STYX
FAMILY DAY
FOUNDERS
FIGHT
thursday
09/10/25
4:30pm
MANUFAKTUR MANNHEIM
GET READY TO COMPETE
STYX FOUNDERS FIGHT NIGHT
STYX Family Day is about trusted connections, curated intros, and quality conversations.
Founders Fight Night is about clarity, energy, and real-time market feedback.
Together, they’re a natural fit—an honest stage where the best ideas shine.
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No slides, no screens—just 60-second rounds, clear storytelling, and a live audience vote.
Our Haymaker Jury adds smart questions to surface value and impact.
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Where the built world meets digital, founders prove value in real time—fast, loud, and unforgiving.
Win the crowd. Claim the title:
STYX Founders Fight Champion!
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No other pitch event electrifies a room like Founders Fight Night.
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confirmed fighters:
ectos
Ectos aims to build a renewable, profitable solution based on a platform that helps construction companies manage inventory efficiently.
We’re also creating a sustainable marketplace where companies and freelancers can sell and buy leftover materials from building projects.
Through an app, Ectos recovers revenue that used to be lost to material waste, while making circularity a real option and reducing COâ‚‚ emissions.
HOMETRUTH
HomeTruth brings trust to the real estate market.
Using AI + blockchain, they are creating the first platform that makes every property transparent, from purchase to ownership.
taskrunner
We're bringing Facility Management into 2025, no more travel times, better utilization, greener, cheaper and just not boring anymore.
telescope
Founded in 2022 and based in Oslo, Telescope provides tools that help real-estate companies identify sustainability risks, create action plans, and manage transition risks.
The platform enables property owners to quantify and manage issues such as biodiversity loss, physical climate threats, and regulatory change.
With data-driven insights, firms make better investment decisions, access green finance, and meet regulatory requirements—empowering owners to think ahead, act fast, and stay grounded.
vrey
Berlin-based VREY, founded by Julius Pahmeier and Cedric Jaeger, is building a “shared building energy supply” provider.
Concretely, the startup enables solar power in multi-tenant buildings—legally compliant, economically viable, and without the obligations of being a full energy supplier.
wepack
WePack is your online supermarket with 24/7 Click & Collect service.
Place your order in our app, select a pickup time slot, and collect your groceries just 300 minutes later in under 30 seconds at your nearest WePack pickup station.
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Our in-house developed pickup station guarantees regional supply, whether you live in the city or the countryside.
meet the jury:
PHILIPP BUDDEMEIER
GENERAL
PARTNER
MARVELOUS
stefan merkle
REDAKTION
RESSORT INNOVATIONEN
IMMOBILIEN ZEITUNG
birgit ströbel
serial entrepreneur
& angel investor
FOUNDERS FIGHT CLUB
lea matsche
geschäftsleitung
(in entwicklung)
ALHO UNTERNEHMENSGRUPPE
anna stetter
INDUSTRIAL TECH &
CLIMATE TECH VC
HTGF
sebastian ihler
cpo
FACTORY
powered by:
STYX AG
STYX AG supports founders with bold ideas to make cities and buildings greener, smarter, and more liveable.
We go beyond just providing capital: STYX connects startups directly to one of Europe’s largest Urban Living Labs, an experienced executive network, and trusted real estate partners across vibrant metropolitan regions.
Our platform enables teams to pilot real-world solutions, gain market feedback, and accelerate their journey from concept to impact.
unzer
Unzer digitizes commerce with an all-in-one stack of payments and software that covers the entire merchant value chain.
From online checkout and in-store mobile POS to settlement and central business processes.
The result: smoother operations and a seamless customer experience.
Today, 85,000+ merchants across Europe use the Unzer ecosystem, supported by ~750 employees across offices in Germany, Austria, Denmark, and Luxembourg.
go7 ag
GO7 is a full-service creative partner across strategy, brand, design, content, events, digital, and film.
We combine makers’ pragmatism with bold ideas—thinking, writing, crafting, and producing end-to-end.
GO7 sharpens perception, turns concepts into tangible experiences, and pushes projects one step further—out of the box, into action.
