In the semi-final of the Hessian Founder's Prize at CSL in Marburg on Thursday, 12 Septem-ber, twelve of 48 companies reached the final. A total of 176 young companies had applied. While the pre-selection was made in July on the basis of submitted documents, the 48 semi-finalists now had to compete against each other in one-minute pitches in front of a jury and then answer their critical questions.
“Emil von Behring already showed entrepreneurial spirit when he founded the Behringwerke here in Marburg in 1904, which later became our CSL site. We felt this entrepreneurial spirit everywhere during the semi-finals,” says Niklas Schier, Site Head CSL Behring Marburg. And his colleague Martina Schneider, Chief of Staff CSL Innovation Marburg, adds: ”The ideas presented here are a great example of innovation and diversity. Every single idea demonstrates impressive creativity and forward-thinking. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the participants in the final round and are looking forward to the final results.”
Follow this link for more pictures of the semi-finals of the Hessian Founder's Prize and the announcement of the finalists on youtube.
These are the finalists of the Hessian Founder's Prize 2024
Category University Start-up: Clever Sole from Friedberg supports people with dementia and their relatives or care facilities with an orthopaedic insole with an integrated GPS and fall sensor. At the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, HAPPY has developed age determina-tion of cells in a high-throughput process. MySympto from Darmstadt offers a digital de-cision support system for emergency rooms.
Category Sustainable Succession: agotrans Logistik from Rodgau offers customized freight forwarding and logistics services. DRAUSY from Offenbach improves water resil-ience through biotechnical water treatment. The KE Group from Trebur was able to pre-vail with event technology that fits, convinces and inspires.
Category Social Impact: Bewegte Inklusion ("Moving Inclusion") from Neu-Isenburg makes barrier-free inclu-sive sports programs for the visually impaired and blind. Cleenr, based in Bad Soden am Taunus, sells innovative devices that help cities and municipalities to fight litter more easily and effectively. And the digital solutions from tRackIT Systems in Cölbe make it possible to research wild animals.
Category Innovative Start-up: Croowy from Frankfurt has developed a fair, direct, trans-parent and smart system that helps hotels and airlines book crew accommodation. FLEXFY from Ober-Ramstadt is developing a flexible and full-surface power supply for interior walls and ceilings. With the AI system from Scavenger AI from Frankfurt, companies can go from raw data to recommendations for action in seconds.
“Enablers” for innovation
Promoting innovation, inspiring young talent – with this in mind, CSL, together with the city of Marburg, the Marburg-Biedenkopf savings bank and other companies in the region, is committed to the 2024 Hessian Start-Up Award. The final of this year's innovation and busi-ness competition will take place on 1 November at the Lokschuppen in Marburg.
