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BK-Launch

We are the platform for innovation and entrepreneurship in the faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology

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Education

We run entrepreneurship courses that help students understand, develop, test and pitch their ideas.

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Financial support

We support ventures financially, from early-stage grants to awards that help founders take the next step.

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Events

We organise events to connect, inspire and challenge the next generation of Built Environment entrepreneurs.

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Venture Guidance

We connect ventures with academic experts and industry partners who can help them move forward.

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Community

We foster an entrepreneurial community with a shared ambition: transforming the Built Environment.

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BK-Launch provides a supportive and inspiring environment that empowers entrepreneurial students to turn their ideas into successful ventures.

Entrepreneurship Awards 2026

Three awards. One mission: supporting the next generation of Built Environment entrepreneurs. With a total of €50.000, this is your chance to take the next step. Do you have a business idea that will change the Built Environment? Do you have a venture and are you ready to scale? Or do you know someone who is?

Join the Award Ceremony on November 19. More information on our website.

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Entrepreneurship Awards

2 November 2026

Meet the nominees of the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards 2026

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Entrepreneurship Awards

9 October 2026

Meet the ventures of the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards 2026

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Research

2 November 2026

From prototype to procurement: new PIANOo series builds on research by Jip Leendertse

Upcoming Events

11.13.2025 - Workshop #1-35

Workshop series 2026: How do I start my own design firm?

10 November 2026 — 26 November 2026

Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, Hall F

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Entrepreneurship Awards 2026 | Award Ceremony

19 November 2026

Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft

Aarde Collective

AplusV Solutions

Architectural Recovery Team

A Waste Epiphany

Blauwe Bagger

BTScout

C’MON

Cohabitation-Atlas

Compact Green

drip visual

EcoSeat

FÉRO

Flip the City

Foremore

Leafy

Lettus Design

Lignitec

Maxairea

MIDMAC

Mobile Forestry

MOR Studio

Nevalu

Nonica.io

Panestry

Parai

Property Check

Rator

ReefCircular

Refurnable

Studio for Change

Studio Kathryn Larsen

Studio Nyst

SUM+

Urban Reef

VersaTile

visuals.space

Douwe van den Wall Bake (TBI)

Hans van der Krogt (Smits Vastgoedzorg)

Its Bakker (CBRE)

Nynke Sijtsma (De Bouwcampus)

Remon Rooij (4TU. Centre for Engineering Education)

Rob van Houten (Lighthouse Club)

Sander Dorleijn (Oosterhoff)

At-Launch (Start-up) €10.000

Focus points and criteria: Innovativeness, recently started business entity, societal impact, feasibility argumentation, proposal quality and conciseness.

Post-Launch (Scale-up) €20.000

Focus points and criteria: Existing proof of concept, existing business entity, innovativeness, societal impact, feasibility argumentation, proposal quality and conciseness.

The Green Village Award €5.000 + test location worth €55.000

Focus points and criteria: Innovative, sustainable impact, prototype for the built environment within one of the following themes: Sustainable building and renovation, Future energy system or Climate adaptive city.

Startup: funding from the government

Ondersteuning aan ambitieuze ondernemers en start-ups

Makerspace Delft

The Green Village