Calling all green innovators: The GfK Innovation Award 2025 is now open for applications (Sponsored)

With sustainability at the core of its mission, GfK Gesellschaft für Kreditversicherungsservice is once again calling on forward-thinking founders and creative changemakers. The GfK Innovation Award 2025 is now open for applications—offering recognition and support to startups that are driving real ecological change through innovation.

Whether you’re building new green technologies, reshaping consumer habits, or rethinking how business can work in harmony with the planet, this is an opportunity to take your idea further.

What’s in it for you?

This year, the most compelling and original project will receive:

• €15,000 in prize money
• Up to €75,000 in additional support
• Access to GfK’s startup support programme, which includes mentoring, visibility, and an international network of experts and partners

Alongside the main prize, the GfK Public Award gives one standout project a chance to win an additional €5,000, selected through public voting. It’s a celebration of ideas that not only push sustainability forward but also resonate with the wider community.

Who’s it for?

The award is open to startups and founders who:

• Offer a solution with a lasting positive environmental impact

• Bring innovation, creativity, and a future-oriented mindset

• Present a unique, clearly defined concept with measurable sustainability benefits

Deadline and more info

Applications are open until 15 July 2025! For full details and how to apply, visit the official GfK Innovation Award (Innovationspreis) page.

If you’re working on something that can make a real difference, this is your chance to take it to the next level.

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