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The SET Tech Festival
Our annual event for energy & climate tech innovators since 2017! The SET Tech Festival is your global stage for breakthrough solutions in energy, mobility and digital technologies. The event in Berlin, where innovators from all over the world come together to pitch, collaborate and shape the path to net-zero.
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Check out who joined us in 2025 👀
Some of the #SETTF25 thought leaders
World Fund
E.ON
EIT InnoEnergy
European Space Agency (ESA)
German Energy Agency (dena)
Junction Growth Investors
Eneco Ventures
Tech for Net Zero
EPRI Europe
Plug and Play
Invest HongKong
Vireo Ventures
Enlit Europe
World Energy Council
Swedish Energy Agency
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Honda Xcelerator Ventures
Verbund X
H2UB
PV Magazine Group
Cleantech for Europe
BIA Berlin Innovation Agency
GET Fund
SET Ventures
KOMPAS VC
Future Energy Ventures
Cleantech Scandinavia
Carbon13
Extantia Capital
Atlantic Labs
kopa ventures
ELIA Group
50Hertz
Planet A
WEPA Ventures
Clean Energy Ventures
MathWorks
HTGF
Japan Energy Capital
Volkswagen
Christ&Company
Aurum Impact
Bloomhaus.vc
EDP Ventures
First Imagine
Hyundai
Kiko Ventures
LEAG
Munich Venture Partners
Net Zero Insights
PwC
Siemens
BRYCK
Visionaries Tomorrow
Fraunhofer AHEAD
Zero Carbon Capital
AXEL – The Energy Accelerator
Inven Capital
IPCC
Contrarian Ventures
SpinLab
German Aerospace Center
SPRIND
Vorwerk Ventures
UNIDO
enpulse Ventures
Smart> Green Accelerator
Korys
World Fund
E.ON
EIT InnoEnergy
European Space Agency (ESA)
German Energy Agency (dena)
Junction Growth Investors
Eneco Ventures
Tech for Net Zero
EPRI Europe
Plug and Play
Invest HongKong
Vireo Ventures
Enlit Europe
World Energy Council
Swedish Energy Agency
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Honda Xcelerator Ventures
Verbund X
H2UB
PV Magazine Group
Cleantech for Europe
BIA Berlin Innovation Agency
GET Fund
SET Ventures
KOMPAS VC
Future Energy Ventures
Cleantech Scandinavia
Carbon13
Extantia Capital
Atlantic Labs
kopa ventures
ELIA Group
50Hertz
Planet A
WEPA Ventures
Clean Energy Ventures
MathWorks
HTGF
Japan Energy Capital
Volkswagen
Christ&Company
Aurum Impact
Bloomhaus.vc
EDP Ventures
First Imagine
Hyundai
Kiko Ventures
LEAG
Munich Venture Partners
Net Zero Insights
PwC
Siemens
BRYCK
Visionaries Tomorrow
Fraunhofer AHEAD
Zero Carbon Capital
AXEL – The Energy Accelerator
Inven Capital
IPCC
Contrarian Ventures
SpinLab
German Aerospace Center
SPRIND
Vorwerk Ventures
UNIDO
enpulse Ventures
Smart> Green Accelerator
Korys
9 years of impact legacy.
Have you missed the previous editions? Check out our recaps and relive our events with inspiring start-ups and speakers.
SET Tech Festival 2021
In 2021, the SET Tech Festival celebrated its 5th anniversary! The motto of the year “Reduce, reuse, Re-energize” gave participants the opportunity to rethink the industry through the theme of circular economy. An exciting hybrid event with a live Award Ceremony in Radialsystem, Berlin.
SET Week 2020
SET Week 2020 was the first virtual edition of our annual SET Tech Festival & Award Ceremony. Start-ups and attendees joined us virtually from all over the world as we hosted a vibrant array of online sessions and impactful speakers. Attendees were able to explore the most pressing challenges of the ongoing energy transition and the opportunities that innovation can bring to our carbon-neutral future.
SET Tech Festival 2019
SET Tech Festival 2019 brought together more than 150 start-ups from all around the world, representing the current and future innovators working towards a successful energy transition. The event took place in the Westhafen Event and Convention Center (WECC), a key location for the emerging industrial city of Berlin. It served as a perfect location to discuss the directions that our future industrial and technological growth will take.
SET Tech Festival 2018
SET Tech Festival 2018 gathered more than 1,000 participants in Berlin and included panels, the traditional award ceremony, corporate challenges with partners such as BayWa.r.e and E.ON, 15 accelerator showcases and start-up-speed dating organized in cooperation with Innoloft.
SET Tech Festival 2017
The Tech Festival 2017 was the first edition of the festival and highlighted the top 3 global start-ups from each of the five categories of the Start Up Energy Transition Award. Participants were able to enjoy panels, finalist pitches, exhibition area, matchmaking and workshops.
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René Böhm
Lead Expert Ecosystem Development and Growth, SET (dena)
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Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: rene.boehm@dena.de
Tahar Kechrid
Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: tahar.kechrid@dena.de
Niklas Feierabend
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
Get in touch:
Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: niklas.feierabend@dena.de
René Böhm
Lead Expert Ecosystem Development and Growth, SET (dena)
Get in touch:
Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: rene.boehm@dena.de
Tahar Kechrid
Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
Get in touch:
LinkedIn
Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: tahar.kechrid@dena.de
Niklas Feierabend
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
Get in touch:
Write me on LinkedIn or via mail: niklas.feierabend@dena.de