For the second year, PIRATEx partners with North Rhine-Westphalia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy to produce the OUT OF THE BOX.NRW award. The OUT OF THE BOX.NRW award aims to identify and award those innovative and unique digital startups who think and…

From April 12-14, Baden-Württemberg International will host a special pavilion coinciding with Hannover Messe to showcase the region’s excellence in products, innovation, and ideas. Baden-Württemberg is Europe’s top region for innovation, home to over 5,500 multinational companies, producing some of the world’s top innovations in…

When the pandemic disrupts the regular meeting of your universities, but not international education, it’s time to adapt. Together with clients BW-i, PIRATEx developed a livestream event concept specifically to bring together BW-i’s community of university stakeholders who could not meet in person due to…

In September 2020, PIRATEx produced the OOTB NRW Award Show for the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Innovation, Digitalisierung und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. The annual OOTB NRW Award show highlights some of the most innovative startups from NRW, and shines a light on those companies disrupting…

Description and Goal xdeck is a German startup accelerator created by founders, for founders. As they prepared to send off their most recent batch of programme graduates, the COVID pandemic hit. The current accelerator batch could not conclude with a physical conference as planned. The…

Description and Goal EXECinsurtech is Europe’s prime event dedicated to insurance technology and innovation. Bringing together startups, corporates, investors and stakeholders from across the insurance industry, the yearly in-person event had to quickly pivot to a remote setting due to the coronavirus pandemic. PIRATEx worked…