10k€ SummerUP 2026 Pitchday - After One Week of Building and Selling.

🎤 Pitchday – The Grand Finale of SummerUP 2026

🏝️ After a week of intense building, selling, and pushing boundaries, it all comes down to this: Pitchday on The Delta Stage.

🚀 Join us for the final showcase of what our community has built in just 7 days – from raw ideas to working MVPs with real traction and first paying customers. Out of 40–60 teams, only the Top 10 made it through the Pre-Pitches. Now they battle it out live for the win.

👇 Program:
🌴 16:00 Open Doors
🎤 16:30 Top 10 Finale Pitches
🥂 18:00 Break & Drinks (Jury deliberates)
🏆 18:30 Winners Ceremony
🥂🍕 from 19:00 Mingling, Drinks & Pizza

⌛ Each team pitches live, followed by Q&A from our expert jury. Expect high energy, raw creativity, and real numbers – not just visions.

💰 €10,000 in total prize money:
🥇 1st Place: €5,000
🥈 2nd Place: €3,000
🥉 3rd Place: €2,000

Who's our jury?
⭐️ Florian Heinemann (Founding Partner, Project A)
⭐️ Neel Popat (Co-Founder & CEO, Popcorn)
⭐️ Stefan Peukert (Co-Founder, Masterplan)
⭐️ Alena Redeker (Principal, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund)
⭐️ Fabian Wittleben (Serial Founder & Investor, MVP Founders)
⭐️ Holger Kujath (Investor & Founder of Knuddels)
⭐️ Kazuna Yamamoto (The Delta)

But Pitchday is about more than just winning. It's about celebrating the spirit of building, sparking future ventures, and making real connections. Whether you're here to enjoy, invest, or simply get inspired, you'll witness the raw momentum of early-stage innovation, live on The Delta Stage.

🎉 Let's end SummerUP with a bang – and maybe launch the next breakout startup.

💎 Sponsored by Popcorn, Anthropic, Neo4j, MVP Founders, Project A, Lovable, Founder Mode, AUXXO, FOUNDERS LEAGUE, Intershop Stiftung, JUNI Science, Sitefire, Sliplane & The Delta — hosted by CODE University.