Enactus Startup Accelerator 2023
April 5, 2023
Sustainable business ideas honored & awarded
EnactuEnactus students presented their project ideas to partners and funders on March 22, 2023 and won project funding of over 6,000€!
Enactus Germany is happy about the successful conclusion of the "Enactus Startup Accelerator for Sustainable Business 2023" at TechQuartier in Frankfurt! The event was a complete success thanks to:
- highly motivated Enactus teams with innovative ideas and business models that generate impactful solutions,
- first-class jurors and guests from business and research who provided valuable feedback,
- the Marketplace, which gave the teams the opportunity to exchange ideas and present their projects individually.
Special thanks go to event partner Ernst & Young (EY) and Andrei Todea as on-site representative. TechQuartier provided an excellent venue and it was a pleasure for all involved.
As usual, the final was divided into two categories, "Innovation" and "Startup". Projects in the "Innovation" category need a plausible solution approach with promising impact potential, as well as a concrete presentation of their business model. Projects in the "Startup" category, on the other hand, must already have a proof-of-concept, a functioning business model and initial results, so that a spin-off is within sight.
Results of the Innovation & Startup Category
In the category Innovation the following project teams participated in the final round: Differgy (Enactus Mannheim), Fish'n'Bricks (Enactus Karlsruhe), InSealation (Enactus Münster), Moin!Münster (Enactus Münster), Raindance (Enactus Wuppertal), Vlouw (Enactus Hamburg). Raindance from Enactus Wuppertal e.V. reached the second place and a prize money of 500€. Moin!Münster from Enactus Münster e.V. and Fish'n'Bricks from Enactus Karlsruhe e.V. shared the first place with a prize money of 750€ each.
In the Startup category, the following made it to the final round: OnePlanetGame (Enactus Münster), RecyCoal (Enactus Aachen), Save the Grain (Enactus Cologne), SeaSoilution (Enactus Munich) and ZambBam Sports (Enactus Augsburg).
ZamBam Sports came in second place and received prize money of 750€. RecyCoal from Enactus Aachen e.V. made the first place with a prize money of 1.250€.
But that was far from all...
Award of special prizes
From the group of participants, an additional €2,000 was awarded to the first-place winner in the Startup category and €500 to the first-place winner in the Innovation category. As a result, Moin!Münster won a total of €1,250 and RecyCoal €3,250.
In addition, two special prizes were awarded by Horbach and GOOD:
- Thanks to Stefanie Jaramillo and Jana Hertting from Horbach, Differgy (Enactus Mannheim) and Moin!Münster (Enactus Münster) each received a special prize of 250€.
- Andreas Renner presented Fish'n'Bricks with a special prize of 1,500€ on behalf of "GOOD - The search engine for a better world".
Enactus Germany would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the Enactus Startup Accelerator. A special thanks goes to the jurors and especially to the student project teams, who spent a lot of time and voluntary commitment for their projects.
