Best of X
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| Company type | Limited liability company |
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| Industry | Events |
| Founded | November 2015 |
| Founder | Jan Christoph Küster |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 1 office (2016) |
Key people | Jan Christoph Küster |
| Products | Pitch Events |
| Website | www |
Best of X is a sales pitching competition in Germany in key locations. The Best of X program starts with the application or recommendation of startups to the Board of Ambassadors; consisting of key people in the startup scene: serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business angels, influential corporates, etc.. Each of the region's most influential entrepreneurial institutions nominate 8 candidates, two more startups join the final event by winning the public vote. At the final event the 10 startups will introduce themselves, deliver a pitch which is followed by a Q&A by the jury. Among the partners of Best of X are the biggest German venture capital fund High-Tech Gründerfonds, the state bank of North Rhine-Westphalia NRW.BANK, the ESA and several others.
References
- Article in the newspaper 'Express'
- TÜV about the success of BOX
- German 'Gründerszene' about BOX in Munich ´