{"id":18206,"date":"2019-05-07T18:05:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=18206"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:28:55","slug":"applications-now-open-startup-competition-eit-digital-challenge-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/applications-now-open-startup-competition-eit-digital-challenge-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Now Open for the Startup Competition EIT Digital Challenge 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18207 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-600x255.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-260x110.png 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-50x21.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EIT-Digital.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>Applications are now open for the startup competition for deep tech scaleups: The EIT Digital Challenge 2019. Fast-growing startups \u2013 <\/span>so &#8211; called<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scaleups \u2013 are invited to apply in one of the following categories: Digital Tech, Digital Cities, Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing<\/span><b>, <\/b>and<b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Finance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 companies will be selected and invited to an exclusive event in Brussels where they will pitch to a jury of high-profile corporates and investors. 10 winners will receive one year of tailored support from the EIT Digital Accelerator, valued at \u20ac50,000. In addition, the top winner in each category will receive a cash prize of \u20ac50,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To successfully apply for the EIT Digital Challenge 2019, the scaleups have to meet the following criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based in <\/span>an<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> EU member state<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be in the growth stage, to be proven by<\/span> annual<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revenue of over \u20ac300,000 or min. \u20ac2m in total funding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be in their first ten years of existence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline for applications is 14 June 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further information and an application form, please visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eitdigital.eu\/fileadmin\/files\/2019\/challenge\/EIT-Digital-Challenge_Contest-Conditions-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official announcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the website of the competition: \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eitdigital.eu%2Fchallenge%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DChallenge%2520call%26utm_source%3DMedia%26utm_medium%3Dpress-release&amp;esheet=51975448&amp;newsitemid=20190430005054&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.challenge.eitdigital.eu&amp;index=3&amp;md5=d14e3e67e44147bb87e0a51cf73bbaaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.challenge.eitdigital.eu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Applications are now open for the startup competition for deep tech scaleups: The EIT Digital Challenge 2019. 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