Demo Day - AI Founder Fellowship
Demo Day brings together top investors, AI innovators, and industry leaders for an inspiring afternoon of pitches, insights, and networking. Demo Day marks the culmination of the nine-month AI Founder Fellowship Program launched by acatech under the MISSION KI project, showcasing the six participating Fellowship Ventures now ready to become start-ups. Demo Day provides concrete hands-on founding experience and insights from founders and investors on their founding journeys.
The Ventures
GREEN-DNN
Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Deployment of AI Models to Telecommunication Devices.Tinytrace.ai
Dialog-based platform for detecting and verifying AI-generated content for businessesAproxymade
AI-optimized server performance for the next generation of AI applications.decyte
Using immune fingerprints for the AI-based early detection of cancer.Kauzen
AI-based error detection for more efficient and cost-effective production processes.VoxFocus
Astrophysics-inspired algorithms for precise speech recognition in noise-intensive industrial environments.
Event Details
Date
October 9th, 2025
Time
12.00 — 6.00 PM
Location
The Delta Campus
Donaustr. 44, 12043 Berlin
The Agenda
12:30
Opening Remarks by Prof. Dr. Henning Kagermann
12:40
Keynote: Thomas Jarzombek, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
12:50
Keynote: Carsten Kraus, AI expert & business angel of the year 2024
13:05
Reverse Investor Pitch – hear directly from top investors
13:20
Startup Pitches – Session 1
14:00
Short Break
14:15
Startup Pitches – Session 2
15:00
Panel Talk: "Beyond the Blueprint – Contrasting Founder Journeys"
Julian Teicke (The Delta)
Nicole Formica-Schiller (Pamanicor Health)
Catherine Schreiber (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Dr. Anna Güntner (eclarity.io)
Prof. Dr. Peter Gentsch (AICONIQ Group)
15:45
Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks
16:00
Networking Reception
18:00
Closing
In short at Demo Day, you’ll:
• discover groundbreaking AI ventures
• hear from leading investors and experts
• network with founders, innovators, and industry leaders
We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the next generation of AI innovation together.