Registration as a start-up

A dedicated area of approximately 1,000 square meters located in prime position will feature economically priced and attractively designed booths for start-ups, opportunities to present yourself to a wide audience, networking and much more.

The start-up area’s benefits

  • Meeting point for the entire world! IFAT Munich’s international visitors and exhibitors and the incomparable IFAT network provide unique access to new, global markets.
  • Understanding the big picture! IFAT Munich presents the complete value chain of the industry: suppliers and manufacturers, customers from the industry and the public sectors, associations and politics. Make sure your start-up reaches the right recipients.
  • In the center! The central position on the start-up platform is ideal for new market participants: perfect attention for innovative services.
  • Good opportunity! The cost-effective “all-inclusive” turnkey package guarantees efficient access to the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies.
  • The start-up show! Present your start-up in lectures and forums. We'll open the doors for you.

Your advantages at a glance

  • All-inclusive Startup Package: 8 sqm stand space: stand construction and equipment incl. logo graphics
  • Registration fee
  • AUMA contribution
  • Company entry in the digital or printed IFAT Munich trade fair media
  • 3 free exhibitor ticketsOverall coordination of the booth as well as on-site event support (German/English)
  • Prices will follow at the beginning of 2025


Sounds interesting? Then register your startup for IFAT Munich 2026 here from the beginning of 2025!

Admission criteria for startups at the Startup Area

IFAT Munich is looking for startups,

  • that have been in existence as an independent company for less than ten years .
  • that have successfully completed the startup and seed phase.
  • that can demonstrate products and services with a highly innovative character in IFAT Munich-relevant subject areas. The Minimum requirement is an available prototype or a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

Please note that the admission and scheduling of the startups will be done by decision of the IFAT Munich project management based on the mentioned requirement criteria.

Application documents

General Terms of Participation (A)
98032
Technical Guidelines
546185

The Special Terms of Participation (B)—Joint Pavilion Start-up will be available here at the beginning of 2025.

People visit the stands in the Start up Area at IFAT Munich.
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Lively activity at and around the tables in the IFAT Munich Start up Area.
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A man demonstrates how to use a device in front of two visitors at an exhibition stand.
© Messe München GmbH
People visit the Start up Area at IFAT. In the foreground is a seating area with a counter, in the back is a row of exhibition stands.
© Messe München GmbH
An exhibitor demonstrates to an interested visitor a piece of equipment on display at the stand with a brightly lit viewing window.
© Messe München GmbH
A man is sitting in the cab of a small transport vehicle with bicycle handlebars. Another visitor looks over his shoulder with a smile.
© Messe München GmbH
An audience follows a panel discussion with six people on the IFAT Munich Green Stage.
© Messe München GmbH
Panel discussion on the Green Stage at IFAT Munich with six people in front of a screen.
© Messe München GmbH
People visit the stands in the Start up Area at IFAT Munich.
Lively activity at and around the tables in the IFAT Munich Start up Area.
A man demonstrates how to use a device in front of two visitors at an exhibition stand.
People visit the Start up Area at IFAT. In the foreground is a seating area with a counter, in the back is a row of exhibition stands.
An exhibitor demonstrates to an interested visitor a piece of equipment on display at the stand with a brightly lit viewing window.
A man is sitting in the cab of a small transport vehicle with bicycle handlebars. Another visitor looks over his shoulder with a smile.
An audience follows a panel discussion with six people on the IFAT Munich Green Stage.
Panel discussion on the Green Stage at IFAT Munich with six people in front of a screen.

Your contact

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Britta von Beckedorff
  • DEPUTY EXHIBITION DIRECTOR
+49 89 949-20284
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Felix Rist
  • Exhibition Coordinator
+49 89 949-20260
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Bruno Rudnik
  • Managing Director, SusTech Consult
+49 89 3791-3888
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www.sustech-consult.de
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