ends up with a short Q&A session in which CEOs can answer live questions of the audience and investors.
Additional breakout sessions are planned here as well to open up discussions between companies and investors. All presenting companies also receive targeted coaching on the digital presentation of their business model and the following online conversations.
What to expect
On June 14, start-ups will be in the spotlight. The IDT Pitch Stage offers entrepreneurs the perfect opportunity for presenting their innovative product and business concepts and thus convince investors, corporates and those hungry for innovation. By live voting, a jury of investors elects the most convincing pitch performances, which will be rewarded with attractive prize money and more. Feedback from the audience is also required as it decides which start-up is able to receive the Public Award. In preparation for their pitch, all participants receive an exclusive pitch training with experienced coaches.
The second day is all about the exchange between investors and Thuringian growth companies. After an exclusive investor breakfast for bm-t investee partners and investors, which should also provide the framework for extensive networking, the innovative growth companies will pitch their innovations.
In addition to the live pitches from different industries, the day offers exciting inputs and discussions on the topic of transformation and open innovation, among other things. For those interested in life science, “Future Conference on Medical Technology” of medways will take place parallel to the main program. As an industry association for medical technology and biotechnology, medways is involved in research projects, the approval of medical products and the further training of staff.
INVESTOR DAYS THURINGIA 2024
PITCH DAY | JUNE 5
Central club ERFURT
- Focus: Pre-Seed and Seed
- 20 live pitches from startups on the #IDT-Stage
- 35 future technologies in the Innovation Arena
- Live Voting & Pitch Awards
- Matchings with investors
- Get together & Networking
The Pitch Day on June 5 is the ideal opportunity for startups from Germany and worldwide to present their innovative business concepts on the pitch stage as well as within the Innovation Arena and to get in touch with explorers. Participants can look forward to the latest trends in technology, innovation and sustainability and receive valuable insights from experienced entrepreneurs and investors.
INVESTOR'S DAY | JUNE 6 EGAPARK ERFURT
- Focus: Late-Seed and Series A
- Investor’s breakfast
- Live pitches
- Individual matchmaking
- Networking
Day 2 exclusively offers investors the opportunity to dive into the startup/venture jungle and find investment treasures in the midst of a fascinating environment. During the full-day event, there will also be the opportunity to intensively exchange ideas with other investors and growth companies surrounded by lianas, desert vegetation and animals.
PITCH DAY
June 05, 2024
LOCATION
Central Erfurt | Am Wasserturm 8-10 | 99096 Erfurt
ARRIVAL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
You can take the IDT shuttle from Erfurt main station directly to the location. It departs every 30 minutes from SEV bus stop at the Intercity-Hotel.
PARKING SPACES
There are various parking facilities at the event site. You will find additional parking spaces in the Hauptbahnhof parking garage at Willy-Brandt-Platz 12 in Erfurt. From there, you can take the shuttle bus to the event location.
INVEST BEYOND THE CROWD
June 06, 2024
LOCATION
egapark Erfurt | Gothaer Str. 38 | 99094 Erfurt
ARRIVAL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Take long-distance and local trains to Erfurt main station, get off there and continue by streetcar on EVAG streetcar line 2 to egapark (direction P+R Messe).
PARKING SPACES
The egapark parking lot is located opposite the main entrance to egapark on the other side of the street (subject to a charge). Alternatively, you can use the Messe parking lots (east, west, north) and the Wartburgstraße parking lot (from here approx. 300-600m on foot or by tram line 2 to egapark).
Who is behind
The Investor Days Thuringia are an initiative of the Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research Thuringia (STIFT) and the bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen gmbh (bm|t). The event aims to connect innovative start-ups and growth companies with potential cooperation or business partners as well as with investors and business angels.
The Investor Days Thuringia have established themselves as the largest event of its kind in the region. The Investor Days are supported by well-known sponsors and cooperation partners such as EY, the Federal Association of German Start-ups and the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society.
Join #IDTX!
#IDTX offer two exciting days with mind-blowing start-ups, scale-ups, investors and numerous stakeholders of the innovation ecosystem.
SCALING UP
With “Scaling Up”, the second day of the event offers all start-ups and growth companies as well as innovators and investors know-how impulses in form of lectures and workshops on business related topics: project management, design thinking, innovative HR management, social media marketing, state of the art distribution, M&A / exit strategies.
The Investor Days Thuringia are an
initiative of the Foundation for Technology,
Innovation and Research Thuringia
(STIFT) and bm-t beteiligungsmanagement
thüringen gmbh.
