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Healthcare
We welcome startups transforming health outcomes through innovative technologies and solutions — from digital health platforms and diagnostics to care delivery models that improve access, efficiency, and wellbeing. Whether you’re tackling clinical challenges or wellness empowerment, we’re interested in ideas that meaningfully impact people’s health.
Food & Agriculture
We’re looking for ventures that reimagine how food is produced, distributed, and consumed — from regenerative agriculture and precision farming to sustainable supply chains and food tech innovations. If your solution enhances productivity, reduces waste, or promotes resilience across the food ecosystem, this field is for you.
Energy
Startups driving the transition to cleaner, smarter energy systems are at the heart of this topic. We seek innovators in renewable generation, storage, grid optimization, energy efficiency, and carbon reduction technologies. Bring solutions that empower a resilient and sustainable energy future and contribute to energy independence.
Mobility
This area focuses on redefining how people and goods move — including electrification, shared mobility, smart infrastructure, logistics optimization, and software-enabled transport solutions. If your startup boosts efficiency, sustainability, and access in movement and transport, apply here.
Living and Renovating
We’re interested in startups that improve how we live, work, and build — from next-generation housing technologies and smart home systems to energy-efficient renovation and community design. Solutions that enhance comfort, affordability, sustainability, and urban resilience are especially welcome.
Venturing & investment track:
New Way of Work / Collaboration / Culture
We’re looking for startups rethinking how work is organized, experienced, and led in a rapidly changing world. From digital collaboration tools and people analytics to new models of leadership, learning, and workplace culture, we seek solutions that put people at the center while unlocking organizational potential.
Financial Services / FinTech
This field focuses on startups modernizing financial services through technology — from digital payments and embedded finance to data-driven banking, automation, and blockchain-based solutions. If your venture improves accessibility, efficiency, transparency, or customer experience in finance, this is the right space for you.
Sustainability & Circular Economy
This focus area is for startups combining strong business models with positive environmental and social impact. We are particularly interested in scalable circular solutions, climate and clean technologies, and impact-driven digital platforms.
Financial Services / FinTech
When talking about FinTech we are referring to software, mobile applications and other technologies created to improve and automate traditional forms of finance for both businesses and consumers alike. FinTech solutions can include everything from straightforward mobile payment apps to complex blockchain networks housing encrypted transactions. Basically any technology that attempts to modify, enhance, or automate financial services for businesses or consumers.
Data driven business models (including data security & data empowerment)
Find use cases how to capture, sort and use big data for companies of the future. Make a data-driven company, one that has established a framework and culture where data is prized and effectively utilised to make better decisions across the company. We are also looking for solutions in data security, data empowerment, and open banking.
Service based technology applications, e.g. in the field of AI, blockchain or platform solutions
The field of service based technologies is growing by the minute. From Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, or platform solutions to Metaverse, we are witnessing a complete redesign of the world as we know it. Show us successful integrations for the businesses of the future and how they will help shape the world of the future. Not technology for technology’s sake but solving real problems for the customers.
Sustainability/Health tech
Sustainability/Health tech
As the importance of addressing the SDGs in business increases at a rapid pace, it is essential for companies to adopt sustainable practices to ensure a viable future in the next 20 years. With advances in circular economy business models and with the rise of net zero targets all across the industries we are looking for any type of startups in the area of sustainability and health tech. Finding well needed solutions in all the different sectors but also looking to have a good plan of business sustainability as well.
CIRCULAR HERO
Are you addressing to any of the 10 R’s of circular economy (R0 Refuse, R1 Rethink, R2 Reduce. R3 Reuse, R4 Repair, R5 Refurbish, R6 Remanufacture, R7 Re-purpose. R8 Recycle, R9 Recover)?
At Hummelnest accelerator we have just opened a new program specialised on Circular economy. We are looking at startups with Core Focus is eliminate waste and maximize resource efficiency by designing products, services, and business models that keep materials in use for as long as possible.
What are we looking for? Emphasize reuse, remanufacturing, recycling, and upcycling. Create closed-loop systems where waste from one process becomes a resource for another. Promote product-as-a-service models (e.g., leasing rather than ownership).
Join us NOW and become Circular Hero