BATTLE OF GREEN TALENT
Bringing business ideas for a sustainable energy future to life
The online entrepreneurship game by EIT InnoEnergy
The Battle of Green Talent offers you the unique opportunity to get immersed in an online entrepreneurial ecosystem. It is an entrepreneurship game free of charge, with the goal to bring innovative ideas for sustainable energy to life. During this 6 month competition, EIT InnoEnergy students transform their bright ideas into promising businesses, surrounded by talents, virtual investors, and advisors.
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Welcome to the Battle of Green Talent
Press Release
EIT InnoEnergy’s student start-up, ReLi, wins the first edition of the Battle of Green Talent!
Since November 2020, 250 students from EIT InnoEnergy Master School and partner business schools have been competing in the Battle of Green Talent, an online entrepreneurial game which came to a conclusion on April 8th 2021. The goal of the Battle of Green Talent was to immerse students in a world of entrepreneurial, innovative thinking, assisted by virtual investors and experienced advisors.
This resulted in 25 sustainable start-ups, created by EIT InnoEnergy Master’s students competing for a spot in the final and the main prize to receive real cash funding of €10 000 and a chance to enter the EIT InnoEnergy student incubator services with a starting fee of €5 000. The winning investor, a role played by MBA students from ESADE Business School, London Business School, Grenoble École de Management and Nyenrode Business Universiteit, took home a prize of €10 000 in cash and a €5 000 travel and expense budget for The Business Booster, EIT InnoEnergy’s yearly state-of-the-art business event.
On April 8th 2021, during the online final event, 6 finalist teams got a chance to show their start-up pitch video and participate in a short Q&A with the audience. After careful deliberation by the EIT InnoEnergy jury, the winning team and the winning investor were chosen and revealed. Also, during the event, the audience could vote for their favourite team, which took home an original public’s favourite award!
The winning start-up of the 2021 edition of the Battle of Green Talent is team ReLi. They plan to manufacture sustainable and affordable energy storage solutions for solar PV homeowners by upcycling retired EV batteries. The team consists of Laura Laringe (Master’s in Smart Electrical Networks and Systems), Krishna Kumar Rathinam (Master’s in Smart Electrical Networks and Systems), Emilia Chojkiewicz (Master’s in Smart Electrical Networks and Systems), Ashish Baskar (Master’s in Sustainable Energy Systems), Mateusz Sierakowski (Master’s in Energy Storage) and Wojciech Godlewski (Master’s in Energy Storage).
The winning investor for this pilot edition is Felix Hübner, MBA student at Grenoble École de Management.
Congratulations to all winners and participating students and advisors! You made this first Battle of Green Talent a success!
A special thank you to this year’s Battle of Green Talent sponsor, Engie, as well as partners Venture Spirit and ASEM and the external advisors.
Final event webinar
On 8 April 2021, the TOP 6 teams had a chance to pitch their sustainable start-up projects in front of a selected jury, and compete for the grand prizes! Those who joined the final event got to co-decide on the public's favourite award, got to see which venture walked away with the grand prize, and learned which investor was the best at evaluating the start-ups!
Online webinar
The 2021 winners!
Team ReLi was selected the best entrepreneurial team of the 2021 edition of Battle of Green Talent! Their start-up plans to manufacture sustainable and affordable energy storage solutions for solar PV homeowners by upcycling retired EV batteries.
Visit their website to learn more: https://relibatteries.eu
Congratulations and good luck developing your start-up!
Best entrepreneurial team
Felix Hübner took home the grand prize for best investor! Well done! This motivated MBA student is enrolled at Grenoble École de Management. By giving valuable feedback to the entrepreneurial teams, asking critical, to-the-point questions and ultimately performing a thorough assessment of all ventures before making his virtual investments, he has proven himself to be the best virtual venture capitalist!
Best investor
During the Final Event, the audience had the chance to choose their favourite start-up, based on the teams' pitch videos and Q&A session. This year, the honour and public's favourite trophy was awarded to team Mjolnir Energy.
To learn more about their start-up on sustainable energy solutions, visit their website: https://mjolnir-energy.com
Public's favourite team
The entrepreneurial ecosystem
Battle of Green Talent brings four important roles together
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ENTREPRENEURS
EIT InnoEnergy
Year 2 & PhD students
Launch your own venture
Invite talents to your team
Collect the most virtual capital
Turn your idea into reality!
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TALENTS
EIT InnoEnergy Year 1 students
& students participating universities
Evaluate the ideas
Apply to join a team
Share your expertise
Help your team to the top!
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INVESTORS
Business school students
Evaluate the ideas
Invest virtual money
Send valuable feedback
Predict the market and win!
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ADVISORS
Experienced professionals,
venture capitalists & CEOs
Scan the ideas
Challenge the business cases
Share your expertise
Help your teams to the top!
Participating universities and business schools
Entrepreneurs & talents
Investors
More to come
Proudly sponsored by
ENGIE is a proud Gold sponsor of the Battle of Green Talent 2020 edition. As a sponsor and advisor, ENGIE is supporting the entrepreneurial ambitions of hundreds of students.
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