Join our challenge to develop a user-friendly dApp that enables investors to discover, invest in, and trade sustainable assets while ensuring transparency and accountability. Partner with LBBW and leverage the SWIAT-platform to create a novel offering that addresses the growing demand for impactful investing.
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EUR 5,000 prize pool + partnering or potential investment after the challenge
Open to startups & companies, students, researchers or experts that can imagine building a new venture.
This challenge is part of the Future Finance Program
Regionally rooted and at home in the world. The universal bank for medium-sized corporate customers. We accompany our customers on the path of transformation along the whole value chain in a data-driven and connected world - and also seize the opportunities of digitalization ourselves. Customers are happy to rely on our product solutions and services and the expertise of our consultants and sector experts.
SWIAT is a Frankfurt-based FinTech with LBBW as one of its investors. It develops blockchain-software for an open decentralized financial market infrastructure.
SWIAT has been designed by financial entities for the financial industry. It´s network embraces co-opetition to jointly overcome infrastructural fragmentation in the DLT-environment and yet staying in competition.
As a partner and potential investor, LBBW offers a unique opportunity for finalists to collaborate, bring ideas to life or accelerate existing solutions. This challenge is therefore open to startups, companies, researchers, and industry experts who are interested in building financial dApps.
Participation is especially encouraged for peoples and team who have either already founded a company or are planning to do so in the future.
This Innovation Challenge will be conducted in English and german - but note: the solution must be tailored to german language!
For the submission, it is sufficient to describe your idea or approach in the submission template and upload it via our platform. It doesn't have to be a fully developed concept with a concrete implementation strategy. A visualization of your approach ( e.g. a sketch, visual drafts or prototype) is beneficial – it should be as well developed as possible but appropriate to the time you have. Remember, there will be an elaboration phase for the finalists of this challenge, in which you will develop your submitted idea/approach.
Your business idea fits to our challenge? Excellent! Then take part and let's take the next steps together. You only have to fill in the submission template. In addition, you can upload further materials, such as a pitch deck.
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Your participation is not binding until you submit the Submission Template, and the qualification phase ends. You can always withdraw your submission before the deadline. Once you have uploaded your submission and you want to take part, please consider the timeline and be aware that you should be able to participate in every further step.
After the end of the deadline (July 30), the submissions will be reviewed by the challenge provider. The final teams of every challenge will be selected and invited to participate in the digital Innovation Bootcamp of the Future Finance Innovation Program. We will inform you via mail. Check the timeline.
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Meet up & question-call every Tuesday from 16:00 - 16:30 (CET)
If you want to talk to someone from our team about your approaches, you need more information or if questions arise, just join one of our call every Tuesday. It is a group call and you also get the chance to meet other innovators!
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All final teams agree to enter into discussions with the respective Challenge provider within three months of the programs completion regarding possible further use of the solution.
During this period, the final teams also agree not to enter into discussions with third parties regarding further use of the solutions.
Both parties (challenge provider and finalists) are also entitled to jointly agree on deviating and individual provisions with regard to confidentiality agreements or IP rights during the elaboration phase.
In addition, concerning the planned joint publication of all solutions, the final teams will grant ekipa the necessary rights
so that we can publish the solution under a Creative Common License (non-commercial). Important: Via your submission in the second phase you are in control of what we are allowed to publish regarding your solution.
All details can be found in the conditions of participation.