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Munich Startup Award: A look back

It all began at Bits & Pretzels 2016: For the first time, Munich Startup presented the Munich Startup Award, endowed with €5,000, to the Munich startup that had performed best in the founders' festival's pitch competition. The ceremony didn't take place just anywhere, but right in the middle of Oktoberfest – except during the coronavirus pandemic, of course. Since this year, however, a lot has changed: The award is now part of the Munich Startup Festival. was awarded at the first edition Deepdrive – and at Bits & Pretzels, the Munich Startup Special Prize will be awarded to the best Munich startup at Bits & Pretzels. This prize is endowed with €2,500. Before that happens, let's take a look back at the Munich startups that have already been honored with a Munich Startup Award at Bits & Pretzels.

September 19, 2023 5 min reading time

Munich Startup Award
2020: There was no Oktoberfest in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020, but Bits & Pretzels still took place. And with it, the Munich Startup Awards ceremony. This year, the award went to the startup Pylot, which is now known as Fernride The startup, founded by Manage and More scholarship holders Hendrik Kramer, Jean-Michael Georg, and Maximilian Fisser, specializes in teleoperation, i.e., the remote control of vehicles. Fernride has now 45 million euros funding collect his Series A round with 28.7 million euros closed it in June of this year. Hendrik Kramer, CEO and Co-Founder of Fernride, said: "As we fundamentally transform the way the logistics industry operates, it's critical to partner with some of the industry's leading players. The strategic investments flowing into our Series A will help accelerate this transformation." (Photo: Munich Startup / Andreas Gebert)
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