{"id":47097,"date":"2019-07-15T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=47097"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:58:59","slug":"kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/47097\/kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"KfW Award for Start-ups 2019: Apply now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>In 2019, the KfW Banking Group will once again honor companies in their first five years of business with the KfW Start-Up Award\u2014formerly known as &quot;Gr\u00fcnderChampions.&quot; Online applications are open starting May 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Decisive criteria for companies that are worthy of an award are the degree of innovation, creativity, <a href=\"\/en\/46365\/markus-sauerhammer-send\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social responsibility<\/a>, environmentally conscious implementation, and the creation and preservation of jobs and training opportunities. Startups from all sectors based in Germany can apply for the award.<\/p>\n<p>Founders who have taken over a company as part of a succession plan are also welcome to participate. Award-worthy startups can also be nominated. Only startups that founded their company after or in 2014 are eligible for the award. A nationwide winner will be chosen from the 16 state winners.<\/p>\n<h3>KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden: Prize money totaling 35,000 euros<\/h3>\n<p>The awards ceremony will take place on 17 October 2019 at the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degut.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deGUT<\/a> The competition will take place in Berlin. The 16 state winners will each receive \u20ac1,000, and the national winner selected from their group will receive an additional \u20ac9,000 in prize money. One company will receive the special Social Entrepreneurship Prize, endowed with \u20ac5,000. The audience will award an additional \u20ac5,000 prize to all winners who present themselves on the evening of the awards ceremony. Online applications are open from May 1 to August 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, the KfW Banking Group will once again honor companies in their first five years of business with the KfW Start-Up Award\u2014formerly known as &quot;Gr\u00fcnderChampions.&quot; Online applications are open starting May 1. Key criteria for award-worthy companies include the degree of innovation, creativity, social responsibility, environmentally conscious implementation, and the creation and...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5638,1,78],"tags":[3571],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben! - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Auch 2019 zeichnet die KfW Bankengruppe wieder Unternehmen in den ersten f\u00fcnf Jahren ihrer Gesch\u00e4ftst\u00e4tigkeit mit dem KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden aus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/47097\/kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben! - Munich Startup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Auch 2019 zeichnet die KfW Bankengruppe wieder Unternehmen in den ersten f\u00fcnf Jahren ihrer Gesch\u00e4ftst\u00e4tigkeit mit dem KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden aus.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/47097\/kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Munich Startup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/munichstartup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-14T23:25:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-24T06:58:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@munich_startup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@munich_startup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/\",\"name\":\"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben! - Munich Startup\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-14T23:25:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-24T06:58:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4733256eff8ed883081bf4d616fa784f\"},\"description\":\"Auch 2019 zeichnet die KfW Bankengruppe wieder Unternehmen in den ersten f\u00fcnf Jahren ihrer Gesch\u00e4ftst\u00e4tigkeit mit dem KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden aus.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":646,\"caption\":\"Innovationspreis Bayern 2018, KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/\",\"name\":\"Munich Startup\",\"description\":\"Das offizielle Startup-Portal f\u00fcr M\u00fcnchen\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4733256eff8ed883081bf4d616fa784f\",\"name\":\"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b783cd1e1497db1e22684a06f3369381?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b783cd1e1497db1e22684a06f3369381?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl\"},\"description\":\"Nach eigenen Startup-Erfahrungen blickt sie als Redakteurin von Munich Startup nun aus einer anderen Perspektive auf die M\u00fcnchner Startup-Szene \u2013 und entdeckt dabei jeden Tag, wie vielf\u00e4ltig das M\u00fcnchner \u00d6kosystem ist. Startup Stories, die erz\u00e4hlt werden wollen!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/author\/regina\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"646\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"KfW Award for Start-ups 2019: Apply now! - Munich Startup","description":"In 2019, the KfW Banking Group will once again be honoring companies in their first five years of business with the KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/47097\/kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben! - Munich Startup","og_description":"Auch 2019 zeichnet die KfW Bankengruppe wieder Unternehmen in den ersten f\u00fcnf Jahren ihrer Gesch\u00e4ftst\u00e4tigkeit mit dem KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden aus.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/47097\/kfw-award-for-start-ups-2019\/","og_site_name":"Munich Startup","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/munichstartup\/","article_published_time":"2019-07-14T23:25:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-24T06:58:59+00:00","author":"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@munich_startup","twitter_site":"@munich_startup","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/","name":"KfW Award for Start-ups 2019: Apply now! - Munich Startup","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-14T23:25:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-24T06:58:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4733256eff8ed883081bf4d616fa784f"},"description":"In 2019, the KfW Banking Group will once again be honoring companies in their first five years of business with the KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg","width":1280,"height":646,"caption":"Innovationspreis Bayern 2018, KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/47097\/kfw-award-gruenden-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden 2019: Jetzt bewerben!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/","name":"Munich Startup","description":"The official startup portal for Munich","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/4733256eff8ed883081bf4d616fa784f","name":"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b783cd1e1497db1e22684a06f3369381?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b783cd1e1497db1e22684a06f3369381?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Regina Bruckschl\u00f6gl"},"description":"After her own startup experiences, she now looks at the Munich startup scene from a different perspective as an editor at Munich Startup \u2013 and discovers every day how diverse the Munich ecosystem is. Startup stories that beg to be told!","sameAs":["https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net"],"url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/author\/regina\/"}]},"og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":646,"url":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sports-ground-1078060_1280-e1457344060995.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_showyear":"","_inactive":"","_show_financing":"","_hide_on_map":"","_edit_lock":"1713941788:44","_edit_last":"24","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Auch 2019 zeichnet die KfW Bankengruppe wieder Unternehmen in den ersten f\u00fcnf Jahren ihrer Gesch\u00e4ftst\u00e4tigkeit mit dem KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden aus.","_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"76","_thumbnail_id":"8608","wbounce_status":"default","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"5638","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"KfW Award Gr\u00fcnden","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","ms_image_format":"contentwidth","_ms_image_format":"field_5cb8587572c8b","ms_dachzeile":"","_ms_dachzeile":"field_5cd9b7f365df5","ms_bump_post_date":"20190714","_ms_bump_post_date":"field_5d1341edcf42a","guest_author_name":"","_guest_author_name":"field_5cee78a6016f9","guest_author_image":"","_guest_author_image":"field_5cee7914016fb","guest_author_description":"","_guest_author_description":"field_5cee78dd016fa","ms_post_image_caption":"","_ms_post_image_caption":"","ms_post_image_credit":"","_ms_post_image_credit":"","suppress_startupbox":"","_suppress_startupbox":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_wp_old_date":"2019-04-13","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","footnotes":"","easy_language_simplification_original_id":"","easy_language_source_language":"","easy_language_simplification_language":"","easy_language_api":"","easy_language_prevent_automatic_mode":"","_wp_old_slug":"","_wp_trash_meta_status":"","_wp_trash_meta_time":"","easy_language_simplification_state_changed_from":"","easy_language_de_EL_changed":"","ms_competition_deadline":"","_ms_competition_deadline":"field_5cf903f2f66b2","_wpbitly":"","enclosure":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","wbounce_template":"","wbounce_title":"","wbounce_text":"","wbounce_cta":"","wbounce_url":"","wbounce_override":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_oembed_7131efca3705e16bd9da2c41df237660":"","_oembed_time_7131efca3705e16bd9da2c41df237660":"","_pprredirect_type":"","_pprredirect_url":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_newsletterglue":"","easy_language_text_language":"","_wp_desired_post_slug":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50650,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47097\/revisions\/50650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}