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.
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.
meet the jury:
PHILIPP BUDDEMEIER
FOUNDER &
CEO
BETTER EARTH
birgit ströbel
serial entrepreneur
& angel investor
FOUNDERS FIGHT CLUB
anna stetter
INDUSTRIAL TECH &
CLIMATE TECH VC
HTGF
powered by:
STYX - URBAN INVESTMENTS
STYX Urban Investments is an early-stage VC for the built world.
We back founders at pre-seed and pair capital with the STYX Urban Living Lab. We provide access to real buildings and operations across European markets, so startups can test, validate, and launch faster.
Focus areas include PropTech, Green & CleanTech, Smart City, and ConTech.
Expect hands-on support from a team blending venture, real estate, and ecosystem expertise, plus a partner network to accelerate
PoC → solution fit → market entry.
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:
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.
GROUNDBREAKERS
We connect startups and established companies in the construction and real estate industry to help new technologies achieve a breakthrough.
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.
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.
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.
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