SpinLab and HHL Digital Space Summer School for Diverse Startups 2026 – YOA

Deadline: May 17, 2026

Applications are open for the SpinLab and HHL Digital Space Summer School for Diverse Startups 2026. At SpinLab and HHL DIGITAL SPACE, they consider that range isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the important thing to unlocking innovation and driving success within the startup world. The mission is to empower underrepresented founders, breaking down obstacles to success and making a extra inclusive startup ecosystem for all.

The startup program gives helpful assets and experiences to help what you are promoting concept. Throughout the one-week program, you’ll interact in a sequence of workshops led by our mentors and coaches, overlaying important subjects comparable to financing, advertising and marketing, gross sales, pitch coaching & product-market match. Moreover, you’ll have the OPPORTUNITY to debate your particular person challenges and obtain customized steering in 1:1 periods. Networking with different founders and specialists from the SpinLab and HHL Digital Space ecosystem will assist you to construct relationships and acquire helpful insights.

Benefits

• Workshops: One-week program with arms-on workshops in addition to particular person 1:1 teaching with prime specialists awaits you.
• Strong community: Get entry to among the finest startup ecosystems in Europe with quite a lot of group occasions and extra!
• Prize cash: The spotlight of this system is the general public pitch occasion, the place your startup competes for the Digital Award granted by the town of Leipzig, which comes with a prize cash of €2,000.
• Startup Festival Tickets: The winner of the pitch contest will obtain free tickets to the Web Summit in Lisbon, one of many world’s largest startup conferences.
• SpinLab Academy: Receive lifetime entry to our e-studying platform with movies from effectively-identified specialists and the prospect to earn a certificates from HHL Leipzig.
• Free Program: Thanks to sponsors, this system is totally freed from cost for you. They need you to have the ability to totally focus in your development.

Eligibility

• You have at the least one group member that has a various background, for instance: girls, inter, non-binary, transgender, folks of coloration, worldwide background, particular person with incapacity, age range and many others.
• The subject of what you are promoting concept doesn’t matter so long as you’ve the potential to develop.
• A legally based startup is just not obligatory, however what you are promoting concept ought to already be very concrete, for instance in type of a marketing strategy.
• You are (at the least one group member) out there to be onsite in Leipzig for the period of this system (20.-24. July 2026).
• The program might be in English, so somebody out of your group ought to perceive and communicate English effectively. If solely German-speaking groups are chosen, this system may also be held in German.

Application

The type comprises a brief questionnaire. In this questionnaire, you’re requested to add a pitch deck or a brief pitch video (max. 120 seconds).

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Summer School for Diverse Startups.