"DemoDay" presents results of Adlershofer Energy Accelerator A2

We are happy to present to you the results of 100 days of hard work with nine excellent startups and three very committed industrial partners. To us, it was a particular success for our programme to be met with such a great response, especially seeing as the application period was only two months long.

It is important to note that the A² Accelerator was the first programme of its kind in Adlershof and so this was a debut for us at WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH, the inventor, project manager, and sparring partner of the pilot projects created by our start-ups and industrial partners. It was certainly not easy to choose from all the great applicants since we could only choose those applicants whose products matched the strategic focus and the goals of our industrial partners.

We were glad to be able to offer the remaining start-ups from our shortlist some pitch opportunities throughout our network. We received great feedback from all those who took part in the A² Accelerator. Particularly our coaching programme created some real added value for its participants. Thanks to the in-depth expertise of our industrial partners and the Association of Energy Market Innovators (bne), we were able to provide start-ups with far-reaching insights into the complexity of the energy industry.

Moreover, we could offer tailored presentations and training in business model design, customer focus, pitching, business administration, taxes, and legal issues on a high level thanks to the support of the Borderstep Institute, partake AG, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, the law firms Beiten Burkhardt, Morrison & Foerster, Schweizer Legal as well as Christoph Sollich, „the pitch doctor“.

Lastly, I wish to thank our industrial partners BTB Blockheizkraftwerks- Träger- und Betreibergesellschaft mbH Berlin, GASAG Berliner Gaswerke Aktiengesellschaft, and Stromnetz Berlin GmbH – not only for their financial support, but also for their deep involvement and active participation as well as their readiness to grant additional leeway and resources for their committed work with our start-ups. Moreover I want to thank the bne Association of Energy Market Innovators most warmly for their commitment, for letting us access their outstanding network and expertise, and for incorporating our start-up teams into many of their own events with their members and network partners.

Finally I wish to thank all of you, our dear start-ups. You all have made great strides, albeit some of you not at your own pace. We are glad that all of you started at least one pilot project, some of you even started projects with several partners. In our opinion, all of you have developed personally and professionally without exception. It was a lot of fun for all of us to be able to see and experience this. Keep up the great work!

Roland Sillmann
Chief Executive Officer
WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH
Phone: +49 30 6392-2202
Email: sillmann(at)wista.de