Appointments are arranged individually with each team to discuss needs, skills and targets.

Appointments are arranged individually with each team to discuss needs, skills and targets.

Appointments are arranged individually with each team to discuss needs, skills and targets.

Participants will get to know each other in this session. Please use the Who's Behind Batch 8 document to learn more about the other startups in your batch in advance.
During the session, you will introduce yourselves to the other teams, locate yourselves on the circular value chain, show the other teams which skills you have and talk about circularity in your business model.

AGENDA
- Welcome & introduction
- Brief introduction of the Circular Valley partners present
- Presentations of the startups - Part 1
- Information on the Circular Valley Convention 2025
- Presentations of the startups - Part 2
- Information on the Circular Valley Forum 2025
- Presentations of the startups - Part 3
- Summary & questions

In this session you will get to know yourselves and your business models in person for the first time. By pitching other teams' business cases, they will be tested for comprehensibility.

We will meet at Taormina Restaurant: Südstraße 26, 42103 Wuppertal.

In this session you will get to know yourselves and your business models in person for the first time. By pitching other teams' business cases, they will be tested for comprehensibility.

In this session you will get to know yourselves and your business models in person for the first time. By pitching other teams' business cases, they will be tested for comprehensibility.

You will learn how to stand on a stage, how to use your voice and how to breath and keep calm before going on stage.
Stefanie offers bilateral Training on February 10th and 11th. Feel free to reach out to her directly.

In this session, the business model is further developed together with other startups. Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller Kirschbaum takes the time to work together on your individual business model goals.

In preparation for this session, please prepare a business model canvas for your startup. You can find a template on the share point (Start-ups share point -> Templates -> Business-Model-Canvas-Word-Template).

14:00 - 14:30 - ChemSmog
14:30 - 15:00 - Monsapo
15:00 - 15:30 - fainin
15:30 - 16:00 - Folgrid
16:00 - 16:30 - Volterica
16:30 - 17:00 - Circular Library Network
17:00 - 17:30 - Paper Earth
17:30 - 18:00 - Solaveni

This session is meant to focus on "hard facts" about the investment process. You will learn what an investor expects from you, what questions you can expect as a startup and will develop strategies on how much money to ask for.

In this interactive workshop, startup representatives will learn how to leverage social media for their business effectively. We will explore the similarities and differences between social media and traditional media to help participants understand how to adapt their communication strategies. Additionally, the workshop will provide insights into how platform algorithms work and share strategies for growing an online presence. There will also be time for discussion where participants can ask questions and share experiences.

In this session, the business model is further developed together with other startups. Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller Kirschbaum takes the time to work together on your individual business model goals.

In preparation for this session, please prepare a business model canvas for your startup. You can find a template on the share point (Start-ups share point -> Templates -> Business-Model-Canvas-Word-Template).

14:00 - 14:30 - Circular Flow
14:30 - 15:00 - Circelec
15:00 - 15:30 - Trashify
15:30 - 16:00 - Simplyfined
16:00 - 16:30 - PragmaCharge
16:30 - 17:00 - Namalab
17:00 - 17:30 - Vlastic
17:30 - 18:00 - Midwest Composites

We will meet at Cafe 23: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4L2gRxX8s18i8kzbA

We will meet at CEA and walk together to the Visitor Centre.

Have you ever thought about, how your company is perceived by others? The right kind of positioning could make the difference between getting that one Customer, Investor or Business Angel, that could propel your Start-up into a true Unicorn, or not. Within 90 min I’ll give every participant a quick but effective rundown of the ins and outs of Branding, how to do it yourself for cheap and get the most out of it. No need for Design or Marketing expertise!

Survey of the current status of the company structure.
Interaction of one's own role in the company within the company structure.
Strengths-based role development.

Survey of the current status of the company structure.
Interaction of one's own role in the company within the company structure.
Strengths-based role development.

MWIKE focuses on key issues that define the future: They are pushing ahead with the digital transformation of state government services and support businesses on their path into the digital age. When it comes to the energy transition, they are banking on innovation and technological advances in the pursuit of our aim to turn North Rhine-Westphalia into Europe’s most modern, climate-friendly and environmentally sustainable centre of industry.

The workshop will address key sales and marketing levers towards supporting the successful implementation of your circular business model :

1.        What are the key sales and marketing levers for b2b businesses
2.        Reflect these key levers on your own business model and derive key takeaways
3.        Deepening and reflection on the key levers by discussing a start-up-example and the derived action plan
4.        How to make best use of analytics and AI for sales- and marketing excellence in the b2b environment for circular business models

Key takeaways will be actionable topics towards implementing sales- and marketing excellence within your business.

In this session, you will focus on your company's greatest weakness and develop strategies based on this so that your weakness no longer poses a threat to your company.

During the pitch training sessions with Carsten Gerhardt, you will take a first look at your pitch deck or your read deck together.

https://www.zollverein.de

We will meet at KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG, Oberkamper Str. 13, 42349 Wuppertal

8:30 - 9:00 - Arrival and preparation of exhibition stands
9:00 - 10:00 - Official admission for guests
10:00 - 10:45 - Opening & Welcome
10:45 - 18:00 - Program

Main Stage - Day 1
Innovation Stage - Day 1
Masterclasses - Day 1

18:00 - 19:00 - Dinner (flying buffet)
19:00 - 20:00 - Evening event Circular Night
20:00 - 23:00 - Circular Night music & drinks

Main Stage - Day 1

07:30 - 08:00 - Arrival
08:00 - 09:00 - Technical rehearsal for Demo Day
9:00 - 10:00 - Official admission for guests
10:00 - 11:30 - Demo Day Batch#8
11:30 - 18:00 - Program

Main Stage - Day 2
Innovation Stage - Day 2
Masterclasses - Day 2

This follow-up workshop builds on the insights from our first session and provides a practical review of participants' social media activities. Together, we will analyze posts published in the weeks since the first workshop and provide constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement. This interactive session is designed to help startups refine their strategies, optimize engagement, and continuously improve their online presence.

"I feel the urge to be a perfect circular entrepreneur, but at the same time I need to speed up to the market". - This quote represents what many circular entrepreneurs stated in the research project "managing competing demands in the circular economy". The session will present typical competing demands expressed by circular entrepreneurs in the research project conducted by FOM University in collaboration with Circular Valley. In a peer learning session, we will then discuss how best to deal with and manage such competing demands.

Ggf. noch ergänzen, falls üblich: “The session will be conducted by Prof. Dr. Nadine Pratt and Dr. Elisabeth-Suntrup-Andresen from the FOM University, Germany.”

We will meet at Schimmerlos: Friedrich Ebert Straße 85, 42103 Wuppertal.