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AiDiA Pitch 2024

"From Startups to Shooting Stars - Afronauts launching visions, landing success."

The time had come again on 7 September. The AiDiA Pitch entered its third round. Eight promising start-ups had the opportunity to present their business models on a large stage at the Startup Pitch. They were put through their paces by our renowned jury. Prize money totalling €53,000 was awarded as well as other sponsorship prizes.

360ties

The pitch event of the year

Live Acts

Be there and be entertained by our unique live acts.

Afrofusion cuisine

Enjoy our lovingly prepared food from the Afrofusion kitchen.

Afterparty

Celebrate in a great atmosphere and expand your network.

AiDiA Pitch Event

What awaits you

AiDiA is not just a pitch event where we bring the latest ideas from the Black community to the big stage and celebrate them. It's a place where we come together for a more inclusive society, share visions for the future, socialise, have fun and pursue opportunities.

Look forward to rousing live acts, inspiring speakers, Afro-German fusion cuisine and a legendary after-show party to round off the evening.

Our event partners

These start-ups were launched

Finalists

Founder pitch

ADDOBEA

ADDOBEA

Ghanaian cuisine

ADON HEALTH

ADON HEALTH

Digital treatment platform for male hypogonadism

KONZOOM

KONZOOM

Exceptional on-demand grocery delivery

SERVERLESS SALAD

SERVERLESS SALAD

Empowers entrepreneurs with AI

ZULA

ZULA

Children's diverse digital library

Idea pitch

BLUE HOUSING INTERNATIONAL

BLUE HOUSING INTERNATIONAL

Integrated hybrid building solution

FUNDING CREW

FUNDING CREW

AI Speeds Evaluation Tool

STAY & PAY

STAY & PAY

A Restaurant Payment & Management Solution
These people chose the winners

Jury

Irène Kilubi

brandPreneurs & brandFluencers

Irène Kilubi

brandPreneurs & brandFluencers

Utena Treves

Moojo

Utena Treves

Moojo

Niddal Salah-Eldin

Axel Springer

Niddal Salah-Eldin

Axel Springer

Janna Linke

RTL

Janna Linke

RTL

Benjamin Visser

allygatr

Benjamin Visser

allygatr

These people spoke on our stage

Speaker

Armand Zorn

Speaker

Armand Zorn

Armand Zorn (SPD) has represented the constituency of Frankfurt am Main I in the German Bundestag as a directly elected MP since September 2021. In the German Bundestag, he is a member of the Finance Committee, the Committee on Digital Affairs and the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development.

Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako

Moderator

Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako

As a presenter, Alexandra also sees herself as an architect who facilitates authentic encounters and stimulates conversations about culture, business, society, ideas and thoughts. With her passion and experience, she knows how to create an experience for the people on stage and in the audience.
These artists inspired the audience

Artists

Aisha Vibes

Singer

Aisha Vibes

On 13 September, Aisha Vibes returns with her second EP, which she created with a self-assembled team of musicians and creatives in Santorini at Blackrock Studios. An EP for the soul, the hips, long car journeys, loud car journeys or simply for a good mood.

BENSH

Singers

BENSH

With his new solo project, BENSH, who has already torn up the country's stages with Peter Fox, has finally come into his own. He combines the universal power of a good song with a unique sound between Afrobeats, R&B and post-everything pop. It's time for a new departure.

Born To Sing

Choir

Born To Sing

Born To Sing aims to (re)establish a healthy relationship with the body and the voice as an instrument through vocal technique and musical coaching. The choir offers singers, especially queers, black people and people of colour, a space to empower themselves through their own voices.

From Startups to
Shooting Stars

Afronauts launching visions,

landing success.

Afronauts symbolise the determination and pioneering spirit of founders, similar to astronauts exploring space and overcoming obstacles to successfully realise their visions. Afronauts encourage us to pursue our dreams and reach for the stars.

This is what our event looked like last year

AiDiA Pitch 2023

Unter dem Motto „Forward Ever. Backward Never. Die Zukunft beginnt hier“ konnten wir 2023 einen unvergesslichen Abend voller Möglichkeiten und Innovation zelebrieren. Mit ganz viel Gänsehaut, Stolz, Erleichterung und Freude blicken wir auf das erlebnisreiche AiDiA Pitch Event zurück. Wir sind überwältigt von der Energie und positiven Resonanz aller Beteiligten. Sei auch 2024 wieder dabei und lass dich von der Energie und Kreativität dieses Events mitreißen.

Founder pitch

Congratulations to the winning team of the main prize of €30,000: Kwame AI. They impressed the jury with their AI-driven legal research assistant and more than earned their victory. Further congratulations go to the second-placed team Sankofa language schoolwhich won €15,000 with an innovative language app for learning African languages. Third place went to IVY POW and secured €5,000 for her 100% natural hair care powder for all hair types.

In addition to the main prize, the start-ups also received licences for the social media management tool Swat.io and support for your technical solutions from our partners Devhaus Leipzig and Fraunhofer Venture.

Idea pitch

A special round of applause goes to our idea pitch teams Fades & Braids, Kynd Hair and Enertable. They presented their ideas impressively and showed how much creative energy there is in our community. The team from Fades & Braids took first place for their digital hairstyling platform, which uses generative AI images to create different hairstyles, making it easier to find the right stylist.

Jury & Line-Up

The AiDiA finalists presented their business models to an audience of over 500 guests in an exciting competition and masterfully answered the jury's critical questions.

Inspirierend war auch die Keynote von Aminata Touré: „Vergesst nie, dass ihr es euch verdient habt. Denn ihr bereitet den Weg vor für diejenigen, die nach euch kommen.“ Diese Worte unterstreichen die Bedeutung von AiDiA in der Förderung von Black Entrepreneurship und der Schaffung von Vorbildern für die schwarze Community.

Once again, a huge thank you goes to our presenter Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako, our jury and advisory board, the artists on stage and in the DJ booth, our sponsors and partners and everyone who made this event a success. You are proof of the power of community.

Lasst uns gemeinsam die Zukunft gestalten und weiterhin „Forward Ever. Backward Never.“ schauen. Die besten Ideen und Innovationen sind in der Pipeline.

The pitch event in pictures

AiDiA Pitch 2023

In 2023, AiDiA once again offered Black founders a stage on which they and their ideas took centre stage. Once again, we were not only able to listen to exciting pitches, but also welcome inspiring speakers, fantastic artists, a competent jury and a great moderator to our stage. And there was just as much going on off the stage.

AiDiA Pitch 2022

2022 was the first time that AiDiA offered a stage on which Black founders and their ideas took centre stage. The pitch event thrilled the audience of startup enthusiasts and representatives from the Black community with exciting pitches, great entertainment, exciting networking opportunities and generous prize money.

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