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The Landeshauptstadt München has announced the winners of its 2026 innovation competition. The startups Kibaudi, Newsense Engineering and Datfid, as well as the Treequest team from Hochschule München, won this year’s Munich Innovation Prize and each receive 10,000 euros in prize money. Additionally, they are now developing their solutions further with the city administration in a co-creation phase.

Munich launches the 2026 innovation competition. Founders, students, and creatives develop solutions for smart city challenges. Applications are possible until May 17.

Until 11 February 2026, creative ideas for the use of open data from the city of Munich can be submitted to the competition “Munich Data Delicacies Wanted”.

Five teams receive the Municipal Innovation Award 2025. Their solutions improve digital processes, integration, biodiversity, art mediation, and data access in Munich. They now begin the co-creation phase with the city administration.

The Munich Startup Festival has plenty to offer beyond the main stage. Visitors to Gleisbett can expect concentrated knowledge about funding and impact entrepreneurship. The festival also makes clear how the craft industry can support tech companies and startups.

For the sixth time, the Landeshauptstadt München is calling for an innovation competition in the field of Smart Cities. With this competition, the city administration wants to open itself to innovative ideas and offer the opportunity to test and implement new concepts in an urban test field. Solution proposals are being sought for concrete urban challenges. The application deadline runs until May 15.

As Impact Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation Manager at the City of Munich, Birgit Siepmann is the contact person for Munich impact startups in all phases. In this interview with Munich Startup, she discusses exactly how her work supports startups and which impact topics she believes will become increasingly important in the future.

For the sixth time this year, Landeshauptstadt München is searching for “Munich’s distinguished companies”. The engagement award aims to recognize companies that have made significant contributions to the wellbeing of citizens. Applications can be submitted by May 15.

How can Munich’s city administration become more small business-friendly? What administrative barriers need to be removed from an economic perspective? Munich companies and entrepreneurs have until February 12 to provide anonymous feedback to Munich’s city administration.