Drivers for technological development

Dr. Miriam Haerst, co-founder of Kumovis, winner of the Munich Business Plan Competition 2018:

With the external feedback loop from the jurors in the Munich Business Plan Competition, we were able to sharpen our corporate strategy as a team. Discussions with the BayStartUP experts and jurors were worth the effort, as we could improve all plans regarding our company and increase the level of detail in our strategy. With the knowledge that we have built up as a result, we were optimally prepared for our first round of financing and could confidently present a mature business plan to the investors.

Energyminer taps into a new regenerative energy source - that of kinetic hydropower without interfering with the flow behaviour of the watercourse. The company, founded in 2021, has developed and applied for a patent for a new technology that produces electricity in rivers quickly, cleanly, sustainably and cost-effectively. The implementation takes place with little effort and without interfering with nature.

Treatment of obesity by sclerosing the "hunger nerve" from inside the stomach: Sedivention is developing a catheter, the Blizzard Balloon, to treat obesity. The nerve fibres that conduct the feeling of hunger from the stomach to the brain are sclerosed from the stomach using cold - outpatient and non-invasive. The patient then no longer feels hungry and can lose weight more easily.

baind enables energy and CO2 savings in commercial properties through AI-based building control. The areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and shading are controlled. The AI selects a strategy that is energetically optimal across all systems and takes into account current and expected conditions, including energy generation systems, storage, occupancy and the weather.