Start?Zuschuss! is aimed at technology-oriented startups in the field of digitalization that were founded no more than two years ago. The goal of the funding program is to help young and innovative companies from Bavaria establish themselves in the market. The winners receive a financial grant of up to €36,000 to cover their start-up costs. 127 startups submitted their proposals to the current competition round.
Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger highlights the importance of the competition for Bavaria as a startup region:
"Young companies with digital business ideas are like a breath of fresh air for our economy. That's why we support these startups in developing their business models with our "Gründerland Bayern" initiative. Because entrepreneurial courage should be rewarded. The "Start?Zuschuss" funding program is part of our promise to make Bavaria the most startup-friendly federal state."
The Start?Zuschuss! winning teams from Munich
More than 100 startups from across Bavaria applied for the 15th phase of the competition – nine of which are from the Munich ecosystem. Most, but not all, are based directly in the city. The Munich winners are:
- Twinu: A blockchain-powered data and automation platform for digital twins
- The digital debt collection company Paywise
- Sqior Medical develops a smartphone-based assistance system that provides clinicians with information, simplifies clinical tasks and automates administrative processes.
- Noxon combines nano-based ink with mass printing processes to produce a new generation of medical and industrial sensors
- Data Q Company offers tools for working with data in companies
- Scanned Reality develops software for the recording, processing, and integration of volumetric videos
- Skailark provides a digital twin of the global aviation industry, enabling competitive insights and dynamic modeling capabilities
- Deep Piction develops a technology that enables the fast and uncomplicated analysis of the entire organism on individual levels in 3D
- Streamlined as a hybrid expert Single value the entire real estate valuation process by combining technology and the human expertise of appraisers under one roof.
Applications for the next round started
From 24 May 2023 Founders from Bavaria will once again have the opportunity to apply for the funding program, starting with the 16th competition. Funding would then begin on October 1, 2023. Any startup headquartered in Bavaria that is active in the field of digitalization and was founded no more than two years ago can participate in Start?Zuschuss!.
