THE TOP 24 STARTUPS
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1st Place: Synctive GmbH
Business: IoT
Location: Bielefeld
1st Place: Synctive GmbH
The Synctive Industrial IoT solution enables manufacturers of machinery and equipment to offer data-driven services to their customers. From basic condition-based monitoring to AI-supported predictive maintenance and innovative equipment-as-a-service business models, companies can tailor data-driven solutions to their customer’s needs. The all-in-one package of industrial IoT gateway, intelligent edge processing software and Synctive IoT cloud platform enables a fast and effortless entry into the Internet of Things.
2nd Place: Voltfang
Business: Energy
Location: Aachen
2nd Place: Voltfang
Voltfang is a scale-up from Aachen that produces environmentally friendly and profitable battery storage systems from 2nd-life batteries for SMEs and industry. With our sustainable storage, excess energy, especially renewable energy from PV systems, can be stored. Our energy storage system helps to cut unnecessary peak loads and enables intelligent electricity use, thus making an important contribution to the successful management of the energy transition.
3rd Place: arttrade
Business: eCommerce
Location: Düsseldorf
3rd Place: arttrade
Düsseldorf-based arttrade GmbH is a German provider of art investments. The company offers private and institutional investors the opportunity to invest in works by the top 100 artists, so-called blue chip artists, by means of digital securities. With an average increase in value of around 9 percent per year, these are among the most attractive alternative asset classes. arttrade makes it possible to invest in expensive and sought-after works for as little as 1,000 euros. The arttrade portfolio includes works by Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz, Tony Cragg, Damien Hirst, Max Ernst, Christo and Erwin Wurm.
acto
Business: Software as a Service
Location: Paderborn
acto
Acto is changing how SMEs interact with data: Away from reactive dashboards and reports towards proactive alerts and AI-based workflows. Acto is a Decision Intelligence platform for B2B sales in SMEs. Acto analyses order and customer data, enriches it with web information and derives prioritized recommendations for action for sales. Subsequently, acto supports sales teams with smart workflows to implement the recommended actions fast and automated.
AI Marketplace
Business: Artificial Intelligence
Location: Paderborn
AI Marketplace
AI Marketplace is a pioneering platform dedicated to revolutionizing product development through industry-ready AI solutions. We connect product developers directly with tailored AI applications, facilitating seamless search, acquisition, and operation. Our mission is to evolve into a comprehensive end-to-end platform for industrial AI, focusing on end-users in sectors like automotive, machinery, and plant engineering.
Anymate Me GmbH
Business: B2B SaaS
Location: Köln
Anymate Me GmbH
Anymate Me is an award-winning Generative AI startup that specializes in synthetic video production, with a mission to simplify and democratize video creation for companies of all sizes. The flagship product is a state-of-the-art cloud platform that enables prompt-driven AI video generation for corporate communication. Unlike existing solutions, the platform allows real-time AI video generation without requiring substantial GPU resources, effectively addressing the issue of high power consumption associated with AI-driven image and video generation. Anymate Me provides a more environmentally sustainable and affordable solution for companies seeking innovative video production solutions.
chunkx
Business: EdTech
Location: Düsseldorf
chunkx
Chunkx is the AI-based copilot for learning designed to create continuous and hyper-personalized learning experiences within companies. It generates automated microlearning content tailored for each employee, ensuring high relevance, engagement, and efficiency. By delivering ongoing follow-ups directly via the existing communication channels, chunkx enables seamless integration of learning into daily workflows, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development within organizations.
Cuinti GmbH
Business: B2B SaaS
Location: Aachen
Cuinti GmbH
Cuinti offers an immersive training environment for sales & customer service teams. Our AI takes on the role of a challenging customer, speaks to employees, and confronts them with difficult situations. Afterwards, trainees receive actionable feedback & suggestions for improvement.
DashYou
Business: B2B SaaS
Location: Köln
DashYou
DashYou is a B2B SaaS solution for customizable project management. We are dedicated to delivering a tailored user experience for each customer through a blend of scientific research and intelligent technologies. Our startup provides comprehensive project management tools which fit your core business needs. With a focus on B2B relationships, DashYou enables seamless contact with both external and internal project partners.
Elixion medical
Business: Health Tech
Location: Essen
Elixion medical
Elixion is a young HealthTech startup from Munich and Essen, Germany. We help fight care shortages and improve patient outcomes in hospitals and nursing homes by automated catheter and drain monitoring with SaaS, AI and enabling IoT devices.
FINDIQ GmbH
Business: B2B SaaS
Location: Herford
FINDIQ GmbH
FINDIQ offers the first approach to intelligently utilize the knowledge of the mechanical engineering industry. For the first time, a new type of AI integrates knowledge management and an assistance system in one service software. It only takes 4 hours to digitize the knowledge of a machine and only 6 clicks to retrieve this knowledge for the right service solution. The speed and self-learning in the application will please not only large industrial companies but also medium-sized machine manufacturers in particular.
Grammario
Business: EdTech
Location: Düsseldorf
Grammario
Originating from Dominik’s personal mission to help his mother overcome her struggles with German grammar back when he was just 15, Grammario has evolved into a cutting-edge app designed to tackle individual grammar challenges for learners of all levels. At Grammario, we are committed to providing everyone with a personalized AI grammar tutor. Our goal is to enhance your language skills, boost your self-confidence, and elevate you to the next level.
