Join us for the next ASAP Final #17!

On July 22, 2026, the 16th ASAP Finals took place live via Zoom. Find out now which teams pitched and which prizes they won. The next ASAP Finals are scheduled for spring 2027.

What is the ASAP Final?

The ASAP Final is a university competition in which the best university-related teams from Baden-Württemberg pitch their startup ideas in 90 seconds. The teams have the opportunity to present their ideas on a virtual stage and win up to €1,000 as well as places in further funding programs.

Watch our Final #16

Check out the latest ASAP finale on YouTube — many teams have already pitched their exciting ideas and projects to a live audience there.

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These are the winning teams of the ASAP Final #16

PACE Engineer

Overall Winner

Business Model Award

SkyShell Solutions

Scale-Up Award

Impact Award

OrthoSohle

Innovation Award

Sentio

Best Pitch Award

These were the prizes at the ASAP Final #16

At the ASAP final, the teams had the opportunity to receive funding of up to €1,000 as well as places in further funding programs. Our audience award, the “Best Pitch”, was also be presented.

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Overall Winner

1000 €* & detailed social media post

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Business Model Award

500 €*

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Innovation Award

500 €*

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Impact Award

500 €*

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Scale-up Award

500 €*

*Support for your idea from the L-Bank

This was our Jury for the ASAP Final #16

Prof. Andrea Spielvogel
Prof. Andrea Spielvogel

Professor of Artificial Intelligence at HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen

Antonia Dieterich
Antonia Dieterich

Startup Founder and CTO at marton.ai

Nicolai Droll
Nicolai Droll

Team Lead Startup Development at CyberForum/CyberLab

Jakob Lehner
Jakob Lehner

Startup Manager at Campus Founders

Arik Lämmle
Lena Reichert

Head of Innovation Management at Ritter Sport

These were our two hosts at the ASAP Final #16

ASAP Finale #16 were hosted by Sophia and Anabel. Sophia organizes the ASAP Finale, and Anabel is journalist and host – together they were the perfect duo to rock the ASAP Finale!

Sophia Schimpgen

Sophia Schimpgen

Program Manager ASAP at NXTGN

Anabel Giesbert

dpa Berlin

The ASAP Final #16 is powered by Mätch VC.

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What boosts to advanced programs were available at the ASAP Final?

As part of the ASAP Finals, there was also a chance for all participating teams to win a boost, meaning a place in a more advanced program. During networking, startups are able to network directly with the program. The focus here was on meaningful placement, so that startups only receive a boost that really suits them. The following overview shows which partners were represented in networking.

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ASAP Finale #17

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