NETWORK
IN NUMBERS
NETWORK
IN NUMBERS
500+
ACTIVE MEMBERS
500+
ACTIVE MEMBERS
500+
ACTIVE MEMBERS
2000+
ALUMNI
2000+
ALUMNI
2000+
ALUMNI
21
CHAPTERS
21
CHAPTERS
21
CHAPTERS
50+
YEARLY EVENTS
50+
YEARLY EVENTS
50+
YEARLY EVENTS
MEET THE CHAPTERS
MEET THE
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER TIMELINE
Pitching competition organised by every European chapter throughout the year. Several early stage start-ups are invited to present their ideas and pitch them in front of the audience, including a jury, which decides on a winner. The winner’s start-up gets the chance to participate in the quarter-finals of the START Summit pitching competition. All start-ups get the opportunity to network with investors and other stakeholders, thus creating valuable partnerships for their future development.
ROAD TO START SUMMIT (RTSS)
Huddle up, hackers, and get ready to hack-a-ton! This Hackathon consists in a case solving organized together with a partner, according to information, budget and format given. RtSH is hosted on START Chapters to choose the most promising hacking teams that get to go to the world’s most entrepreneurial Hackathon, START Hack. Hosted every year together with START Summit, Hack reunites the best programming talent from all over the world for a 36-hour sprint in solving creative challenges with real-world applications.
ROAD TO START HACK (RTSH)
At RtSF, startups all over LatAm pitch for a chance to get fast-tracked to START Fellowship’s annual 3-months long accelerator. Local pitching competitions give an opportunity to startups to present their ideas in their home turf before they enter the competitive process of applying to START Fellowship. In the past, chapters have also organised workshops and bootcamps for the selected startups to elevate their pitches and maximise their chances to getting into the program of a lifetime.
ROAD TO START FELLOWSHIP (RTSF)
START Sprint is a 4–5 week in-person program where members work in diverse teams to develop a problem into an MVP and present it at Demo Day. The program features hands-on workshops, ongoing inputs, and coaching for each team. Its goal is to build the skills and knowledge participants need to confidently navigate the startup environment afterward. Each chapter adapts the Sprint to best suit its local ecosystem.
START SPRINT
Maastricht RtSS
START Maastricht
Investor Fuck Up Night
START Barcelona
START Sprint Demo Day
START Vienna
START Hamburg at CHEFFTREFF
START Hamburg
Lima RtSF
START Lima
Alumni Party
START Berlin
Sao Paolo RtSF
START Sao Paolo
Mexico City RtSF
START Mexico City
START Stuttgart x HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Labs
START Munich
Founders Talk
START Berlin
ISAR Unfiltered
START Munich
HHarbour Founder Summit
START Hamburg
Lisbon RtSS
START Lisbon
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
2023/2024
2024/2025
2025/2026
Maastricht RtSS
START Maastricht
Investor Fuck Up Night
START Barcelona
START Sprint Demo Day
START Vienna
START Hamburg at CHEFFTREFF
START Hamburg
Lima RtSF
START Lima
Alumni Party
START Berlin
Sao Paolo RtSF
START Sao Paolo
Mexico City RtSF
START Mexico City
START Stuttgart x HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Labs
START Munich
Founders Talk
START Berlin
ISAR Unfiltered
START Munich
HHarbour Founder Summit
START Hamburg
Lisbon RtSS
START Lisbon
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
2023/2024
2024/2025
2025/2026
Pitching competition organised by every European chapter throughout the year. Several early stage start-ups are invited to present their ideas and pitch them in front of the audience, including a jury, which decides on a winner. The winner’s start-up gets the chance to participate in the quarter-finals of the START Summit pitching competition. All start-ups get the opportunity to network with investors and other stakeholders, thus creating valuable partnerships for their future development.
ROAD TO START SUMMIT (RTSS)
Huddle up, hackers, and get ready to hack-a-ton! This Hackathon consists in a case solving organized together with a partner, according to information, budget and format given. RtSH is hosted on START Chapters to choose the most promising hacking teams that get to go to the world’s most entrepreneurial Hackathon, START Hack. Hosted every year together with START Summit, Hack reunites the best programming talent from all over the world for a 36-hour sprint in solving creative challenges with real-world applications.
ROAD TO START HACK (RTSH)
At RtSF, startups all over LatAm pitch for a chance to get fast-tracked to START Fellowship’s annual 3-months long accelerator. Local pitching competitions give an opportunity to startups to present their ideas in their home turf before they enter the competitive process of applying to START Fellowship. In the past, chapters have also organised workshops and bootcamps for the selected startups to elevate their pitches and maximise their chances to getting into the program of a lifetime.
