Deepdrive is the winning team at the 7th Munich Startup Award. The jury had no easy task deciding on a prize winner. The startup prevailed against more than 70 competitors and nine other selected semifinalists during the pitches.
Deepdrive wins Munich Startup Award
Deepdrive offers revolutionary drivetrains for electric vehicles that allow a vehicle to travel 20 percent further or require 20 percent smaller batteries for the same range. The winning startup receives not only the trophy but also a prize money of 5,000 euros and can now call itself “Munich startup of the year.”
The Munich Startup Award was presented directly following the final pitching round, for the first time at the Munich Startup Festival. Together with Gabriele Böhmer, head of Munich Startup, Munich’s Commissioner for Labor and Economic Affairs Clemens Baumgärtner honored this year’s winning team and said:
“At the Munich Startup Festival, we celebrate the successful Munich tech ecosystem. Every single innovative solution from Munich startups counts and contributes to the future viability of our business location. The Munich Startup Award recognizes particularly outstanding achievements.”
Award ceremony at the festival
The winning team is thrilled about the award. Vincent Berger, Business Development at Deepdrive, accepted the prize and said:
“The joy about this award is enormous! A big thank you to Munich Startup for giving Munich startups a stage with the festival. I also find it exciting to see that this topic is now receiving recognition at a high political level.”
For the first time, there was also an audience award, endowed with 1,000 euros. The award went to Vaeridion. With an electric small aircraft, the Munich startup wants to accelerate the green transformation of aviation. Ivor van Dartel, co-founder and CEO of Vaeridion, is delighted:
“It is a great honor that we won the audience award at the first Munich Startup Festival. This underscores the tremendous support for our mission to make travel and especially flying more sustainable.”
The Munich Startup Award has been presented since 2016, previously at Bits & Pretzels. Previous award winners include the pathology company Inveox, the shopping platform Catchys, the smart city company Cleverciti, Pixel Robotics with its perception-guided robots for intralogistics, the autonomous mobility startup Pylot, and the sensor startup Hawa Dawa.
