Aiming for investment?
BASF is giving you the chance to secure your venture’s progress.


What is Start-up Science?

Start-up Science is a regional pitch event hosted by BASF where regional start-ups present their start-up ideas that are related to a specific yearly topic.

Who can apply?

If you are aged 18-35, come from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia or Slovenia and have a start-up idea that directly or indirectly contributes to the cleaner air in the region, BASF could help you to develop your idea further.

What your start-up needs to fulfill in order to qualify for the Start-up Science funding?

Regardless of the point where your start-up is, from concept to scaleup, BASF can help to move your start-up forward.

The idea needs to:


Represent an air-purifying product.


Reduce the need for transport.


Represent a smart solution regarding traffic.


Be an environmentally friendly alternative for means of transportation.


Represent an alternative to gasoline or diesel-powered equipment/product.


Contribute to cleaner air even though it is not mentioned in above cases.

Start-up Science can help you to:

Build a product

Desing your product

Test your product

Market your product

Promote your product

Upgrade or Optimize your product

Hire external people to develop a feature for your product

Build a product

Desing your product

Test your product

Market your product

Promote your product

Upgrade or Optimize your product

Hire external people to develop a feature for your product

BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, is coming to the region and is giving you the chance to accelerate your start-up and get the funding you need to go to the next level.

Five steps to Funding:

1

Apply for the Demo Day

Apply for the Start-up Science Demo Day
Apply here

2

Get selected

Get selected by the Jury as the top 10 start-up ideas (The Jury will contact the top 10 teams by December 7, 2020)

3

Prepare

Prepare your pitch

4

Present the idea

Present your idea to BASF at Demo Day, have the possibility to secure investment

5

The winner announcement!

The best idea will get seed investment of EUR5,000 gross in any case - no matter whether the idea will be further supported by BASF

1

Apply for the Demo Day

Apply for the Start-up Science Demo Day
Apply here

2

Get selected

Get selected by the Jury as the top 10 start-up ideas (The Jury will contact the top 10 teams by December 7, 2020)

3

Prepare

Prepare your pitch

4

Present the idea

Present your idea to BASF at Demo Day, have the possibility to secure investment

5

The winner announcement!

The best idea will get seed investment of EUR5,000 gross in any case - no matter whether the idea will be further supported by BASF

Apply now

Registration

As a first mandatory step send us your full name, team leader's full name (if applying as a team) and your contact number here.

No worries, this is only to count you in!

Application form

Whenever you are ready, download and fill out the Application form and submit it together with a .pdf about your project (read how to do it in Terms and Conditions).

Terms and Conditions

Inform yourself in detail about the Elevator Pitch and find our how to apply correctly.

About the program

About the program

Start-up Science is BASF’s initiative to help compelling start-ups within the Adria region while at the same time contribute to solving one of the biggest local problems – air pollution.

First BASF Start-up Science was held in 2018 as a pilot project in Serbia. Two years ago, the project was held as a local competition aimed to support the academic community of the country – while exploring the local entrepreneurial spirit. After proven success, real Start-up Science is being rolled out at its full capacity this year and it aims to enable the most prominent start-up to build something for the better future.

About BASF

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. More than 117,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €59 billion in 2019. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S.