SEE YOU IN COURT - 2025
The startup pitch event for innovative ideas
From MBO to university
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Pitch event on May 15
BIM, Banning & Tilaa organise the third edition of See you in Court 2025
Unique start-up pitch event in Brabant
Why are we joining forces, what can you expect from the collaboration?
BIM, Banning Advocaten, and Tilaa are collaborating to organize the second edition of the unique pitch event with a nod to the court: See you in Court 2025. In the historic former Palace of Justice, home of Banning Advocaten, start-ups will ‘plead’ their business case and take on the challenge with each other. With a diverse, three-member jury and a varied audience, six start-ups from the region will have the opportunity to present their business models. The participating start-ups will pitch their business case in two types of rounds. Starting with “the bottom round,” where the public will also have a chance to cast a vote for the favorite start-up. The final round, “the appeal,” makes only one start-up emerge victorious and they win “this case. And all this, of course, in toga!
Recap Tilaa Talent Fund
Tilaa stands for facilitating space for new ideas (‘creating space for new ideas‘). We believe that technology can be used as a solution to issues that are growing every day. Because we stand for ‘Geen woorden maar data’, we have developed the Tilaa Talent Fund (TTF). With this fund, we focus on digital dreamers and go-getters who can contribute to a more beautiful world with their brilliant ideas. How do we do that? We look back at a successful first edition of the Tilaa Talent Fund Digital Dreamers Meetup, where Stijn van Geene and Asaf Kedem took on the challenge of convincing the three-member jury – Ralph Geers, Gerben van de Ven and Henny Hilgerdenaar – of their innovative concepts.
The TTF Challenge 2023 was an impressive high-level journey that brought together exceptional talents, with Verhaaltjesland.nl as the ultimate winner!
Recap See you in Court 2024
The second edition of See you in Court in 2024 was once again a great success. Six different start-ups were challenged to make the most of their pitch in a unique setting at Banning Advocaten’s premises. In the final, the finalists SymbioMatter and PAVA tried to convince the three-member jury, consisting of Minos van Joolingen (partner and lawyer at Banning Advocaten), Henny Hilgerdenaar (CEO of Tilaa), and Arjen Heeres (coach and investor at the Bossche Investment Fund). After a long deliberation, the jury rendered its verdict, and PAVA was declared the winner of See you in Court 2024! At the closing networking event, new collaborations were initiated, and one thing was certain: See you in Court will be back in 2025!
Do you have an innovative idea? Our success is your success!
Learning in practice how to get from idea to reality, realizing a unique idea, is often accompanied by all kinds of barriers. Think of unforeseen costs, a (too) small network or little knowledge.
“See you in Court” exists to provide space for brilliant ideas from start-ups. It is an inspiring meeting place for entrepreneurs, investors and experts from different fields.
With the prizes to be won from this pitch event, we can help you as a start-up move forward in building your innovative dream. We do this by a financial contribution, but also by making knowledge and skills available. For example, Banning is providing a reward of one year of free legal advice (of up to 50 hours), Tilaa is offering the Tilaa Talent Fund with a total value of €10,000 (partly financial, partly products/services*), and BIM is providing one year of free flex work space in a community building (Grasso, Jamfabriek or De Gruyter Fabriek).
So there is plenty at stake; Do you have an idea and do you want to convince the jury of 2025 with your plan and win this case?
*The prize consists of a financial contribution (min. €5,000), coaching, guidance and access to Tilaa’s expertise, products and services. The exact distribution of the prize will be determined in consultation based on the winner’s business case.
The jury of 2025
Minos van Joolingen
Lawyer & Partner at Banning
Minos specializes in commercial contracts and competition law. Both for real Dutch companies and foreign multinationals. He has also been involved in various programs for start-ups or scale-ups, such as NextOEM from Brainport, Start-Up & SME Academy Singapore, Get in the Ring and the NFIA.
Henny Hilgerdenaar
CEO of Tilaa
Arjen Heeres
Coach and investor at the BIF
Arjen was co-founder and COO of Quintiq. He worked for several companies such as Esso, Imtech and at a part of Capgemini that focused on knowledge systems and AI. Since 2016 he has been working as a supervisory board member (including Planon) and investor.
Planning & award ceremony 2025
January 16:
🚀 Start registrations
April 5th:
🔒 Closing registrations
April 10th:
🎤 Meet-up event at Tilaa
April 11th:
🙌 Finalists announced
May 15:
🏆 Final See you in Court 2025