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\"Munich<\/a>
2016:<\/strong> It all started in 2016 Cleverciti Systems<\/a><\/strong>The Munich-based startup was able to prevail against around 70 other companies from the region in the pitch competition at Bits. Gabriele B\u00f6hmer<\/strong>, editorial director of Munich Startup and member of the jury, praised the winning team at the award ceremony: "Cleverciti is enriching Munich's startup scene with a pioneering, innovative smart city solution. By presenting the 'Munich Startup Award,' we want to reward Cleverciti for its entrepreneurial courage and commitment and set an example."<\/em> Cleverciti aims to enable cities and parking operators to achieve smart and efficient parking management using sensor technology. The Munich Startup Award was just a (small) beginning for the smart city startup: Cleverciti has now 21 million euros in funding<\/a> for his project. (Photo: Munich Startup \/ Robert Pupeter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2017:<\/strong> In the second year of the Munich Startup Awards, Catchys<\/a><\/strong> the award. Founded in 2015 by Franzi Majer and Magdalena Oehl, the company was an online metasearch engine for fashion, furniture, watches, and jewelry. As an aggregator, the Munich-based startup managed the complete range of international second-hand and second-season marketplaces and sale offers from online shops \u2013 from Zara to Prada. Franzi Majer<\/strong>, founder and managing director of Catchys, was delighted with the award:
"For me, Munich is the best and most beautiful place to found a startup and build a globally successful company. That's why I'm even more proud to have won the Munich Startup Award! A thousand thanks to Munich Startup for this fantastic award!"<\/em> In 2017, the Munich startup was Eastern European fashion search engine Glami acquired<\/a>. (Photo: Munich Startup \/ Robert Pupeter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Munich<\/a>
2018:<\/strong> Catchys was followed the following year by Inveox<\/a><\/strong>The two founders Maria and Dominik Sievert accepted the prize, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, and were visibly delighted with the award: "It's an incredible honor! We're thrilled about the recognition and especially about being able to draw so much attention to a vitally important issue: healthcare."<\/em> Inveox develops digital solutions for pathology laboratories. The Munich-based company's technology is designed to prevent unnecessary errors in diagnostics. (Photo: Munich Startup \/ Christoph Mukherjee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Munich<\/a>
2019:<\/strong> Munich Startup Award winner 2019 was Hawa Dawa<\/a><\/strong>Hawa Dawa's air quality monitoring system enables real-time, comprehensive air quality monitoring and analysis. Hawa Dawa prevailed against the Munich-based competition in the pitch contest at the Bits & Pretzels startup fair. Co-founder and CFO Yvonne Rusche<\/strong> said at the award ceremony in the Schottenhamel: "We are very proud to win the Munich Startup Award as a 'M\u00fcnchner Kindl'. It demonstrates the incredible support of the Munich ecosystem."<\/em> In March 2023 it was announced that the Munich startup will be taken over by the Bernard Group<\/a>. Karim Tarraf<\/strong>, CEO and co-founder of Hawa Dawa, said: \u201cThe integration of the Hawa-Dawa solution into the Bernard Group marks a new era in which integrative (environmental) solutions can be offered from a single source.\u201d <\/em>(Photo: Munich Startup \/ Tobias Hase)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Munich<\/a>
2020: <\/strong>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<\/a><\/strong>, which is now known as Fernride<\/a> 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<\/a> collect his Series A round with 28.7 million euros<\/a> closed it in June of this year. Hendrik Kramer<\/strong>, 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."<\/em> (Photo: Munich Startup \/ Andreas Gebert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Pixel<\/a>
2022: <\/strong>Neither Bits nor Oktoberfest took place in 2021. But the following year, things continued: The winner of the Munich Startup Award 2022 was Pixel Robotics<\/a><\/strong>The robotics startup, founded by Johannes and Valentin Plapp in 2020, builds intelligent, perception-controlled robots tailored to intralogistics. Using an AI vision infrastructure, a digital twin of the operational area is created. Using this real-time twin, the Munich startup's robots can collaborate autonomously with their human colleagues. Pixel Robotics was visibly delighted about the Munich Startup Award: "The Bits & Pretzels and the pitch competition were a tremendous experience in themselves. Of course, we're even more excited that we've now also won the Munich Startup Award. We'll invest the prize money in our team, because for the past two years we've been primarily focused on product development so we can bring it to customers \u2013 we deserve to celebrate having achieved that. And part of the money \u2013 we are a startup after all \u2013 will be reinvested directly into the product."<\/em> (Photo: Lukas Lindner \/ Munich Startup)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It all began at Bits & Pretzels 2016: For the first time, Munich Startup presented the Munich Startup Award, endowed with \u20ac5,000, 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 \u2013 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<\/a> \u2013 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 \u20ac2,500. 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. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5635],"tags":[1068,2046],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMunich Startup Award: Ein Blick zur\u00fcck - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wir werfen einen Blick zur\u00fcck auf die Gewinnerteams des Munich Startup Awards der letzten Jahre und wie es mit ihnen weiterging.\" \/>\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\/94565\/munich-startup-award-a-look-back\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/94565\/munich-startup-award-a-look-back\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Munich Startup Award: Ein Blick zur\u00fcck - 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