Shaping future cities with UrbanTech at TechBBQ 2025!

Claim the spotlight, impress VCs, press, and partners, and get a chance to win 75.000 DKK (10.000 €) prize for your future growth.

Partners

FUNDED BY

Realdania Logo in white

IN collaboration with

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About the UrbanTech Pitch Competition

TechBBQ is thrilled to present the UrbanTech Pitch Competition, funded by the Realdania and made in collaboration with We Build Denmark, ConTech Lab, PropTech Denmark, Bloxhub.

This year, we are excited to showcase 8 remarkable UrbanTech startups as they take the stage to pitch their innovative ideas at TechBBQ 2025 Summit

Who can apply?

Startups that:
• Have an unique and promising startup based in the Nordics
• Have innovative product solutions with unique features
• Are within UrbanTech
• Are at seed stage < 2 mio. € in funding

Note: applications are not open to consultancies, agencies, developers, marketing/advertising agencies, or public companies.

Timeline & Agenda

AGENDA

Applications open:
2nd of April

Deadline to apply:
May

Selected startups announced:
June

Final pitch during Summit:
28th of August

FAQ

Yes. Though if you are selected to pitch on stage, you will need to travel to Copenhagen (your ticket to TechBBQ is covered).

The prize money is 10,000 Euros. Additionally, there will be second and third places, although these prizes do not include a monetary award.

Yes. All finalists must partake in mandatory pitch training provided by TechBBQ to assist your preparation.

Each startup pitch will be 2 minutes followed by a 3 minute Q&A with the judging panel.

Applications are open to all Danish CVR-based UrbanTech startups that meet the criteria described above. However, consultancies, agencies, developers, marketing/advertising agencies, or public companies are not eligible to apply.

Judging Criteria

Startups will be judged on each of the following 3 criteria which will be scored from 1 (low) to 10 (high):

THE QUALITY OF THE IDEA

• Is the idea clear, coherent and well thought out?
• Is it based on relevant knowledge from own experience, education, research, or work experience?
• It should be clear what makes the idea innovative and how it combines knowledge with new or existing solutions to create new solutions in the form of new behavior and/or new products, processes, or services.
• It should be clear how the business idea and its implementation differ from competing solutions, products, or services.

IMPACT

• It is plausible that there is a need, users, paying customers, and a market (however the size) – including an international one, if possible.
• It is plausible that a financially sustainable business/not-for-profit can be established.
• The business idea should have the potential to create value for Denmark or internationally through economic growth and/or by solving significant societal challenges including environmental and societal challenges.
• Any potential impact on society should be sufficiently described and explained.

THE EXECUTION STRATEGY

• The team should have relevant and diverse experience and abilities for realizing the business idea. Furthermore, there should be a realistic plan for how the team intends to address a potential lack of abilities.
• The business idea must be realistic and possible to implement in practice (technically and in terms of regulation).
• Does the team have a clear plan for implementation (time to market) of the idea with a realistic budget?

Impact

innovation

feasibility