ROAD TO START FELLOWSHIP (RTSF)
START Sprint is a 4–5 week in-person program where members work in diverse teams to develop a problem into an MVP and present it at Demo Day. The program features hands-on workshops, ongoing inputs, and coaching for each team. Its goal is to build the skills and knowledge participants need to confidently navigate the startup environment afterward. Each chapter adapts the Sprint to best suit its local ecosystem.
START SPRINT
Maastricht RtSS
START Maastricht
Investor Fuck Up Night
START Barcelona
START Sprint Demo Day
START Vienna
START Hamburg at CHEFFTREFF
START Hamburg
Lima RtSF
START Lima
Alumni Party
START Berlin
Sao Paolo RtSF
START Sao Paolo
Mexico City RtSF
START Mexico City
START Stuttgart x MESH X NXTGN - HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Stuttgart x HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Labs
START Munich
Founders Talk
START Berlin
ISAR Unfiltered
START Munich
HHarbour Founder Summit
START Hamburg
Lisbon RtSS
START Lisbon
2025/2026
2024/2025
2023/2024
Maastricht RtSS
START Maastricht
Investor Fuck Up Night
START Barcelona
START Sprint Demo Day
START Vienna
START Hamburg at CHEFFTREFF
START Hamburg
Lima RtSF
START Lima
Alumni Party
START Berlin
Sao Paolo RtSF
START Sao Paolo
Mexico City RtSF
START Mexico City
START Stuttgart x MESH X NXTGN - HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Stuttgart x HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Labs
START Munich
Founders Talk
START Berlin
ISAR Unfiltered
START Munich
HHarbour Founder Summit
START Hamburg
Lisbon RtSS
START Lisbon
2025/2026
2024/2025
2023/2024
Pitching competition organised by every European chapter throughout the year. Several early stage start-ups are invited to present their ideas and pitch them in front of the audience, including a jury, which decides on a winner. The winner’s start-up gets the chance to participate in the quarter-finals of the START Summit pitching competition. All start-ups get the opportunity to network with investors and other stakeholders, thus creating valuable partnerships for their future development.
ROAD TO START SUMMIT (RTSS)
Huddle up, hackers, and get ready to hack-a-ton! This Hackathon consists in a case solving organized together with a partner, according to information, budget and format given. RtSH is hosted on START Chapters to choose the most promising hacking teams that get to go to the world’s most entrepreneurial Hackathon, START Hack. Hosted every year together with START Summit, Hack reunites the best programming talent from all over the world for a 36-hour sprint in solving creative challenges with real-world applications.
ROAD TO START HACK (RTSH)
At RtSF, startups all over LatAm pitch for a chance to get fast-tracked to START Fellowship’s annual 3-months long accelerator. Local pitching competitions give an opportunity to startups to present their ideas in their home turf before they enter the competitive process of applying to START Fellowship. In the past, chapters have also organised workshops and bootcamps for the selected startups to elevate their pitches and maximise their chances to getting into the program of a lifetime.
ROAD TO START FELLOWSHIP (RTSF)
START Sprint is a 4–5 week in-person program where members work in diverse teams to develop a problem into an MVP and present it at Demo Day. The program features hands-on workshops, ongoing inputs, and coaching for each team. Its goal is to build the skills and knowledge participants need to confidently navigate the startup environment afterward. Each chapter adapts the Sprint to best suit its local ecosystem.
START SPRINT
Maastricht RtSS
START Maastricht
Investor Fuck Up Night
START Barcelona
START Sprint Demo Day
START Vienna
START Hamburg at CHEFFTREFF
START Hamburg
Lima RtSF
START Lima
Alumni Party
START Berlin
Sao Paolo RtSF
START Sao Paolo
Mexico City RtSF
START Mexico City
START Stuttgart x HackXplore
START Stuttgart
START Labs
START Munich
Founders Talk
START Berlin
ISAR Unfiltered
START Munich
HHarbour Founder Summit
START Hamburg
Lisbon RtSS
START Lisbon
2025/2026
2024/2025
2023/2024
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
START Alumni
Our Alumni are one of our biggest treasures. A community full of really capable people.
START Alumni are members who have successfully completed at least one full active term in a START Chapter after passing a formal recruitment process. In special cases, members who served for a shorter period may also receive Alumni status if they made an exceptional contribution. Final decisions regarding Alumni status are made by the chapter president.
START Alumni
Our Alumni are one of our biggest treasures. A community full of really capable people.
START Alumni are members who have successfully completed at least one full active term in a START Chapter after passing a formal recruitment process. In special cases, members who served for a shorter period may also receive Alumni status if they made an exceptional contribution. Final decisions regarding Alumni status are made by the chapter president.
