WCF Startup Mentor Stage #3 — Intelligence in the Loop
About this Event
Sport · Environment · Circular Economy
90 minutes on the pitch. A round ball. Five rings. One loop to close.
A format that delivers — not another panel.
Ten days before World Cleanup Day, we open the stage in Berlin. The WCF Startup Mentor Stage #3 is Germany's opening act to the global day of action on 20 September 2026 — and the next step of an initiative launched by the World Cleanup movement and We Create Future in April 2026 in Brussels, together with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, patron of the movement since 2022.
What happens on stage.
Three pre-seed founders pitch concrete ideas for the circular economy. Five mentors respond from five complementary circles — Science, Design, Technology, Sport, Education & Certification. At the end stands the question without which circular economy remains rhetoric: "When your circle is missing — what collapses?"
Why now.
We Create Future carries circular economy to where it becomes verifiable. The WCI Responsibility Framework — built on the seven core subjects of ISO 26000:2010 — is not about visibility, but verification. This is the standard under which this stage operates.
Programme.
17:00–17:30 · Soft start · Welcome and informal networking
17:30–19:00 · Core format · Three pitches, five mentor responses, loop closure, commitment board
19:00–19:30 · Q&A with the audience
19:30–20:00 · Networking
Who this is for.
Founders with circular ideas (attendees welcome), impact-focused investors, researchers and students, decision-makers from business and civic organisations, journalists and multipliers active in the circular economy space.
About the hosts.
Organiser: World Cleanup Institute for Entrepreneurship and Impact (WCI) — independent research, transfer, and certification body at BCBT Berlin.
Initiative: We Create Future & World Cleanup Day Germany.
Venue: BCBT Berlin (Berlin College of Business and Technology), Lohmühlenstraße 65, 12435 Berlin.
Attendance.
Attendance is free with prior registration. Seats are limited.
Where is it happening?
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