These are the nominees for the Saxon Founder Award

Ten start-ups made it through to the final round. The initiators will award the prize on July 14.

FutureSAX, Saxony's innovation platform, has announced the nominees for the Saxon State Prize for Start-ups, Transfer and Innovation. A total of 30 applications were accepted for the upcoming jury meeting: ten for the Saxon Founder Award, eight for the Saxon Transfer Award and twelve for the Saxon Innovation Award. The winners will receive their awards on July 14 as part of the FutureSAX Innovation Conference.

Four nominees for the Founder Award come from Dresden, three from Leipzig. The application of a start-up that is planning its future headquarters in Saxony is also among the top 10. The life sciences, medicine and health sector is particularly well represented with three nominations. The other nominations are in the areas of mobility/transport, trade/e-commerce and skilled trades, among others.

"The nominees impress with their great innovative strength and great ideas across all sectors and come from rural and urban regions," says Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Dulig (SPD). "Many of the nominees and award winners from previous years have been able to continue on their successful path and survive crises like the current one with the help of their innovative strength." A total of 150 applications were registered. The jury is made up of 170 experts. There is also an audience award, which can be voted for here until May 30.

The nominees for the start-up award are

- Additive Drives from Dresden, 3D-printed electric motors

- bodenlicht-design from Neumark, floor lighting and escape guidance system

- Brotgefuehle from Leipzig, daily fresh gluten- and wheat-free vegan baked goods

- Sciendis from Leipzig, Wundera, digital assistant for care documentation

- Semodia from Dresden, semantic modeling in the process industry

- Team AidBoardsk from Dresden, disposable furniture made from renewable raw materials for humanitarian aid

- Team Flexora from Dresden, flexible sensor foils for Industry 4.0

- Team FungAI from Freiberg, cultivation of edible mushrooms using AI, as well as mushroom production waste recycling into PLA

- Team Lubis Eda from Kaiserslautern, agile hardware development, chip design of the future

- Tediro from Leipzig, mobile robotics platform for therapy and diagnostics