EIT Jumpstarter 2026 Awards Ceremony
Thursday 12 November 2026
Starts 5:30 PM
Finishes 9:00 PM
Organized by EIT Jumpstarter | Mela Melaniuk
Venue: Unicorn Factory Lisboa
Address: 143 Avenida Infante Dom Henrique
Beato
1950-406 Lisboa
About this event
🏆 Meet Europe’s next generation of innovators in Lisbon!
The EIT Jumpstarter 2026 Awards Ceremony brings together some of Europe’s most promising early-stage entrepreneurs, competing across six innovation categories that address pressing societal and industrial challenges.
Join us to discover the solutions that stood out for their excellence, market potential and impact, and celebrate the winners of this year’s programme.
What to expect
Awards Ceremony
Meet the finalists and find out who wins in each of the six categories:
Food & Agritech
Healthcare
Energy & Renewables
Advanced & Green Manufacturing
Metals, Minerals, Advanced Materials & Industrial Side Streams
Smart Cities & Urban Mobility
Networking cocktail
After the ceremony, stay for drinks and conversations with founders, investors, media and key players from Europe’s innovation ecosystem.
Who should join?
Investors looking for early-stage, science-based startups
Founders and innovators building their next venture
Corporates, accelerators and ecosystem builders
Media and anyone curious about what’s next in European innovation
đź“… 12 November 2026
🕠18:00–21:00 (registration starts at 17:30)
đź“Ť Unicorn Factory Lisboa, Lisbon
✨ Official side event of Web Summit
Be there to meet the innovators shaping what comes next.
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About EIT Jumpstarter
EIT Jumpstarter is a pre-acceleration programme of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. It helps early-stage innovators turn science-based ideas into startups through training, mentoring and an international pitch competition. The programme is delivered by EIT Urban Mobility, EIT Food, EIT Health, EIT RawMaterials and InnoEnergy, together with Xjenza Malta.
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