At the ideas competition of IHK Chemnitz's “Masterplan Region Chemnitz / Südwestsachsen” programme, ten finalists competed against each other in a pitch session at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz. On the panel, Titus Lindl discussed with Thomas Günther, Frank Steinert, Lutz Röllig and Jochen Gottschaldt of Sächsische Aufbaubank how founders find the energy to see their project through.
First place went to Patrizia Anders and Heiko Schilling with MODU, a modular timber construction system that combines resource-saving building with digital planning processes. Second place was shared by Richard Jerzembek with aDDiOS, a GPU-based solution for protection against DDoS attacks, and Robert Schlesiger and Jörg Kaufmann with Skyfall Defence. The audience award went to Islam Elawdy and Florian Hendrik Schmutzler for WertLotes, an AI-supported platform for valuing end-of-life vehicles.
Startup founders must be passionately obsessed with their idea. Brad Feld
Thanks to IHK Chemnitz, Martin Witschaß and the jury, including Prof. Dr. Frauke Deckow, Toni Burger and Jens Schultze.
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