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Innovation World Cup® reveals the Top17 Techpreneurs 2025 for HANNOVER MESSE

HANNOVER MESSE and the 16th Innovation World Cup® have announced the Top17 Techpreneurs of 2025 across the Industrial, Robotics, Energy, and Mobility categories:

Industrial:
• Apogeo Space Srl , Italy
• MotionMiners GmbH , Germany
• ZeroKey Inc , Canada
• Pubinno Inc , Turkey
• Sensos , Israel
• Vigalab , Chile

Robotics:
• ArgosVison Inc , South Korea
• Sarcomere Dynamics Inc , Canada
• TOP seven GmbH & Co KG , Germany

Energy:
• LAVA Power , Israel
• Perovskia Solar AG , Switzerland
• Spark e-Fuels , Germany

Mobility:
• Inteliports , United Kingdom
• TechNovator , Poland
• PULSETRAIN GmbH , Germany

Others:
• Incoretex GmbH , Germany
• SOLO Workout , Poland

These Top Techpreneurs will showcase their groundbreaking innovations at the official pitch and award ceremony on April 1st, 2025, from 16:00 to 18:00 CET at the Tech Transfer Stage in Hall 2 B02. The event is open to all interested attendees.

The 17th Innovation World Cup® 2026 is now open for submissions. Participation is free of charge. Further Information at: www.innovationworldcup.com .

The Jury members are:

  • Laura Engelhardt, Head of Strategy and Transformation, Siemens
  • Koen Geurts, Investment Manager, HTGF
  • Juliane Salten, Project Manager Startup Machine Services and Max Stein, Project Manager, VDMA
  • Simone Ferri, General Manager, STMicroelectronics
  • Dr. Michael Hoeck, Co-founder Earlybird-X & Venture Partner, Earlybird
  • Dieter Groß, Business Development Manager
  • Dr. Harald Ranke, Innovation World Cup Ambassador Energy, former Managing Director Selas-Linde
  • Thomas Waldmann, Start-Up & Venture Manager, Würth
  • Julian Riedlbauer, Partner, Drake Star
  • Guillaume Noel, Business Development Manager, CSEM
  • Thomas Klem Andersen, Executive Director, DeepTech Alliance
  • René Blaue, Account Manager, EBV Elektronik
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