On Friday the 09th of October, the final event of the greenhouse.ruhr scholarship program held at the Digital Harbour in Dortmund. Eight founding teams with socially and ecologically innovative business ideas pitched their ideas before a distinguished expert jury. In the end, the TOP 3 were awarded with a prize of a total of 34,000 euros.

In the end, the TOP 3 were awarded a prize of a total of 34,000 euros.

Since May, the teams have been holding workshops, meetups, and events r26 Festival in the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum refined her ideas. Accompanied by the Dortmund Economic Development Agency and the IMPULS Economic Agency Hamm. The event started here: The two-day kick-off workshop in May took place at innoclub in TZDO instead.

The pitches were evaluated by a highly qualified expert jury from business and academia. Among those present was the Managing Director of the TZDO Dirk Stürmer.

In the end, three companies were able to prevail:

🥇 The team from Essen with the start-up KANT Digital. Developing together Bingxin Zhao, Sezer Sahan, Michael Scott and Rumpam Debnath AEVUS is an AI-powered XR/VR learning platform for healthcare professionals that combines language, professional and cultural training in realistic scenarios.

🥈 The start-up CUT4ALL and the founders Gero Ulrich and Linus Hielscher. From cut-off hair from hairdressers, a sustainable natural fiber material, acoustic panels and insulation products are to be produced first.

🥉The founder Lars Alenberg developed with Forward a digital platform that brings people together with non-profit organizations and aims to promote engagement through micro-donations, local projects, and transparent reporting on the impact achieved.

Congratulations to all eight teams for four intensive months and exciting business ideas, and especially to the award winners!

Photos: Dortmund Economic Development Agency / Andreas Buck