START Alumni Hubs
Each Alumni Hub functions as a local ecosystem, designed to keep former STARTies connected and active in different European cities.
The goal is to create vibrant environments where alumni can exchange ideas, collaborate, and continue shaping the entrepreneurial spirit that defines START.
Every Hub is led by a Hub Lead, who organizes events throughout the year and brings the community together.
Once a year, all Hubs unite at START Summit — experiencing the event from an exclusive alumni perspective.
START Alumni Hubs
Each Alumni Hub functions as a local ecosystem, designed to keep former STARTies connected and active in different European cities.
The goal is to create vibrant environments where alumni can exchange ideas, collaborate, and continue shaping the entrepreneurial spirit that defines START.
Every Hub is led by a Hub Lead, who organizes events throughout the year and brings the community together.
Once a year, all Hubs unite at START Summit — experiencing the event from an exclusive alumni perspective.
START Alumni
Our Alumni are one of our biggest treasures. A community full of really capable people.
START Alumni are members who have successfully completed at least one full active term in a START Chapter after passing a formal recruitment process. In special cases, members who served for a shorter period may also receive Alumni status if they made an exceptional contribution. Final decisions regarding Alumni status are made by the chapter president.
START Alumni
Our Alumni are one of our biggest treasures. A community full of really capable people.
START Alumni are members who have successfully completed at least one full active term in a START Chapter after passing a formal recruitment process. In special cases, members who served for a shorter period may also receive Alumni status if they made an exceptional contribution. Final decisions regarding Alumni status are made by the chapter president.
START Alumni Hubs
Each Alumni Hub functions as a local ecosystem, designed to keep former STARTies connected and active in different European cities.
The goal is to create vibrant environments where alumni can exchange ideas, collaborate, and continue shaping the entrepreneurial spirit that defines START.
Every Hub is led by a Hub Lead, who organizes events throughout the year and brings the community together.
Once a year, all Hubs unite at START Summit — experiencing the event from an exclusive alumni perspective.
START Alumni Hubs
Each Alumni Hub functions as a local ecosystem, designed to keep former STARTies connected and active in different European cities.
The goal is to create vibrant environments where alumni can exchange ideas, collaborate, and continue shaping the entrepreneurial spirit that defines START.
Every Hub is led by a Hub Lead, who organizes events throughout the year and brings the community together.
Once a year, all Hubs unite at START Summit — experiencing the event from an exclusive alumni perspective.
Here's what our Alumni say
Here's what our Alumni say
START was a super important milestone for me. It showed me what is behind this whole startup ecosystem. By working at START for three years I had the opportunity to not only learn about the dynamics in the ecosystem but also make super strong connections with advisors, VC’s and also obviously friends.
Dan Meier
Co-Founder VectorFlow
I would not be an entrepreneur if I hadn’t founded START. For my first company, I was matched with my co-founders by the people I co-founded START with. I would not be here today if it weren’t for START.
Bettina Hein
Founder & CEO Juli
I think it is pretty safe to say that without START I would have never become a founder. Before joining START I thought about being a founder as opening the bakery on the next corner and START really opened the entrepreneurship world for me and introduced me to that world.
Anna Rosenkranz
CEO Health Yourself
START was a super important milestone for me. It showed me what is behind this whole startup ecosystem. By working at START for three years I had the opportunity to not only learn about the dynamics in the ecosystem but also make super strong connections with advisors, VC’s and also obviously friends.
Dan Meier
Co-Founder VectorFlow
I would not be an entrepreneur if I hadn’t founded START. For my first company, I was matched with my co-founders by the people I co-founded START with. I would not be here today if it weren’t for START.
Bettina Hein
Founder & CEO Juli
I think it is pretty safe to say that without START I would have never become a founder. Before joining START I thought about being a founder as opening the bakery on the next corner and START really opened the entrepreneurship world for me and introduced me to that world.
Anna Rosenkranz
CEO Health Yourself
START was a super important milestone for me. It showed me what is behind this whole startup ecosystem. By working at START for three years I had the opportunity to not only learn about the dynamics in the ecosystem but also make super strong connections with advisors, VC’s and also obviously friends.
Dan Meier
Co-Founder VectorFlow
I would not be an entrepreneur if I hadn’t founded START. For my first company, I was matched with my co-founders by the people I co-founded START with. I would not be here today if it weren’t for START.
Bettina Hein
Founder & CEO Juli
I think it is pretty safe to say that without START I would have never become a founder. Before joining START I thought about being a founder as opening the bakery on the next corner and START really opened the entrepreneurship world for me and introduced me to that world.
Anna Rosenkranz
CEO Health Yourself