Online final - Slovakia - Innovation Prizes competition

Tue, April 16, 2024

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EIT Food Innovation Prizes is one of the largest startup competitions in the agrifood vertical in Southern and Eastern Europe. We award prizes to entrepreneurs and early stage startups developing innovative products and services that can transform our food system.

At the Slovakian final of EIT Food Innovation Prizes our jury will choose three most innovative and promising startups and award them with €1,000, €3,000 and €5,000.

The viewers will also have a chance to vote for their favourite startup and help them win the Audience Prize of €2,000!

This year, online final of the Innovation Prizes competition will take place in 17 countries in Southern and Eastern Europe. The competition will conclude with the Grand Final during which the 1st prize winners from all 17 countries will compete for three main prizes: €10,000, €15,000 and €25,000.

Program of the Slovak final:

14:00 – 14:02 Opening speech by a moderator Łukasz Cioch
14:02 – 14:04 Welcome speech by a HUB Adriana Kolesárová
14:04 – 14:09 Introducing EIT Food and startup programs Yulia Bodnar
14:09 -14: 10 Presentation of the agenda
14:10 – 14:12 Introducing the judges
14:12 – 15:40 8 startup pitches (5 min) Q&A with jury (5 min)
15:40 – 15:41 Audience vote announcement
15:41 –15:56 Keynote speaker presentation (in parallel – jury deliberation and audience vote) Radoslav Židek
15:56 – 16:01 Winner announcement: 1st prize - 5,000€ 2nd prize- 3,000€ 3rd prize- 1,000€ + Audience Prize - 2,000€
16:01– 16:03 Closing words