Last week to register for the STARTUP STAGE programme!

What you need to know about STARTUP STAGE:

• The event takes place as part of the GREENPACT European ESG Summit on October 30.
• Start-ups can attend the congress FREE of charge using a special registration path.
• All discussions and presentations at STARTUP STAGE will be held in English.

STARTUP STAGE Program

1. The corporate perspective

opening remarks - 5 min - on what we should expect from this section

1.1. "Hey Corp, are you disappointed with ESG startups or you welcome them?"

PANEL of 4 corporations (different sectors) - 35 min 

- are corporations able to work with startups?

- what is to be gained for corporations?

- how corporations translate their needs to the language of startups / how to communicate corporate ESG challenges?

- does diversity and inclusivity in the office help in understanding startup culture? 

1.2. "Open Innovation unit as a tool to absorb new solutions" - Key-note speech - 15 min  

- what are the best standards for open innovation departments?

- does corporations exploit startup innovations or learn from them?

- can a corporation get a profit from absorbing green-startups' solutions?

- can a corporate employee become an ESG startup founder?

1.3. "Corporate startup contest vs. corporate accelerator - fight" 
Ring “boxing” between 3 pairs: (a) corporations organising  and (b) corporation engaged in acceleration programs - 40 min 

- [In the first round (boxers 1 & 2) the discussion goes with an arbitration of... a startup founder] - 15 minutes

- [In the second round (boxers 3 & 4)  the discussion goes with an arbitration of an accelerator's manager] - 15 minutes

- [last round (between boxers 5 & 6) the third arbiter appears - a person from a CVC / corporate venture capital] - 15 min

- The arbiter stays after the fight in the ring and later goes with a short summary of each fight with a 5 minutes of exclusive talk/summary.

*** coffee break / networking ***   

2. Venture capital optics

opening remarks - 5 min - on what we should expect from this section

2.1. "Can a VC earn on a ESG startup investment at all?" 

PANEL of 4 venture capital managing partners (different ESG sectors) - 35 min 

2.2. "Why and how funds-of-funds push towards ESG investments?"
perspective of PFR Ventures / Green Hub and European Investment Funds

Moderated presentations of two speakers (each thesis of 3 minutes, then shift to the second speaker, and so on, US presidential election style) - 30 min  

2.3. "What are the trends in ESG investing?"
PANEL of 3 international super-star investors - 35 min

2.4. "3 formal principles when it comes to VC-startup transactions in ESG" - Key-note speech - 15 min     

*** coffee break / networking *** 

3. A startup founders' view

opening remarks - 5 min - on what we should expect from this section

3.1. "We are the real ESG! Don't greenwash your brands with us – just work with us!" 

PANEL of 3-4 CEE startups (different ESG sectors)

- how your technology contribute to the a sustainable future?

- what ESG/green-tech/circular startups need today. In Poland and in Europe 

- how many times you got a "no" for an answer from investors and corporations - harsh cases and experiences

3.2. "Can startups help their b2b clients become greener here and now?"

3 keynotes of top CEE startups which didn't make it to the final pitches - 20 min (3x6 min)

3.3. "How to deliver a great ESG-ready startup pitch to melt every investor's heart?" - Key-note speech - 15 min      

3.4 "GreenPact Startup competition: can startups save us?"

- Demo Day with Jury: 5-6 top startups, every has 4 minutes + 2 min for Q&A with Jury.

- Popular voting results

- Final results from the Jury + decoration

- Final words from the winers

3.5 Closing remarks by KIG & SHP

The deadline for submitting projects to the contest is 16.10.2024 (23:59 Warsaw time)!