Energy and Mobility Award 2025
Hosted by kopa ventures, InnoEnergy, SET Hub (by dena), Enpulse and Honda Xcelerator Ventures, the 2025 Energy and Mobility Award (EMA) is a prestigious competition for early-stage companies pioneering advancements in clean energy and mobility throughout Europe.
Pre-Seed to Series A start-ups in Energy or Mobility
Low or zero carbon solutions with environmental focus
TRL between 2 and 8 with a scalable business model
Founded in or after 2021 in Europe (including the UK)
Application
Out of the application pool, the three EMA finalists are invited to the in-person awards event in Berlin on the 3rd of July 2025, to pitch their solutions live to both the jury and an invite-only audience of experienced founders, corporates, and investors. The winners are then voted on and announced during the program.
Compete for a 10,000€ prize and access to established industry leaders & investors!
Jury
Dr. Axel
Dickenbrok
Investment Director DACH at EIT InnoEnergy
Panel
Aziz Sulaiman Rahim
Principal at Siemens Energy Ventures
Jury
Dr. Christian Bogatu
Investment Adviser at
SPRIN-D
Jury
Alexander Kölpin
Managing Director at Seed + Speed
Panel
Melina Sánchez Montañés
Principal at AENU
Panel
Dr. Tanja Emmerling
Partner at HTGF
Jury
Tanja Rosendahl
Managing Partner at F-LOG Ventures
Panel
Dr. Till Stenzel
Partner at SET Ventures
Moderator
Luis Sperr
Managing Partner at kopa ventures
Meet our Panel and Jury
Congratulations to the EMA 2024 Winner
Congratulations to the EMA 2025 Winner
Limatica enables rapid, non-invasive battery cell quality analysis by leveraging high-resolution voltage noise data.
Ki Hydrogen is pioneering a novel biomass electrolysis technology that co-produces low-cost green hydrogen and pure biogenic CO₂.
2025 EMA Finalists
ICODOS is de-fossilizing shipping and chemistry via revolutionary e-methanol production technology.
Credit: Weefilm, Kevin Geduhn
Panel
Alexander
Kölpin
Managing Director at Seed + Speed
Panel
Isabelle
Canu
Partner at GET Fund
Jury
Aurianne
Legris
Principal at Honda Xcelerator Ventures
Jury
Dr Lea
Pollert
Investment Manager at InnoEnergy
Jury
Michael
Langguth
Founding Partner at Carbon 13
Panel
Surya
Fackelmann
Investment Officer at
European Investment Bank
Jury
Valerie Bolai
Head of Investment at Enpulse
Moderator
Pia Dorfinger
Director Start-ups Ecosystem at dena
Moderator
Luis Sperr
Managing Partner at kopa ventures
Meet our Panel and Jury
Energy & Mobility Award Event
Program
17:30 Arrival & Informal Networking
18:00 Welcome and Introduction
18:15 Panel Discussion
18:55 Pitch Session:
Three finalists for the 2025 Energy & Mobility Award
19:35 Open Pitch Session:
Founders in the audience are invited to give a 1-minute pitch
19:50 Award Ceremony
20:00 Dinner & Networking
3rd July 2025 at Greenberg Traurig Berlin
Picture credit: Weefilm, Kevin Geduhn
20 June 2024 at
Greenberg Traurig Berlin
Award Event Agenda:
17:30 Arrival & Informal Networking
18:00 Welcome and Introduction
18:15 Panel Discussion
18:55 Pitch Session:
Three finalists for the 2024 Energy & Mobility Award
19:35 Open Pitch Session:
Founders in the audience are invited to give a 1-minute pitch
19:50 Award Ceremony
20:00 Dinner & Networking
Meet the Jury
Jamie Lane
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Alex Smith
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Charlie McMann
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Max Johnson
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