Apply now for STARTERiN Hamburg 2024!
Giving Hamburg's female startup founders more visibility and awarding the best of them - that is the goal of the STARTERiN Hamburg 2024 competition, which Hamburg Startups is now organising for the third time. The application phase has just started and will last until January 14, 2024.
The competition is aimed at female solopreneurs, female founding teams and female founders from mixed teams. Other conditions for participation are:
The prize will be awarded in three categories: tech, commerce and impact. The allocation is not made according to too strict criteria, every application has a chance.
The startup must be no more than five years old.
The startup must be based in the metropolitan area of Hamburg.
Click here to go to the STARTERiN Hamburg 2024 application page.
Audience and a jury decide
After the application deadline on January 14, the Hamburg Startups team will select twelve candidates per category after careful consideration. These will then put themselves forward for election online in a public voting process that will run from February 1 to 29. The two female founders with the most votes per category will finally compete in the final pitch on March 14. There, an expert jury will determine the three winners, who can expect attractive prizes. The competition's partners include Hamburg Invest and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.
At STARTERiN Hamburg 2023, the prize in the "Tech" category went to Mom Hunting. This startup offers a job marketplace that is specially tailored to the needs of career-conscious mothers. Elke Jensen received an award as the best founder in the "Commerce" category. Her CityCaddy is a combination of shopping trolley and walking aid. Black Female Business, a platform for black female entrepreneurs, was the most convincing in the category “Impact”.
