Prize Winners

The first INNOspace Weekend took place from 15th-17th September 2017 at Solution Space - Innovationshaus am Dom. The first, second and third ranked teams were awarded with prizes that shall help them advancing their presented business concepts.

1st prize – Streety

Streety's idea is to use earth observation data from satellites to create more up-to-date maps. A pattern-recognition algorithm will compare pictures from different days to detected changes in the road system and provide these updates to navigation companies.

Prizes: travel to a space/startup event of their choice (worth 1000 EUR), consultancy with ESA BIC Darmstadt and Airbus Bizlab in Hamburg, a visit to Airbus’s space facilities in Bremen and a company branding package by Design & Data GmbH.

2nd prize – CropSpy

A “Grow-how” app for farmers in developing countries. CropSpy will combine hard to understand earth observation data collected by drones, satellites and IoT devices to translate them into action plans and instructions for farmers in developing countries. Farmers will profit from knowledge and education on precision farming, which boosts their productivity. The service will be accessible via an app that works on any smartphone as well as a web app for countries with a lower smartphone density.

Prizes: consultation with ESA BIC Bavaria, a pitching session with OHB Venture Capital, Meccanoid XL 2.0 and a bundle of books on entrepreneurship, startups and innovation.

3rd prize – Take Me Home

Its goal is to make elderly people more independent in their daily lives by using space technology to create an autonomous intelligent friend specially-designed for their needs.

Prizes: pitching session at OHB Venture Capital, MeccaSpider and one year’s subscription to VentureCapital Magazine.