NEB Innovation Arena: Where Values Meet Venture

Discover NEB start-ups bringing New European Bauhaus values to the innovation market across Europe. Experience bold pitches and step into the role of investor in this dynamic 1,5-hour programme.

Co-funded and delivered by the EIT Community NEB, this session spotlights a new generation of ventures from the Catalyse NEB accelerator, translating sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics into viable, scalable business models.

From circular materials and bio-based innovation to climate-conscious technologies, these start-ups are reimagining how we design, build, and power our world—proving that NEB values can move beyond vision into real market impact.

Experience live pitches, discover breakthrough ideas, and engage directly with founders. Cast your vote for the start-up shaping a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future.

Stay on for networking drinks and connect with a vibrant mix of entrepreneurs, municipalities, investors, and innovators driving the NEB forward.

Participating startups:

• Ekotekt — the startup rethinking how we build, using 3D printing and bio-based materials to create carbon-negative construction systems that could redefine the future of cities.  
• Vienna Textile Lab — where biology meets fashion, turning microorganisms into sustainable dyes and pigments that could clean up one of the most polluting industries on the planet.  
• Wastepresso — transforming everyday waste into something valuable, showing how circular design can turn yesterday’s trash into tomorrow’s resources.
• Biosphere Solar — harnessing the power of nature and technology to rethink how we generate and integrate clean energy into our environments.
• Phyta Design — blending design, science, and sustainability to create solutions inspired by nature—where aesthetics and ecology go hand in hand.
• Parkly — tackling urban inefficiency by reimagining how we use space in cities, making parking smarter, smoother, and more sustainable.
• Oleago — unlocking value from overlooked resources, turning waste streams into new materials or energy with a circular-first mindset.
• Aerd Lab — exploring the invisible layer of our environment—air—through innovation that aims to monitor, improve, or even redesign how we interact with it.

These startups may come from different industries—but they share one mission: turning today’s environmental challenges into tomorrow’s business opportunities. Now it’s your turn to decide who does it best.

Register to participate