Since January, electronics-related startups from around the globe have registered to participate in electronica fast forward, the start-up competition powered by Elektor. Now the offical jury is reviewing the 19 finalists. Elektor and electronica will announce the winners on November 11, 2020. Good luck to all the participants. 
 


Get to know the finalists! 

The e-ffwd competition

Managed by Elektor and Messe München, the online 2020 e-ffwd competition gives electronics-focused start-ups an opportunity to show off products and solutions.

Participants are competing for a shot to win global marketing packages from Elektor (First Prize = €75,000, Second Prize = €50,000, and Third Prize = €25,000), as well as opportunities to interact with electronics industry experts. The current group of participating start-up companies are focus on several exciting technologies:
 
  • Wireless charging
  • Edge computing
  • Electric vehicles
  • Energy harvesting
  • MEMS mirror and laser scanning solutions
  • Actuator technologies
  • Real-time control and monitoring
  • And more

The e-ffwd 2020 jury is led by Prof. Dr. Rik W. De Doncker, the Director of the E.ON Energy Research Center and Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems (PGS) at RWTH Aachen University. He earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. 

Attend electronica Virtual 2020

Want to attend electronica Virtual 2020 (November 9 to 12, 2020)? By registering, you can benefit from:
 
  • Virtual product presentations
  • Industry contacts and knowledge sharing
  • Around the clock availability, worldwide

Register now! 

 
Editor's note:
The online 2020 e-ffwd competition includes start-ups from a wide variety of countries, from Germany to the United States to Hungary. The road to the e-ffwd finals was diffferent for each participating company. The Elektor team recently spoke with Gábor Tordai-Lejkó, the Hungarian Consul General to Bavaria. Watch the interview below.