Every year since 2018, Business Meets Tech hosts an annual hackathon with the mission to connect tech and business students with each other as well as with companies at the WHU Campus in Vallendar!
By reviewing the CVs of our ambitious participants from the top universities of europe, we create a thrilling experience for networking with other unique students and exciting companies.
Become a part of this talented community and register for this year's event right here!
For 2024, we are thrilled to announce that Ideahack! is sponsored by QPLIX, EY, Capco, and MLH! With their invaluable support, we are gearing up for an exceptional event this year. Special thanks to MLH which helps us to ensure the technical infrastructure for a smooth running of Ideahack! 2024. We represent and follow the MLH Code of Conduct. If you are interested in contributing to Ideahack! 2024, feel free to contact our sponsoring department.
In 2023, we were happy to have MLH, Junction, Check24, Crossbuilders, and Sipgate as partners that made the biggest Ideahack! ever possible.
In 2022, Microsoft was our main partner and provided the challenge and the technical infrastructure for the participants to upload and present their unique solutions to the issue.
Business Meets Tech is a student-led initiative from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, which was founded in 2018 with the mission of connecting business and technical students from across Europe.
Since then the initiative has hosted several Hackathons, each of them with new and exciting challenges for the participants. Over the years reputable sponsors have contributed to our mission, including Uber, Enpal, and Microsoft.
Co-founder & CEO of Hippos Exoskeleton, inventor of the world’s first knee airbag, clinically proven to prevent 80% of acute knee injuries and featured on the front page of Daily Mail.Previously exited my first company at 18 with the Woohoo App, launched on the App Store and ranked among the most popular social apps for kids and teens. Dropped out of the London School of Economics (Marketing & Supply Chain) to build Hippos and transform exoskeleton technology.
The other jury members are revealed at the event!