Virtual time travel and furniture in industrial design: This year's Munich Founders' Prize goes to TimeRide and KWERQUS.
The Stadtsparkasse München (Munich Savings Bank) is awarding two startup companies the Munich Founders' Prize. The winners are TimeRide and KWERQUS. TimeRide uses virtual reality to offer a journey back in time to Cologne during the imperial era. More cities are to follow shortly. The startup was awarded the prize just this summer. Bavarian Founders' Prize The second prize winner, KWERQUS, sells industrial-design furnishings online. The company develops and produces exclusively in Germany. Both winners will receive free business consulting from Bayern Consult. Marlies Mirbeth, board member of Stadtsparkasse München, says:
"The two award-winning founding teams have brought imaginative and innovative ideas to life. We see great opportunities for them to establish themselves sustainably and set new standards in the market."
Savings banks have been awarding the Founders’ Prize for more than 20 years
Since 1997, the savings banks have been honoring outstanding entrepreneurs at the federal, state, and, as here in Munich, local levels to serve as role models for others. Since then, Stadtsparkasse München has already honored 34 companies as winners.
