Innovation Challenge for Digital Circular Economy | Startup Challenge

Selection Criteria

 The projects will be assessed following the criteria below:

• Value of the addressed issues:

  Is there a real need in the market to address this issue? How many people are impacted by it?

• Potential to create a strong customer base:

  How big is the market you are targeting? Who (companies/individuals) make up the target segment?

• Innovativeness of the technology and business model:

  How innovative is the technology used and the business model? How are they different from others?

• Feasibility:

  How feasible is the solution to put into practice? Does the solution make sense financially? Will the solution be sustainable over the long term?

• Impact:

  What is the scale of potential social impact? How broad is the impact? How many people will your solution reach? How significant is the impact?

• Synergy with Hitachi (Mentoring phase only):

  To what extent is your solution in line with Hitachi’s values of social innovation?