
Up2B Firecamp
Who you are
- Entrepreneurs seeking for financing, pilot customers and scaling
- From the field of IT, digital or high-tech
- With a B2B business model
Program Period
22nd – 26th June 2020
Program Language
English
Program Location
***online only***
Due to covid-19 outbreak all coachings and network activities will take place as a virtual format.
That means for you:
- You can stay at home and benefit from the Firecamp.
- You save cost and travel time
- You keep your carbon footprint low 🙂
What you can expect
A week full of high-class mentoring, individual feedback, professional pitch training, exchange with more than 15+ B2B experts and networking with 12 corporates and 20+ investors.
- One-on-one consulting with 15+ B2B experts
- Corporate speed dating with 12 multinationals and SMEs
- Pitch in front of 20+ VCs and business angels
- Free participation
The program
Five whole days full of insights and relevant business contacts.
Monday starts with a warm welcome and a cosy get-together (yes, that´s also possible online!). You will meet the other participants and the firecamp team and listen to an inspiring keynote speech.
Monday and Tuesday is all about your perfect pitch. After a warm welcome on Monday you will be trained by professionals (Colin Bennett from the UK and Dima Sarle from Finland). They will guide you through the structure of your pitches, your radiance and convincing speaking techniques.
Wednesday and Thursday are mentoring days. Every day you will go through three individual sessions with B2B experts from all over the world. The areas of mentoring are “Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance and Investments and Law”.
Friday starts with a joint corporate speed dating session. Several multinational IT and high-tech companies want to get to know your startup and check whether the solution fits their purposes. Benefit from the opportunity to build up your B2B network.
After that the time has come for the final pitches and decisions. The program ends with an exclusive pitch event in front of 20+ investors, also online.
*Start-up BW Pre-Seed
BW Pre-Seed enables startups to receive 50,000 – 200,000 Euro in funding if they qualify and find a co-investor for 20% of the total investment. Terms and conditions apply. For detailed information please visit the Pre-Seed Site of Start-up BW or contact us.
Investors you will meet


Klaus Wächter

Daniela Bach

Matthias Hornberger

Brigitte Herrmann

Dr. Andrea Kranzer

Sathees Sabaratnam

Alina Biermann

Maciej Pasternak

Dieter Büttenbender

Nils Seele

Johannes Utsch

Mike Walber
Experts you will meet

Frank M. Bruns

Andreas Ott

Dr. Arndt Schwaiger

Dima Sarle

Verena Kleinmann

Marcel Pfenning

Anna Köhler

Maeva Cifuentes

Marcus Erken

Prof. Dr. Kirstin Kohler

Dr. Thomas Prexl

Jochen Morsbach

Loren Heilig

Anna Bernhardt

Dr. Matthias Heusel