Lenabo GmbH
Business: IoT
Location: Bonn
Lenabo GmbH
We are a dynamic startup pioneering the smart toy industry with a focus on sustainability and technological innovation. Our goal is to revolutionize the toy market by offering eco-friendly, durable and educational smart toys that evolve with a child’s developmental stages. Our flagship product, the Lenabo Smart Speaker, offers families a versatile and engaging learning experience that reduces toy waste and promotes long-term usability, alongside a variety of connectable toys and digital content available via our Lenabo App.
meal&heal GmbH
Business: FoodTech
Location: Münster
meal&heal GmbH
meal&heal is the first app that identifies intolerances and creates nutritional concepts based on the latest scientific findings and customers’ individual data. The digital approach is accompanied by personal support from qualified nutritionists. This innovative approach enables us to improve the symptoms of 98% of our customers and makes an individual diet possible for everyone.
MediSync AI
Business: Health Tech
Location: Köln
MediSync AI
MediSync AI is dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare communication through advanced artificial intelligence. Our core product transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, drastically reducing administrative burdens for healthcare providers.
This supports medical staff in an intriguing way in their everyday life.
MindPort GmbH
Business: Software / IT
Location: Bonn
MindPort GmbH
At MindPort, we are Democratizing Immersive Experiences. This means, our goal is to make the creation of XR content accessible for everyone. Our mature and proven software product VR Builder helps enterprises create their own, custom VR applications – in a safe, maintainable, and scalable way.
modulu GmbH
Business: EdTech
Location: Münster
modulu GmbH
modulu. Unlocking Brainpower through AI-Powered Personalized Learning.
We are combining Neuroscience and AI-Technology with Entrepreneurial Experience to offer flexible personalized learning moduls, that democratize the access to individual learning success. modulu s AI-Tutor “AILA”, enables Students (Age 10 to 19) and trainees, to develop a deeper understanding, to train faster, to increase curiosity and self-confidence, achieve their individual goals and succeed in tests and exams.
Coroporates are buying modulu for employees to support their kids, to relieve working parents and to support their trainess – a significant solutions to reduce workforce challenges.
MyFrozen UG
Business: Food Tech
Location: Köln
MyFrozen UG
With MyFrozen, we make home cooking and healthy eating quick, easy, and sustainable. With our online configurator, anyone can create a personalized dish or mix (e.g. fruit mix for smoothies, herb mix for storage, etc.) from over 130 shock-frozen and kitchen-ready organic ingredients (vegetables, fruits, fish/meat, side dishes, sauces, herbs, toppings). Whatever one chooses, we deliver the respective order deep-frozen to our customers, allowing them to benefit from the following advantages compared to cooking with fresh ingredients: – Approximately 1 year shelf life, thus avoiding food waste (49% of Germans have never disposed of frozen products) – At least 50% time savings when cooking (no washing, cutting, pre-cooking etc.) due to the short preparation time of about 5-10 minutes in the pan – 100% organic ingredients with often more nutrients and vitamins.
peers. UG
Business: Health Tech
Location: Aachen
peers. UG
Life is tough. We offer immediate, unbureaucratic, and emphatic assistance through professionally-led courses that focus on growth through sharing with like-minded individuals. At peers. we employ a smart algorithm to match suitable individuals into digital group courses addressing depression, stress, and anxiety. With the support of experienced psychologists, we cultivate a space where all group members share common ground and feel understood.
Perfect-iD
Business: Data
Location: Köln
Perfect-iD
The 15-member team at Perfect-iD has been working since 2020 to ensure that we become data sovereign. Hyperscalers like Google earn billions by marketing us and our data. Perfect-iD flips this around and puts us at the center. With the trend of AI, many companies are considering personal AI assistants/agents. Perfect-iD provides the ideal infrastructure for this. The vision is to create a world where we have control over our personal data. We no longer want to be the product exploited by others. We want to determine ourselves who knows what about us. The mission is to enable us to securely and easily manage our personal data linked to our mobile number. We aim to relieve companies of the burden of GDPR and provide them with fair and transparent access to our personal information. Our technology is easily integrable into any business process.
red cable robots GmbH
Business: Robotik
Location: Duisburg
red cable robots GmbH
red cable robots manufactures industrial cable robots that move like stadium cameras. We automate manual work like machine loading, end-of-line, palletizing as well as box and block storage management in manufacturing and logistics. Our mission is the automation of tasks that previously had to miss out on automation due to size, speed, or cost.
sovity
Business: Software
Location: Dortmund
sovity
Sovity provides easy access to Data Spaces with industry-proven software. With sovity’s Connector-as-a-Service, you can easily join Data Spaces, or set up your own Data Space for your use case quickly and easily. With our deep tech expertise, broad use case know-how and strong data sharing experience, sovity provides a strong foundation to build best-of-class software products for Data Space technology.
Urban Ray
Business: Logistics
Location: Köln
Urban Ray
Urban logistics has reached its limits. The only solution is up: logistics will move to the air and Urban Ray is accelerating this transition. The team has developed an end-to-end logistics platform that uses aerial robotics and lockers to transport goods in cities. Our vision is to make the third dimension in logistics usable for the masses worldwide – fully electric, scalable and especially sustainable – for the good of our lives in urban areas.
vGreens Holding GmbH
Business: FoodTech
Location: Essen
vGreens Holding GmbH
vGreens is a technology provider specializing in sustainable, data-driven fruit production available year-round in any location, from deserts to urban centers. Our AI-powered indoor farms enable on-demand, tailored fruit production to meet specific market and consumer demands, promoting efficient and sustainable global food production for tomorrow.