The winners of the Munich Business Plan Competition have been announced. Energyminer, Sedivention and baind convinced with their innovative approaches - from the effective use of kinetic hydropower to the non-invasive treatment of obesity and AI-based building control for energy efficiency.
1st place: Energyminer GmbH
Energyminer is tapping into a new renewable energy source - that of kinetic hydropower without interfering with the flow of the watercourse. The company, founded in 2021, has developed and applied for a patent for a new technology that produces electrical power in rivers quickly, cleanly, sustainably and cost-effectively. Implementation takes place with little effort and no interference with nature.
- Team: Dr.-Ing. Richard Eckl, Dr.-Ing. Georg Walder, Chantel Niebuhr, Natalie Rojko
- Branch: Energy
- Origin: Inning am Ammersee | private
2nd place: Sedivention GmbH
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 fibers that conduct the feeling of hunger from the stomach to the brain are sclerosed from the stomach using cold - on an outpatient basis and non-invasively. Afterwards, the patient no longer feels hungry and can lose weight more easily.
- Team: Ute Nollert, André Burch, Stéphane Delaloye
- Branch: Medical technology
- Origin: Strasslach I private
3rd place: baind GmbH
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 weather.
- Team: Florian Huber, Hendrik Maier, Sebastian Weisel
- Industry: PropTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Origin: Munich | Munich University of Applied Sciences | EXIST-Gründerstipendium
Other nominees
- additive electronics from Gmund a. Tegernsee electrifies 3D printing and offers 3D printers, development software and inks for additively manufactured 3D free electronics.
- einwert from Munich revolves the real estate valuation process and delivers top-quality value appraisals in the shortest possible time. In doing so, they rely on state-of-the-art technology and human appraiser expertise.
- Harmonize from Munich finally makes it possible to measure and digitally control the taste of food. A tool for the industry to make the nutrition of the future tasty.
- Otter Energy Trading from Munich enables companies to market their self-generated solar power particularly profitably with the help of smart software.
- Telusio from Munich develops a data-centric SaaS solution for quantifying the product carbon footprint.
At the Bavarian Business Plan Competitions, innovative founders from all sectors benefit from market-oriented professional feedback on their own ideas at a very early stage. Through the competition, they can quickly steer their concepts in a direction that appeals to their market as well as potential partners, investors and customers. Today's successful competition alumni include companies such as Adnymics, Blue ID, Fazua, Flixbus, invenox and Magazino, Testbirds or Toposens.
For many investors, a good competition ranking is a reliable proof of quality and is synonymous with well thought-out, forward-looking business models. Especially for technology-oriented teams that rely on venture capital to build up their company, the Bavarian Business Plan Competitions are seen as a springboard for the first rounds of financing.
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