Start-up Competition LIFT-OFF - Winning Teams 2024
Under the patronage of State Secretary Prof. Joachim Schachtner from the Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and Göttingen's Mayor Petra Broistedt, participants in the Start-up Competition LIFT-OFF have been given the opportunity to take the first steps towards founding their start-up in a variety of workshops and a mentoring program with experienced self-employed people over the past few months.
On May 23rd the award ceremony took place in the Alte Mensa at Wilhelmsplatz. The finalists presented their start-up idea in a short pitch in front of over 200 guests. A total of 15 sponsors, including the three main sponsors SerNet GmbH, Sparkasse Göttingen and Life Science Factory, provided the winners of the Start-up Competition LIFT-OFF with material and financial resources worth over 45,000 euros.
On the evening of the awards ceremony, the audience was able to vote for an audience award in each of the categories "Start-up Potential" and "Science". Additionally, two special prizes were also awarded: The special prize "Life Science" sponsored by the Life Science Factory and the special prize "Sustainable Land Use" sponsored by Stiftung WissenWecken.
These are the winning teams of 2024:
Category Start-up Potential:
1. Place: Notisent
Responsibly shaping the use of AI in the world of work with a smart work assistant that revolutionizes the collection, organization and enrichment of knowledge.
Team: Luca Mainitz, Sonja Fiehn, Henri Reumschüssel
2. Place: OceanOfFits
The infinite closet - OceanOfFits wants to lend out clothes and thus enable its customers to regularly inspire with a new look in a more sustainable way and without having to dig deep into their pockets.
Team: Robin Hellmut, Luca Werner
Publikumspreis: OceanOfFits
Category Science:
1. Place: Exosometrix
A novel chip technology that elicits the full diagnostic and therapeutic potential of well-characterized exosomes.
Team: Dr. Zuzana Ditte, Prof. Dr. Gregor Eichele
2. Place: BionicFlex Labs
Development for a new generation of intelligent prostheses and orthoses using artificial intelligence and advanced perception capabilities.
Team: Sharmita Dey, PhD, Prof. Dr. med. Arndt F. Schilling
Audience Award: CaBiDi
Innovative transport system based on nanotechnology that better transports active ingredients to their site of action in the body.
Team: Team: Prof. Dr. med. Frauke Alves, Prof. Dr. Claus Feldmann, Dr. David Rudolph, Dr. Nathalia Ferreira, Phillipp Langrehr, Dr. Michael Ruppert
Special Prizes
Life Science: CaBiDi
Innovative transport system based on nanotechnology that better transports active ingredients to their site of action in the body.
Team: Prof. Dr. med. Frauke Alves, Prof. Dr. Claus Feldmann, Dr. David Rudolph, Dr. Nathalia Ferreira, Phillipp Langrehr, Dr. Michael Ruppert
Sustainable Land Use: AgDoIT
More knowledge for sustainable agriculture. AgDoIT offers a digital solution for on-farm research trials to optimize field trials based on knowledge.
Team: Ann-Christin Elsner, Claas Hilbrecht, Christoph Ratke, Breno Mazieiro
The members of this year's jury were:
- Prof. Inge Hanewinkel – Vice President for Equal Opportunities, Diversity and International Affairs
- Prof. Dr. Katharina Scheidgen – Junior Professorship for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Göttingen
- Dr. Johannes Loxen – SerNet GmbH.
- Sabrina Kunze – Sparkasse Göttingen
- Dr. Martin Potthoff – Stiftung WissenWecken gGmbH.
- Dr. Martin Strehle – Life Science Factory
- Amy Jedlicka – Founder of Molly Suh
We thank all our sponsors of 2024
and all supporters of the Start-up Competition LIFT-OFF!
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