Deadline: 1 December 2015
Applications are open for the Next step challenge Sound & Home Integration program. The Next Step Challenge grants ambitious startups the opportunity to become part of what is perhaps the most ambitious accelerator program you’ll ever encounter.
Next Step Challenge is an international competition for startups working with in the fields of sound and home integration. It offers businesses the opportunity opportunity to get access Bang & Olufsen a/s acoustic specialists and facilities, their testing and certification knowledge and labs e.g. EMC test room, quality tests, environmental specifications, and concept specialists.
Prizes
- The grand prize of up to EUR 250,000 for the winning startup makes Next Step Challenge the biggest entrepreneurship prize in Europe.
- All startups who qualify for the six-month program, receive a business development package worth approximately EUR 100,000.
Areas of Sound & Home Integration
- Interior and creative design solutions
- Digital speaker technologies
- Adaptive, behavioral and autonomous systems
- Directive sound and sound zones
- Sensor and internet-of-things technologies
- Deep neural networks
- Trust / Confidence / Privacy / Security Solutions
- Seamless and intelligent home automation & integration
- Streaming and value added services
Eligibility Criteria
- Part of the Challenge program requires that a minimum of two members from the management team relocate to Nupark in Holstebro for a minimum of five months.
- Foreign startup representatives must have valid passports and non-EU residents must be able to obtain the necessary travel documents. We will, however, facilitate the relocation process and provide you with free housing as well as free office space.
- Since the coaching and mentoring is in English, it is required that you have the language skills needed to get the full benefit of the training sessions.
- To take part in the Next step challenge you must have a strong idea and the will to make it happen.
- The Program are looking for startups and people with true business courage.
- startups should be ready to disrupt the market and aspire to change the lives of the people they reach-or even to change the world.
How to Apply
Applicants must fill the online application form available on the website.
For more information, please visit Next Step Challenge.
