In addition, all participants receive a personal consultation and qualified feedback on their business idea and the opportunity for funding in the SCE Accelerator Program with intensive advice, exclusive workshops for founders, a prototype budget and a workplace in the incubator.
The following 28 nominees are now hoping to receive an award at the Strascheg Award 2023 and will present their business ideas to the audience during the award ceremony.
Category 1 "Best business idea from a course at HM":
- AquaSquare is a physical guidance system and network that enables and simplifies access to free drinking water for all passers-by in public spaces.
- Artemis facilitates custom-fit mass customization for manufacturers.
- CyberSkillz introduces an advanced AI-based training platform to make cyber risks more tangible and easy to understand.
- Ditoo is your sustainable & digital solution for mindful home clearances.
- Down2Me is a retrofittable shelving system for older people that guides items in high shelves/cupboard compartments down to the user safely and comfortably so that they do not have to climb onto a chair, ladder, etc. and risk a fall.
- REKAPD is a one-click delivery platform that simplifies baby meal planning for parents.
- RollControl is an adaptive, easy-to-use manual brake to make braking easier for wheelchair users with limited grip strength and to enable individual mobility.
Category 2 "Best business idea while studying at HM":
- With CognisSphere,Aimagine offers a knowledge management system for companies that want to differentiate themselves through innovation and unleash the potential in the minds of their valuable employees.
- Atlas Bikes offers simple e-conversion kits as a cost-effective solution for anyone who wants an e-bike without a complicated conversion.
- Bauwerkdigital Link is the link between the digital twin and the physical world to improve efficiency in building inspection.
- CannaGrow is the first app to revolutionize cannabis plant cultivation with advanced AI object recognition for hobby gardeners, cannabis growers and anyone interested in cannabis plant cultivation.
- CareMates is the AI co-pilot for patient admissions in care facilities.
- hatched helps incubators and accelerators reach their funding KPIs, find startups faster and easily onboard their members with a cofounder matching software.
- Helios by Private Capture is a unique bioreactor for algae cultivation that counteracts global warming from the comfort of your own home and is suitable for every household.
Category 3 "Best business idea from science and practice at HM":
- COBY offers "The Coping Buddy", an AI-driven companion that provides emotional support and practical health management advice to children with chronic illnesses.
- PUNKU is the best AI vendor enabling global sales for SMEs.
- ROBOTe Industrial develops systems for automated surface treatment of complex geometries for toolmaking.
- SALGI desalinates water to reduce water scarcity for people in water-scarce regions.
- The second-life storage gateway offers a cost-effective storage option for medium-sized consumers (companies, public buildings, private households).
- The "Shake flask inlay" is an insert for any shake flask worldwide, which eliminates the limitations and disadvantages of these (including oxygen ingress) and thus takes bioprocess development to a new level.
- With STUDINT , IT companies looking for employees give interested parties a meaningful insight into future work tasks, without obligation & before the application process begins.
Category 4 "Best business idea from the start-ups of the Start for Future Alliance":
- Agreencrop srl is about Agricultural machines designed to be smaller, more efficient and that can be rented, reducing economic and environmental costs.
- Airgonomics.ai is an ergonomics assessment platform that utilizes real-time data and AI-driven insights to effectively prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in small and medium-sized enterprises.
- CobotHub is the Robotics software start-up with the goal to make AI in robotics cheaper, faster & transparent.
- ecomates' smart degrader is an easy-to-use, fully automated energy system to help households safely and efficiently convert their own bio waste into energy for heating or cooking.
- Leafact motivates and engages employees to implement their company and overall sustainability goals via an app.
- MIND VACATIONS is the holistic wellness experience that combines healthy organic tea with meditation to strengthen body and mind.
- Reachaus is ONE App to book more than 100+ services with transparent pricing and in the language of their choice.
Congratulations to the nominees and we are already looking forward to an exciting award ceremony with pitches by the nominees at the Start for Future Moonshot Summit 2023!
And if you have an idea yourself, you are cordially invited to submit your own business idea for the Strascheg Award 2024: www.sce.de/strascheg-award
Or apply for the SCE funding program: www.sce.de/accelerator