Falling Walls Venture

Startup competition · run by Falling Walls Foundation · Berlin · Germany · Europe

Science startups are nominated or apply for the Berlin final, judged on the research behind the company rather than the pitch alone.

Apply on the programme's own site

Falling Walls Venture terms

Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.

Who may apply
The company must be founded (incorporated) by the time you apply and cannot be older than 5 years
The company must be founded (incorporated) by the time you apply and cannot be older than 5 years check it

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