A competition that fills your show, not just a stage.
Sesamers designs, sources, runs and monetises your competition - applications, jury, sponsors, finalists on the floor, investors in the room. Then we turn finalists into exhibitors.
Most competitions are a press release with a trophy.
A form on the website, a LinkedIn post, 40 entries - half of them agencies.
Winners get a photo. Nobody sells them a booth for next year. The pipeline evaporates.
Screening, jury logistics, sponsor decks, run-of-show - 3 months of someone's job for a 20-minute ceremony.
A competition is the cheapest top-of-funnel a show can have. Only if someone owns the funnel.
End-to-end, on our platform, under your brand.
25,000 startups scouted + 35k community + media coverage. Target: 150–300 qualified applications per edition.
Branded application page, scoring grids, jury workspace, multi-round selection on app.sesamers.com.
We recruit and brief the jury and package sponsor slots. Your sponsors get deal flow, not just a logo.
Pitch stage, finalist zone or full village - the competition becomes visible product on your show.
Finalists and runners-up get a renewal offer. Alumni tracked, re-engaged, sold.
Ten years of villages, boosters and investor days.
The programmes we run or have run, and what each one proves. Ask for the per-show breakdown on the call.
Being recognized by the JEC jury - composed of industry leaders - proves that our approach has the potential to truly disrupt how structures are built.
One edition, step by step.
Design & source
Categories, prizes, sponsors, jury. Application page live; outbound and media campaigns run. Weekly applicant report.
Select & activate
Screening, jury scoring, finalist press. Onboarding, stand and pitch prep, investor invitations.
Run & convert
Pitches, awards, Investor Day. Then: report, alumni offer, renewal pipeline for next edition.
Fixed programme fee + commission on sponsorship and booths the programme generates. Multi-edition pricing is where it works best.
Startup Booster: the competition that became JEC World's startup engine.
200+ applications per edition, 20 finalists pitching across three categories, a €25,000 prize package including a booth at the next edition. Innovation partners: Airbus, ExxonMobil (Proxxima), Owens Corning, Mercedes-Benz, Swancor. Since 2025, JEC Investor Day connects finalists with funds.
We write about this market every week.
The sales engine runs on the same desk that covers Europe's events for 50k monthly readers - that's why founders answer our emails.
Design your next edition with us.
30 minutes. We'll map categories, sponsors, expected applications and what the winner should get.