Startup World Cup Luxembourg 2025 | from 4.30 p.m.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Startup World Cup is a global series of conferences and competitions with the goal of bridging worldwide startup ecosystems together, and encourage the most talented entrepreneurs to battle for the prestige of winning the Startup World Cup and a US$1 million prize in investment. For this competition, more than 50 regional semi-finals are scheduled all over the world. On 22 May, a regional competition (semi-finals) will be held in Luxembourg. Through this global event, EY Luxembourg and its collaboration partners will be giving the Luxembourg startups exposure and access to some of the top VCs and tech entrepreneurs in the world. The winner of the pitching competition will represent Luxembourg at the Grand Finale competition in San Francisco to be in for a chance to win the competition and the investment prize.
Moderated by Jess Bauldry, journalist at Silicon Luxembourg
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04:30 p.m. |
Doors opening |
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05:00 p.m. |
Welcome words by Anthony Cannella, Partner, EYNovation Leader, EY Luxembourg |
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05:05 p.m. |
Introduction to Startup World Cup competition and rules |
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05.10 p.m. |
Keynote speech "The Future of Innovation" by Bill Reichert, Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures |
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05:25 p.m. |
Introduction to the judges |
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05:35 p.m. |
10 Startups pitches: MoveMe, Augment - Digital Facilities Services, Silcube Financial Systems Oy, Maic sarl, Essembl SA, RMT Labs SA, Elora, OrganoTherapeutics, OQ Technology Sarl, Exobiosphere |
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06:45 p.m. |
Walking dinner and jury deliberation |
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07:10 p.m. |
Award ceremony |