Expect hands-on collaboration, fast iterations, and work that sparks momentum.
builders tech club
Builders Tech Club is a community for innovators in the built world.
We focus on ConTech, PropTech, Smart Living, and Smart City, turning digitalization into practical exchange and collaboration.
Our podcast features industry insiders on topics like decarbonization, BIM, AI, and robotics.
We curate startup stages and innovation areas at major trade shows such as BAU, BUILDINX, Zukunft Handwerk, digitalBAU and elektrotechnik connecting founders, VCs, and innovative operators to move the industry forward.
ecosystem partner & FRIENDS:
factory berlin
Factory Network is an inspiration and promotion platform that brings together creative, academic, industrial, and technical talent in a global network spanning multiple cities.
As a dynamic hub for people who want to reshape the world together, we enable our vibrant community to network, collaborate, and grow together.
NEXT MANNHEIM
NEXT MANNHEIM is the umbrella brand under which the city of Mannheim brings together and consistently promotes a wide range of activities in the areas of startup ecosystems, cultural urban development, pop music promotion, internationalization, and the cultural and creative industries.
NEXT MANNHEIM is constantly driving forward the startup ecosystem, which now includes eight STARTUP centers with over 300 startups, and is thus managing to steadily increase its profile as an urban startup hub throughout Germany and internationally.
The city owes this to the optimal conditions created by NEXT MANNHEIM with funding, financing, consulting, incubators, accelerators, interdisciplinary formats, co-working spaces, and quick access to the right networks.
bau
BAU - World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems
Every other year, BAU becomes the international meeting place for everyone involved in planning, constructing and designing buildings. The most important players, innovations, and trends.
Everything in one place. At BAU Munich from January 11 to 15, 2027, you can look forward to the latest technologies and materials, which you can integrate directly into your construction projects.
Exchange ideas with leading manufacturers to find customized solutions for your challenges.
GROUNDBREAKERS
We connect startups and established companies in the construction and real estate industry to help new technologies achieve a breakthrough.
buildinx
Experience the future of logistics and industrial real estate up close!
Messe Dortmund and the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) jointly present the BUILDINX. The first business platform covering the entire value chain of innovative logistics and industrial real estate.
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At BUILDINX you will meet leading experts and discover the latest innovations in the fields of technology, digital transformation and sustainability in logistics and industrial real estate. Take the opportunity to expand your network, make valuable contacts, and actively help shape the future of the industry.
Q-SUMMIT
Q-Summit is Germany's leading startup conference, bringing together visionaries, entrepreneurs, and investors for an unforgettable experience.
Immerse yourself in inspiring talks, exciting networking opportunities, and the latest trends shaping the future of innovation.
digitalbau
digitalBAU brings the industry together – from 24 to 26 March 2026 at the exhibition center in Cologne.
With exhibitors covering the entire construction value chain and a varied supporting program, digitalBAU offers a glimpse into the digital future of the construction world.
Over three days you will have the opportunity to:
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Discover product innovations and test them directly on site.
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Learn about industry trends first-hand.
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Make new business contacts.
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Get answers to your questions in direct conversation with experts.
BLACKPRINT
As a network and knowledge platform, we drive digitalization, innovation, and sustainable future viability in the construction and real estate sector, connect relevant players, and provide figures, data, and facts about the German-speaking PropTech sector.
Gründerküche
How do I found an entrepreneurial company? What has to be in a business plan? Gruenderkueche.de is an online-magazine for entrepreneurs, founders & startups with information about marketing, law, taxes & more. In addition, there are event announcements for founders and interviews with entrepreneurs.
zukunft handwerk
ZUKUNFT HANDWERK is the congress for innovation, networking, and continuing education with an accompanying exhibition for the entire skilled trades sector.
The event format offers craft businesses a unique opportunity to develop solutions for tomorrow through practical insights, presentations of new technologies, and cross-trade exchange.
Once a year, the craft sector actively shapes its future at the ICM in Munich in personal dialogue with industry, organizations, and politics, providing impetus for the sustainable and progressive development of all trades.
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