{"id":66874,"date":"2020-11-23T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=66874"},"modified":"2020-11-23T12:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T11:15:18","slug":"the-spark-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/66874\/the-spark-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;The Spark 2020&#039;: Munich residents clean up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>What will mobility look like in the future, and which solutions could be real game-changers? The digital award &#039;The Spark 2020&#039; addressed this question, searching for startups and founders with innovative smart mobility concepts. Sixty percent of the selected role models came from Munich. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First place went to <a href=\"\/en\/59025\/twaice-series-a-financing\/\">Twaice<\/a> with its &#039;health check&#039; for energy storage. Second place went to <a href=\"\/en\/66440\/crowdfunding-chargex-raises-one-million-euros\/\">ChargeX<\/a> with its multi-plug solution, which enables them to expand the charging infrastructure for e-mobility. Third place went to Hamburg-based &#039;Wunder Mobility&#039;. Their software enables new transportation concepts and a mobility revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the startups from Munich selected and nominated for the digital award &#039;The Spark&#039; were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bit-ts.com\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIT Technology Solutions<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/39934\/hawa-dawa-portrait\/\">Hawa Dawa<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/59447\/mobility-interview-parkhere-veomo\/\">Parkhere<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/53521\/growth-capital-for-smartlane\/\">Smartlane<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of &#039;The Spark&#039;, a <a href=\"\/en\/66353\/female-founder-special-prize-final\/\">Special price<\/a> for female founders. This year, the &#039;Female Founder Award&#039; also went to Munich, namely to <a href=\"\/en\/37613\/katharina-kreitz-vectorflow\/\">Katharina Kreitz<\/a>, co-founder of Vectoflow, a probe startup for measurement technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/64106\/e-mobility-electric-cars-and-charging-solutions-from-munich\/\"><em>If you would like to delve deeper into the topic of e-mobility, we recommend our podcast episode &#039;E-Mobility: Electric Cars and Charging Solutions from Munich&#039;.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital award &#039;The Spark,&#039; presented annually by McKinsey and Handelsblatt, focused this year on the future of mobility. The award sought founders and startups whose business models are transforming their industry. 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