Beyond Retail Challenge

Enhance the people experience within Immochan's facilities

Timeline of the challenge

Phase 1: Application Phase/Sourcing
(January 19th, 2017 – March 25th, 2018)

In order to take part in the challenge, you need to register on the platform and fill in the two different documents. Please find here (download) the provided template for your business deck.

Keep in mind that this first phase is only to address the innovativeness of your idea, therefore no financials are needed at this point. Also, industry-related metrics are not mandatory as they will be provided by Immochan’s mentor to the selected start-ups in the second phase.

Feel free to add videos or mock-ups describing your project. However, you should focus on the completion of the executive summary, the latter being necessary to confirm your application.

Deadline: March 25th, 2018

Results announcement: April 9th, 2018

Application requirements: Business deck (15 slides maximum)

Number of selected startups: up to 30

Phase 2: Mentoring and Collaboration
(April 9th, 2018 – May 13th, 2018)

To help you fit your solution better to the market needs and specific industry constraints and country-specific requirements, selected startups will be assigned a specific mentor from Immochan’s team worldwide. The objective of this phase is to go more in-depth in your solution and add feasibility criteria (go-to-market strategy, financials, risk assessment…).

Based on your country of origin and your objective of development, Immochan’s team will provide your Startup with relevant market-oriented information regarding both its local facilities & visitor’s personae profiles to better reshape your proposal.

Deadline: May 13th, 2018

Results announcement: May 27th, 2018

Application requirements: 30-40 slides Business Plan

Number of selected startups: up to 10


Phase 3: Grand Final Pitch
(June 26th, 2018)

After a second vote, the 10 best Startups will have the chance to come to the Xnode Accelerator in Shanghai on June 26th, 2018 to pitch your idea in front of their Executive team. The final format of the final will be 5 & 5 & 5 (5-minute business presentation, 5-minute technical demo, 5-minute Q&A).

Up to 5 teams out of the selected top 10 will then have the chance to test their POC in their selected countries (POC value of €50K each).