The following 20 nominees are now hoping to receive an award at the Strascheg Award 2025 and will present their business ideas to the audience during the award ceremony:
Category 1 - Best business idea from student days
- Add Power - Plug-and-play drive system for Lego cars, compatible with all manufacturers and models.
- Carie Smile - Fast and child-friendly pH measurement method for early caries prevention.
- Dragonfly - Cost-effective defense system against Shahed drones for Ukraine.
- Fem Tech - Device to relieve period pain through heat and electrical nerve stimulation.
- Nexpaper - AI assistance system to optimize paper production in industrial processes.
- Snowhawk - Drone system for quickly locating avalanche victims in winter sports.
- Solar Check Unit - Smart IoT device to increase the efficiency and maximize the yield of solar thermal systems.
Category 2 - Best business idea from research & practice
- AidMax - Empathic chatbot to support young people in mental health crises.
- Cancelight - AI-based device for precise tumour characterization for individualized cancer therapies.
- Geniefy - AI automation of customer service for real estate management companies.
- Simple Forms - Digital platform that breaks down bureaucratic and language barriers for government forms.
- Wattwert - Platform for analyzing and monitoring building renovations - from planning to implementation.
- XPert Connect - Smart matching platform that connects companies with certified coaches and trainers.
Category 3 - Best business idea with first market proof
- Aereus - AI system for creating 3D crisis models and options for action in the event of a disaster.
- DocTalk - AI-supported language learning tool for international nurses and doctors to teach specialist language.
- Hebio - Intelligent robot system for the automated loading and unloading of trucks.
- LivingLines - AI-supported math learning app for personalized student support and teacher relief.
- OrthoCopilot - AI-based documentation software for sports orthopaedists to save time and improve quality.
- Saemyra Labs - Innovative recycling technology for plastics, more energy-efficient and less toxic than conventional processes.
Congratulations to the nominees and we are already looking forward to an exciting award ceremony with the pitches of the nominees on October 14, 2025 at the Munich University of Applied Sciences! Register here.
If you would also like to take an idea further, please take advantage of the offers from HM & SCE such as our Entrepreneurship & Prototyping Community in the Precelerator the start-up advice, our free events and much more. And if you are already working on a specific startup idea, you are welcome to apply for the SCE funding program: www.sce.de/incubation