National Winners

AeroOne, the student company from Evangelisch-Stiftisches Gymnasium in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, has won the IW JUNIOR National Final in Germany after outperforming 13 strong teams. With this victory, the team

KthemaGati, a student startup from JA Albania, is making vehicle servicing easier through a door-to-door platform that manages the entire process for car owners. From vehicle pickup and diagnostics to

Eco.tina, a team from Włocławek, has won the Company of the Year 2026 competition in Poland and will represent the country at #Gen_E 2026 in Riga, Latvia. The team impressed

Aacho, the national winner of the 2026 YES Company Programme in Switzerland, will represent the country at #Gen_E 2026 in Riga, Latvia. The Upper Secondary Level – Business Track team

NextVision, a student company from 108. “Nikola Belovezhdov” Secondary School in Sofia, has been selected to represent Bulgaria at #Gen_E 2026 in Riga after winning JA Bulgaria’s Rising Stars competition

Enalion is a mini company from Greece developing an innovative solution to one of the world’s biggest dietary challenges: excessive sodium consumption. By combining Messolonghi fleur de sel, Greek Ulva

Upper-Secondary: Soil Stallion From Stable to Sale: How Soil Stallion Turns Horse Manure into Garden Gold Soil Stallion is turning horse manure into a premium sustainable fertilizer through a pasteurization

Following the path of young entrepreneurs dedicated to finding solutions to humanity’s most pressing problems, Quareka distinguishes itself by developing a technology that saves lives rather than just changing them.

Estonian student company Kiryak developed a sustainable writing tool by replacing traditional ink with a durable metal-alloy core. Their innovation is driven by a female-led STEM team, who researched, developed,

The #Gen_E 2026 Tour continued its journey across Europe with a powerful stop in Sweden, where Ung Företagsamhet (JA Sweden) showcased the strength, creativity, and determination of the country’s young

No rollercoaster could match the excitement at Next Gen Fest in Walibi, where Vlajo vzw, together with Flemish Minister-President Matthias Diependaele and VOKA Managing Director Frank Beckx, announced the Youth

Moneta Works, the Serbian national winning student company, is on a mission to make financial literacy more accessible, engaging and meaningful for young people and families. Their innovative product, the

The winning student company developed an innovative app that transforms the way young people manage their wardrobes and choose outfits every day. By turning clothes into a digital closet, the

Their company is built to address global food waste and the fibre deficiency in the average adult diet in the UK. Their high-fibre nutritious bars are healthy and tasty whilst

Upper Secondary: Team Name: Xuga XUGA designs and produces sustainable island wear by transforming retired textiles, most notably repurposed towels, into comfortable, wearable apparel that is as distinctive as it

Petits Héros, Company of the year 2026 Petits Héros creates educational graphic novels to help children overcome bullying and low self-esteem. Co-written with educators, these books feature inspiring stories and

BIOCEL is a student-led venture dedicated to eliminating single-use plastics through high-performance, home-compostable packaging made from upcycled wheat straw. By bridging the gap between agricultural waste and sustainable retail, they

SafeWave, the winning team of JA Georgia’s National Company of the Year Competition, created an innovative GPS-based boat safety system designed to make water travel safer. Their idea addresses an

The student company Eneruji, d.d., founded by second-year students of Gimnazija in srednja šola Rudolfa Maistra Kamnik, became the winner of the leading “Company of the Year” of JA Slovenia.

At the Uskalla Yrittää (Dare to Try) national final held in Helsinki on 28–29 April 2026, two outstanding student companies were named Finland’s best student companies and will represent the

The winning team impressed the jury with their innovative 3D biodegradable car freshener containing a seed 🌱 — a product designed not to create waste, but to create life. By

Moore UB is developing a new technology to reduce overconsumption and unnecessary costs in the maritime industry through digital rope identification. Today, ropes are often discarded because they cannot be

JA Iceland had their finals on the 28th of April. The winners are five girls from Commercial College of Iceland with their company Þekktu landið! The company produces an educational

Heatify is a student company from Daugavpils developing residential heating systems with integrated Bitcoin miners. Their hydro-cooled solution is built around a home heating and hot water system, where a

HerShield is a discreet and elegantly designed lip-gloss–style case, created with a clear and purposeful mission: to enhance women’s safety in critical moments. Within its refined exterior, it houses drink-testing

LIVIA is building an intelligent agriculture platform that combines satellite observations, autonomous drones, and AI-driven analytics. By integrating multispectral drone imagery with satellite time series, the platform delivers actionable insights

The title of Slovakia’s Best Student Company for the 2025–2026 school year was awarded to the Lipigo team from Poštová 9 Grammar School in Košice, which impressed the jury with

Team Cuan from the Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltacht in Co Donegal are preparing to take their business idea to Riga, Latvia this summer after winning the All-Ireland Young Entrepreneurs from the

The final of the National Student Entrepreneurship Competition of JA Hungary took place last week! At the opening, Balázs Toldi, Head of Corporate Business at UniCredit Bank, welcomed the teams,

SOLACE is an interactive mobile application developed to enhance urban safety for women and the LGBTQIA+ community by mapping high-risk areas based on anonymous user experiences. The app offers specialized

Re-Vitalize from Isle of Man have been named HSBC Student Company of the Year, with their team impressing judges with an innovative all-natural soil enhancer made from waste coffee grounds