Whoppa! The crowd getting pumped up and motivated to fistbump and dance a little by a certain Alexander Schmutz. 🥵 #swgro22

First pitch! #Ashtronaut by Stardust. Shoot the remains of your loved ones into space - ‘fives times more affordable and more fossile friendly’ than the current options - by using a slingshot! #swgro22

Pitch 2 - #TheInfluencers. One mission: build an influencer in one weekend. They used a screaming friend on TikTok. 😬 So they openly admitted they lost money, now have a social media addiction and had to overcome 17 fatal disagreements. 😂 Well: they had fun. 💪🏻 #swgro22

Pitch 3 now: #Plantastic! Peat-free potting soil to overcome the massive CO2-problem of regular potting soil. They got Bauhaus and gemeente Groningen interested already! #swgro22

Pitch 4 - #BetterTogetherFoundation Helping refugees in their new country with a platform that connects them to instances and companies that can use their - often amazing! - skills. Humanitas says it’s interested - and for sure, the problem is hart felt by the team. 💕

Fifth pitch out of 8: it’s #BitBot! Setup your own crypto trading bot without having to write a single line of code. ‘Drag and drop your own trading strategy.’ Hundreds of crypto investors shared their biggest problems with them - and they’re on a roll to tackle them. #swgro22

Moving on the pitch 6 - #Coutchmates. Defeating loneliness under youngsters by getting them together to watch movies. The incredible, smooth pitch is done by the youngest #swgro22 participant in ten years time - 15 years of age.

Pitch 7 is #MonYAY. A service, a package deal to make your week better. What if the company you work for would get you a kickstart of the week by getting you smoothies, wannahaves or experiences - a box of surprises provided by different brands and companies? #swgro22

And the last pitch - it’s the #ButterBitches! Removing the boredom from butter, by ‘making butter better’ with way more flavours - mocha, anyone? A LOT of people inside the building and out on the streets tasted it. And yeah, they got the first paying customers. #swgro22

That was the last of the pitches - and the first of the prizes! #ButterBitches won the public’s favourites price! #swgro22

Building up the tension for the judges to come back with their top 3 winners. Most of all, there’s relief in the Euroborg now. The presentations are DONE. And wow, we’ve seen quite a few fantastic, ‘buttersmooth’ presentations on stage. 🤩 #swgro22

The jury found it difficult to appoint only three winners - so there’s a different prize system this time around. 😯 #swgro22

4th prize (not place!): #BitBot! #swgro22

Third prize goes to the #BetterTogetherFoundation! #swgro22

2nd prize goes to… #ButterBitches! #swgro22

And the first price goes to…… #Plantastic! 🏆🥇 Congratulations to all the winners AND participants! You were awesome! #swgro22

After 2 years of lockdowns it was great to finally have a great event and talk to new people, brainstorm, drink and work. Thank you SW Groningen for an amazing weekend with great pitches and awesome vibe.

Whoah, it’s been 24 hours already since #swgro22! ✅ 50 participants ✅ 26 (!) Friday pitches ✅ 8 final presentations on Sunday ✅ The amazing venue of FC Groningen ✅ An incredible energy of motivation, dedication and fun! Thank you for making this edition a BLAST! 🚀

You can see all the beautiful pictures of Joost Nuijten/ Innuendo Fotografie here —> innuendo.nl/swgro2022 We hope to see you all again on the next Startup Weekend Groningen - keep an eye on our social accounts for future announcements! This was #SWGRO22 💚🖤!

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