How can medical catheters help combat obesity and hospital infections? What opportunities does environmentally friendly hydropower offer for the energy transition? What new possibilities exist for 3D printing of electronic components? These and other questions were answered by the award-winning teams of the Phase 2 des Münchener Businessplan Wettbewerbs. In phase 2, teams focused on marketing and sales, demonstrating how they intend to bring their concepts to market. In addition to detailed expert feedback on all phase 2 submissions, the winning teams received additional prizes totaling 9,000 euros.
Munich business plan competition: 5 winners from phase 2
With innovative medical technology, Sedivention took first place. The startup aims to make obesity treatment easier with a novel catheter that minimally invasively ablates the “hunger nerve” in the stomach. Second place goes to Energyminer. The team works in the renewable energy sector on a cost-effective technology for harnessing hydropower from rivers. The solution is fish-friendly and does not involve harmful interventions in nature. Medical technology is also the focus of the team at Puray, which has developed a medical catheter that continuously disinfects itself with UVC light during use, protecting patients from hospital infections. The team at Additive Electronics also convinced the jury: they work on 3D printers for manufacturing electronic components from electrically conductive and non-conductive materials, enabling new component designs and functionalities. And finally, there is another award-winning innovation in the photovoltaic sector: the fifth-place team from Otter Energy Trading in Munich wants to enable companies with their own solar systems to profitably market the self-generated solar power – with the help of intelligent software.
Valuable constructive criticism from the jury
Fabian Brunner, head of the Munich Business Plan Competition at Baystartup, says:
“The strongest concepts in phase 2 of this year’s competition are in the fields of medical technology, renewable energy, and B2B software-as-a-service. There are also exciting teams in the areas of construction, food technology, and data science that are worth watching for their further development.”
And Ute Nollert, managing director at Sedivention, says:
“The Munich Business Plan Competition offers me, as a founder from the Munich district, fantastic opportunities to network with other founders and exchange experiences. But what’s most important to me is the constructive criticism I receive from the volunteer jurors, which helps the team improve the business idea and realize it here.”
Applications for final competition phase now possible
Until June 6, 2023, founding teams from Munich and all of southern Bavaria can participate in the final phase 3 of the Munich Business Plan Competition. A business plan of approximately 30 pages is required, with a focus on implementation, capital requirements, and revenue planning.
