BayStartUP and the Gründerzentrum Digitalisierung Niederbayern (GZDN) are looking for the top founders from the Lower Bavarian region in the business plan competition Ideenreich. The competition focuses on active regional networking, the training of prospective founders and promotes strong young entrepreneurs from the region.
The Business Plan Competition "Ideenreich" is a regional competition of the Bavarian Business Plan Competitions. It is aimed specifically at founders from the Lower Bavarian region, who can develop their business model for a successful market entry with expert support and thus lay the foundation for their company's growth.
Business idea and customer benefit
Current information about the Bavarian Business Plan Competition is also available in our newsletter (German only).
The winning teams in the business plan competition "Ideenreich" will be honored at festive award events. These events bring together the best young entrepreneurs and startup experts from the region. Those interested in startups are also invited to attend the award ceremony and get to know the top teams and their ideas in person.
The award ceremony for the current competition season will take place on 18 March 2025 in Deggendorf. Many thanks to our partner, the LfA Förderbank Bayern, for supporting the event!
Based on your postal code, you will be assigned to the Business Plan Competition Swabia or Ideenreich, the Munich Business Plan Competition or the Business Plan Competition Northern Bavaria when you register your team.
The competition is a platform on which you can test your concepts and improve them through feedback. So: yes, please submit your concept even if it is not perfect, yet.
You upload your concept in our protected web portal after a successful registration at www.baystartup.de. All our judges have signed an NDA and are bound to secrecy.
If we at BayStartUP communicate your solution externally (e.g. if we present your team as a winning team as part of our marketing activities), then only with content that you have approved in advance.
Feedback from experts, the chance to be included in the free BayStartUP financial coaching, media attention, prize money, support from the twelve digital incubators throughout Bavaria and our other partners in the network, information and updates from the Bavarian startup scene.
The page numbers of the chapters are guidelines, but they should by no means be exceeded. In terms of content, you should make sure that you address the main topics of the respective competition phase.
Max Achmedschin via achmedschin@baystartup.de
Bayern Kapital
Bayern Kapital GmbH, based in Landshut, is the venture/growth capital company of the Free State of Bavaria. It supports innovative high-tech companies in Bavaria through various growth phases, from seed to later stage, with equity capital totalling between 0.25 and 25 million euros.
Regional partner in the business plan competition "Ideenreich" is the "Gründerzentrum Digitalisierung Niederbayern" with the regional digital incubators INN.KUBATOR Passau, ITC1 Deggendorf and LINK (Gründerzentrum Landshut) as well as GreG in Rottal-Inn and Freyung-Grafenau.
Register here as a participant in the Bavarian Business Plan Competitions - you will then receive access to our competition tool where you can securely upload your business plans.
Head of Business Plan Competitions Munich, Swabia & Ideenreich
