Workshop "Investor Relations"
2023-04-05 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)

Workshop "Pitchtraining"
2023-05-24

Application Start TRIP-Class 23/24
2023-09-04 - 2023-10-15
You want to reshape the future with your technology or innovative business idea? Then get on board and become part of the next TRIP Class! The program is open to all sectors and is aimed at all those who are tackling the challenges of tomorrow with new technologies and innovative approaches, who are pushing technology change and sustainable growth and are thus shaping the future in a more resilient way.
Whether you are in the pre-start-up phase or have already founded a company, we will accelerate your innovation!

CROSS LAB - experience cooperative working for future-proof companies
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-26
In the Cross Lab of THAK and ThEx innovativ, participants experience a cross-innovation process in four days, a cross-sector development of ideas with people from traditional business enterprises, the creative industries and startups. The recipe for developing new ideas: a mix of an entrepreneurial challenge, diversity, the right setup and appropriate creative methods.

Start Your TRIP
2023-11-08 14:00 - 18:00
At the kick-off event “Start your TRIP” it will be announced which startup projects from the numerous applications have made it into the TRIP-Cass 23/24. Meet the next startup generation and expand your network!

InnoMatch 2023 "Full potential with Cross Innovation"
2023-11-29 14:30 - 16:30
InnoMatch 2023 will take place in the run-up to the award ceremony for the XXVI Thuringia Innovation Prize. Under the motto “Full potential with Cross Innovation”, the event enables an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and experiences within the innovation community in order to strengthen the network and jointly set innovation impulses.

TRIP Workshop "Marketing & Communication"
2024-02-07 14:00 - 18:00
Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24: Where is my market, who is my target group and how do I address them ? In the TRIP workshop on “Marketing & Communication”, participants will learn how to effectively use communication strategys for their start-up and identify current trends.

TRIP Demo Day
2024-03-06 14:00 - 18:00
After several months of coaching, workshops and intensive work on the way to investment readiness, the projects of the TRIP Class will present their results and will be available for exchange. You will find out who will make it to the Final TRIP Class on March 6, 2024.
For the Final TRIP Class 23/24, the next three months will see further workshops, coaching sessions, the Hannover Messe and networking, and as the final highlight, the teams will pitch their concepts at the Investor Days Thuringia on June 5 & 6, 2024. Stay tuned!

Investor Days Thuringia 2024
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-06
On June 5 and 6, 2024, the Investor Days Thuringia will once again bring together startups and players from the innovative business community in Erfurt. Stay tuned and get the latest updates at https://investordays-thueringen.de/!
You want to get a first impression of the event? Then go here to the review of the #IDT23.

TRIP Workshop „TRIP Kick-off“
2024-10-22 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for TRIP Class 24/25 applicants**
The teams and business models of the pre-selected TRIP projects will be scrutinized to find out how much potential they have. The top applicants will then receive their full tickets for TRIP Class 24/25 at “Start Your TRIP”.

Start Your TRIP
2024-11-06 14:00 - 18:00
At the kick-off event “Start your TRIP”, it will be announced which startup projects from the numerous applications have made it into the TRIP-Cass 24/25. Get to know the next generation of startups on site and expand your network!

TRIP Workshop „Business Model Creation“
2024-11-27 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for TRIP Class 24/25**
The first step toward a company is an idea – but that is far from being a business model. TRIP-Class 24/25 will learn how to create a business model from an initial idea in the workshop “Business Model Creation”. Together with our input providers, the TRIP participants will examine and question their business ideas and develop them into a business concept, as well as get to know existing models and strategies.

InnoMatch
2024-12-04 14:30 - 16:30
InnoMatch 2024 takes place in the run-up to the Thuringia Innovation Award ceremony. The event enables an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and experiences within the innovation community in order to strengthen the network and jointly set innovation impulses. Would you like to be part of it? Then get in touch at hello@trip.community!

TRIP Workshop "Strategy
2024-12-11 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for the TRIP-Class 24/25 **
In this workshop, TRIP Class 24/25 will learn a new perspective on their own point of view and entrepreneurial strategy.

TRIP Workshop "Financing"
2025-01-15 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for TRIP-Class 24/25**
A good financing strategy is about More Than Money. For startups, successfully completing an investment also means making a lot of preliminary work and strategic decisions, for example in the areas of value creation in the business model, scaling strategies, exit strategies, brand positioning or legal requirements. In the TRIP workshop “Financing”, we talk about what you can do right when financing startups with investors in order to successfully launch your own investment readiness.

TRIP Workshop "Go to market strategy"
2025-02-12 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for TRIP-Class 24/25**
An idea alone is not enough, you need the right communication strategy. In this workshop, participants develop a “go to market strategy” for their business case.

TRIP Workshop "Team"
2025-02-25 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for the TRIP-Class 24/25**
The team behind the business idea is a crucial resource and largely responsible for the success of a start-up. In this workshop, we discuss important factors of a functioning team with our input providers.

Demo Day
2025-03-12 14:00 - 18:00
On “Demo Day”, the TRIP class will present their innovations to the TRIP community for the first time in short pitches and live demonstrations. It will also be announced which startup projects will move on to the final TRIP class and thus be accelerated towards investment readiness in another three months. Would you like to be part of it? Then register now at hello@trip.community!
Get to know the next generation of startups on site and expand your network!

TRIP Workshop "VC Basics"
2025-03-26 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for the TRIP-Class 24/25**
The final TRIP class is now taking big steps towards investment readiness. Venture capital is a necessary financing method for many innovations. Together with our sponsor, bm|t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen gmbh, we talk about VC basics. The TRIP class will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas individually with bm|t’s investment managers.

Hannover Messe
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-04
With the startups of the TRIP Accelerator Program, it’s off to Hannover Messe again. TRIP Class 24/25 will present their business innovations to the international community. More info at https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/.

TRIP Workshop „Investor Relations“
2025-04-23 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for TRIP-Class 24/25**
In individual cases, STIFT itself also acts as an investor and invests as an early-stage and side investor in promising Thuringian start-ups. Exclusively for the TRIP Class, STIFT shares its knowledge and experience from an investor’s perspective and, together with the Beteiligungsgesellschaft des Freistaats Thüringen (bm|t), checks how investment-ready the TRIP participants are.

TRIP x Wissensfabrik "Speedmentoring"
2025-05-06 15:30 - 18:30
Sustainably securing innovative strength in Germany – that is the common goal of the nationwide join-in network of the Wissensfabrik, to which the STIFT – Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research Thuringia also belongs. With TRIP, we are strengthening Thuringia’s start-up community and networking with established companies is accelerating enormously. That’s why the TRIP Class 24/25 can look forward to speed mentoring with the Wissensfabrik.

TRIP Workshop "Pitch Training"
2025-05-13 14:00 - 18:00
**Exclusively for the TRIP Class 24/25 and pitchers of IDT25**
In the spotlight of the Investor Days Thuringia in June 2025, numerous startups will once again present their business ideas. We make sure that everyone delivers their best pitch performance. In the analog pitch workshop, the projects are prepared in the best possible way.

Investor Days Thuringia
2025-06-04 - 2025-06-05
The Investor Days Thuringia are celebrating their 10th anniversary. Once again, they are bringing the startup community and investors together in Erfurt to spotlight innovations, create collaborations and generate deal flow.
