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Pitch Event
– for Startups and Investors Only.
Make more prosperous connections: We offer an exclusive environment for you to accelerate deal flow with high-quality, de-risked opportunities.
For Startups
Get on a fast-track to raise or finalize your investment round
For Investors
Get exclusive access to pre-selected investment opportunities within our global network
About Cashwalk
Make High-Quality Investment Connections
At Cashwalk, we select high-potential startups with strong growth signals, early traction, and investor-readiness to pitch their business to an exclusive audience of investors and VC judges. Tailored networking provides investors and passionate founders with the opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation in a discrete setting.
While we don’t always know which deals close, surveyed startup participants say that 90% of them made relevant investor connections during the event. Likewise, many investors return to Cashwalk year after year, because they appreciate the high-quality pitches.
Startup Selection
Participating startups are vetted by German Entrepreneurship. Our team of startup advisors supports nearly 800 startups annually across a multitude of programs. Over the past 15 years, German Entrepreneurship has proven itself to be an expert at evaluating the potential and viability of each startup and in helping them scale accordingly.
Today’s hot product categories for investment include deep dech, cybersecurity, climate tech, life sciences, and AI. However, these are not limitations: All startups are welcome to apply.
Events
Startups
Investors
Minute Pitches
Find the Event that Suits You Best
The events are independent from each other. Different startups will pitch at each event, clustered by their industry segments.
Each sector group brings out a winner.
Cashwalk Vol. 15
BERLIN – May 2, 2023
Location:
Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen
Alexanderufer 3-7
10117 Berlin
Application Deadline for Startups:
March 12, 2023
Cashwalk Vol. 16
MUNICH – May 9, 2023
Location:
German Entrepreneurship GmbH
Balanstraße 73 | House 19B/EG
81541 Munich
Application Deadline for Startups:
March 12, 2023
Former Cashwalk Participants
Former Cashwalk VC Judges
Interested in joining the Cashwalk Jury?
Jury of 14th Edition Online
Jonas Sommer
Btov
Elisabeth Schrey
Matterwave Ventures
Ulrich Schmitt
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Juliane Elsner
Nauta Capital
Kevin Heidrich
coparion (VC)
Johannes Pöllmann
Reimann Investors Venture Management GmbH
Nina Wöss
Female Founders
Annick Bay
VP Venture Partners
Mira Kamp
Redalpine
Franziska Glas
LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
Ahmet Kilicaslan
APX
Kiana Mardi
Lucy Capital
Special Thanks to Our Partners
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Targeted programs like German Accelerator, Scaler8, the EU-India Innocenter, Master Accelerator and Scale-up.NRW address European and international startups as they transition into the world’s most thriving economies.
Since 2008, the German Entrepreneurship team has guided more than 850 startups with its global network of experts – including German unicorns like Flixbus and Celonis.
Over 500 innovation projects, ranging from innovation coaching to corporate accelerators, were successfully completed on behalf of DAX-listed and medium-sized enterprises.
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