Events

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!

**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 […]

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!

**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.

**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 […]

**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.

**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.

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 […]

**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 […]

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/.

**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 […]

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 […]

**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.

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.