Previous Editions

ONLINE | 2022

  • 1990 green business ideas
  • 616 teams accepted
  • 59 countries

Winners

  • Estudio MABE Brazil
  • WAGA Tanzania
  • 2D Membranes Switzerland

'The future is now, and you are a part of it.'

Suze Gehem, Host of the Global Grand Final

Online | 2021

  • 2136 green business ideas
  • 680 teams accepted
  • 55 countries

Winners

  • SMDPower Solutions India
  • Entomo Farm Zambia
  • Qaptis Switzerland

"Join our mission to work together to support climate entrepreneurs and to help everyone to grow and build ecosystems that are valuable for climate impact.”

Kirsten Dunlop, EIT Climate-KIC’s Chief Executive Officer

Online | 2020

  • 3020 green business ideas
  • 780 teams accepted
  • 56 countries

Winners

  • Cassetex Bangladesh
  • SOSEI Uruguay
  • Carbon Craft Design India

"We need the creativity and inspiration of start-ups."

Diederik Samsom, Head of cabinet for the First Vice-President of the European Commission

Amsterdam | 2019

Nice and comfy in our HQ home base country for the biggest edition yet

  • 2600 green business ideas
  • 900 teams accepted
  • 53 countries

Winners

  • Leafy Ke Kenya
  • MACLEC India
  • Enerdrape Switzerland

"Start-ups are definitely one of the ways to push innovation further."

Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy Techleap.nl

Scotland | 2018

Edinburgh set the perfect stage for our 2018 Global Grand Final

  • 1500 green business ideas
  • 440 teams accepted
  • 44 countries

Winners

  • ECO2Blocks Portugal
  • JSP India
  • Crover Scotland

“Entrepreneurs like to go fast and fighting climate change is all about speed.”

Dawn Lippert, CEO Elemental Excelerator

Cyprus | 2017

The sunny city of Limassol rocked our 2017 Global Grand Final

  • 1008 green business ideas
  • 389 teams accepted
  • 35 countries

Winners

  • Bio Alkanol Gel Kenya
  • MeduSoil Switzerland
  • Vienna Textile Lab Austria

“Instead of talking about the problem here are people who actually think and act to solve the problem.”

Eugene Kandel, CEO Start-Up Nation Central

Estonia | 2016

We can still feel that Tallinn energy we got during our 2016 Global Grand Final

  • 693 green business ideas
  • 268 teams accepted
  • 30 countries

Winners

  • Gleather Estonia
  • Sponge Turkey
  • Chrysalis England

“There is not one cure, there will be thousands of little cures. That will fix climate change.”

Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad

The Netherlands | 2015

Amsterdam and its funky vibe hosted our 2015 Global Grand Final

  • 735 green business ideas
  • 271 teams accepted
  • 28 countries

Winners

  • Desert Control Norway
  • Arctus Iceland
  • ReLaDe Estonia

“The best opportunity for start-ups to learn about business.”

Tomasz Pajak, participant

UK | 2014

  • 211 green business ideas
  • 70 teams accepted
  • 11 countries

Winners

  • Wavetube
  • Desolenator
  • Cambond