betahaus, your local coworking space of choice, offers you 6 months of deskspace for the team. That means six months of an international community of entrepreneurs, makers and work-life revoluzzers, mentoring by all kinds of experts and feedback from a lot of  experienced folks. Basically, its 6 months of everything you need to take your startup to the next level.

kalaydo.de, the large regional classified service in Germany, offers more than 1,1 Mio
ads in the markets, jobs, real estate, cars and in the marketplace. kalaydo.de is one
of the most far-reaching e-commerce services in Germany and is a partner of several
newspapers in the regions of Rhineland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Saxony-
Anhalt. kalaydo.de is launched in 2006 and growing ever since. In the Cologne
headquarters employs kalaydo.de currently over 60 dedicated employees.
The winner of the betapitch will get a package of 3 premium job advertisement at
the job board of www.kalaydo.de/jobboerse. In addition we offer exclusive
mentoring meetings with our Managing Director.

DriveNow is the flexible and easy premium carsharing program in Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf and now new in  Cologne since October 2012.  DriveNow lets you use a car any time, anywhere in cities. Never before has personal travel been this simple. You can display and reserve DriveNow vehicles online or via our smartphone app. The DriveNow ID on your driving licence opens and shuts the car. Hold it in front of the reader on the windscreen – and off you go. Refuelling and parking are included — all you pay is 29 cents per minute. And when you are finished, you just walk away.

We believe that despite the ever increasing amount of apps and software solutions, for the early face of a creative process, using a pen and Stattys, is still often the most productive, flexible and even fun way to work. Stattys are reusable, recyclable and light to travel with. The winner of the betapitch can start to visualize and move their ideas with Stattys Business Travel Set – wherever they are.

Business communication that is aimed at a target audience helps to intensify the relationship between company and customers and keeps it vivid on a long term basis. warndorf Konzept, Text & PR advises companies seeking to streamline their communication and offers a wide range of different tools for print and online use. The winning team receives a press release by warndorf Konzept, Text & PR, including a one hour briefing.

CJFS is a specialized consultancy in the field of E-Commerce and Online Marketing. His expertise boosts the visibility and sales for products and services across the web. As winner of the betapitch you will receive a 2-hour workshop to critically review and optimize the online process of your business.

Holger Nils Pohl  is a graphic recorder. He transforms abstract and complex ideas/concepts/services into easy-to-understand visual representations. Using key-words and incisive picture language in videos he not only explains meaning, but entertains and enthuses an audience with the presented information.
The great betapitch global movie is such a work of art and information by Holger Nils Pohl.
The winner of the betapitch will get a shortcut to a new way of business model innovation and design thinking. The bootstrap workshop will be packed with practical informations and lots of action!

Lena Lögters is an illustrator and graphic designer. Her illustrations beautify publications and make the mediated information more attracting and easier to understand. She also creates fitting logos, websites, invitations, infographics and much more that proves that illustration and information are inseparable. The winner of the betapitch will get an illustrated info/advertising postcard with individual graphic design.

CentralStationCRM is a small and easy to use CRM software for lean and agile teams as well as for freelancers. The software helps you to keep track of all your contacts, clients and leads so you never forget to follow up or make that important call. CentralStationCRM is the central workspace and helps you manage all these contact relationships. The winning teams will get a year-long CentralStationCRM membership for up to 10 users. 

XING is a social software platform for enabling a small-world network for professionals. It is used by 12 million people from over 200 countries. For the winning team they sponsor 6 months of free membership!

FastBill Fastbill is a flexible allround solution for everyday accounting problems of small enterprises, no matter if freelancer, agency or startup. All accounting tasks and paperwork can easily be mapped and displayed: writing estimates and invoices, sending out bills, monitoring incomes and expenses and recording working hours. The winning team will get a free, year-long membership!

Maximilian v. d. Ahé, LL.M, is a lawyer and partner at mka law firm. Maximilian specialises in intellectual property law and company law. Maximilian is in charge of  enforcing and protecting the legal positions of freelancers, agencies and companies, and helps them develop legal and economic strategies. For the winner of the next betapitch he offers 2 hours of in-depth legal advice!  

Seedcamp is an early-stage micro seed investment fund and mentoring programme. We make our investment decisions in companies several times throughout the year. Seedcamp was created to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in Europe by connecting next generation developers and entrepreneurs with over 1200 mentors from a top-tier network of company builders. Due to the partnership between Seedcamp and betahaus the winner of the betapitch will get a headstart for the next seedcamp and receive a spot in the relevant regional Mini Seedcamp.

Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. AirBnB supports all finalists with a voucher on their next booking!

Coffee Circle are pioneers of a new way of trading. They believe that you want to know where your organic coffee comes, who harvested it and how it was roasted. On the one hand all of this contributes to the taste of your coffee. On the other hand all of this information is closely connected to the question whether the farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia received fair payment for their hard labor. For the winning team they sponsor either 1 kg of Coffee or Espresso beans!

Pidoco is a web-based prototyping software for rapidly creating clickable wireframes and UI prototypes for web, mobile and enterprise applications. It’s easy to use with smart sharing and collaboration features, a convenient usability testing module and much more. The top 2 teams of Betapitch will receive Pidoco Expert Licenses.