Timeline

Startups and scaleups have the opportunity to sign up to participate in the New Energy Challenge. Following this, we will carefully review the submissions and select those that meet the criteria. 

After the registration period ends, we'll review and select qualifying submissions.

On this day, the best entries are selected on the basis of the quality and potential of their business model, innovative technologies and digital solutions. The twenty best entries are the participants of the New Energy Challenge.

All selected participants are invited for deep-dive interviews. The interviews are conducted by Rockstart, Shell and YES!Delft experts in June to select the ten finalists.

The ten finalists are announced and invited for the Finals Phase, taking place later this year.

The finals phase starts with a kick-off meeting on September 24. All finalists will be invited as this will be the official welcome to the finals programme and at the same time an opportunity for the finalists to meet alumni of the New Energy Challenge.

An extensive network of experts, will coach the finalists to validate their collaboration proposal, find their product-market fit and prepare to pitch for an expert jury during the Finals event in November. The coaching and expert sessions are provided by Rockstart, YES!Delft and Shell and taking place in October and early November.

The Finals event takes place in Helsinki at Slush. The finalists will pitch in front of a jury of experts and senior managers, and to a wider audience as well. The Finals event offer lots of networking opportunities. The winners of the 10th New Energy Challenge edition will be announced during the celebration dinner.