Edition starting 20 November 2026
Build your profile, get your investability score, and get the advice you have earned.
€5,000
AI for good grant
€1,000
Best project
€1,000
Under-20 builders
1:1 with KPMG
Mentoring and idea validation
Special track by KPMG
Cash prizes sponsored by Globumbus.
KPMG track
How is Al changing professional services? KPMG brings its own challenges under the themeDisrupt me and invites you to solve them. Your ideas can help shape how KPMG moves forward andcreate real value.
Who
Students based in Germany
Kick off
20 November: challenges revealed, KPMG workshop for all participants
KPMG demo day
4 December: the strongest teams pitch live to KPMG
Format
Remote, 10 working days, solo or as a team
What you can win with KPMG
Winning team
A special prize
Top three teams
11 mentoring and idea validation with KPMG Al experts
Outstanding talent
A career start in Al strategy and development at KPMG, through an internship or a full-time role
Partner
KPMG is an organization of independent member firms with more than 276,000 employees in 138 countries and territories. In Germany, KPMG is one of the leading auditing and advisory firms, with over 14,100 employees at 28 locations, working across Audit, Tax, Performance & Strategy, Deal Advisory and Consulting.
KPMG offers internships and full-time opportunities for bright minds in Al strategy and development.
kpmg.com/deThe process
No hidden stages. Here is exactly what happens from the moment you submit the form.
One form. Who you are, what you're building, why now. Rolling submissions.
Our team screens each one by hand. We look for builders who ship, not decks that promise.
Second and most critical part of the selection process, where we meet you before final selection
Shortly after the live pitch we tell you whether you're in the edition starting Nov 20
Start building
Who gives the feedback
They aren't speakers. They've founded, scaled or exited at unicorn level — and they review your pitch directly.
Julian Teicke
Christian Reber
Gerald Heydenreich
Michael Priem
Jens Hewald
After the 10 days
soonami backs early-stage Web3 and AI ventures through a twelve-week cohort program ending in Demo Day. It's a separate, optional step — and the only stage where 1:1 advisor meetings are facilitated.
Twelve-week cohort program for early-stage Web3 and AI ventures, ending in Demo Day.
Selected teams receive 100,000 platform credits on signing — usable immediately across the Foundance ecosystem, with no expiry.
In exchange for a 2% stake, calculated on a fully diluted basis at signing.
Credits are what you use to book 1:1 meetings with advisors.
For German UG ventures, we cover the notary costs.
Questions
Applications are screened on a rolling basis. One form is all it takes to start.
