These German founders are on the "30 under 30" list

Forbes magazine also selects the most promising young founders in Germany.

Every year, the editors of the U.S. Forbes magazine select the "30 under 30" in various disciplines. Now the German-language one has also produced its own ranking. What criteria are used is not public. The list includes people from the entire DACH region. First had Gründerszene reported on this year's list. Here are the German tech founders listed who are part of the "30 under 30" this year.

Manuel Kimanov (Syniotec)

The 26-year-old Kimanov came to Germany from Bulgaria in 2006 to study industrial engineering in Bremen. His first start-up was Sharemac, a rental service for construction machinery. He founded it while still at university. Today, the company is called Syniotec and develops software through which contractors can track and manage their equipment and complete fleet.

Amanda Maiwald, Antonia Schein and Nikolaj Bewer (Codary).

Next on the list are three people. The founders have launched a startup in Berlin 2020 that aims to teach kids to code at an early age. Codary is a kind of online school where parents can sign up their children from the age of seven for video lessons. Otherwise, there are always programming challenges on its own platform.

Niklas Tauch (Delivery Green)

Liefergrün is a delivery service that aims to bring emission-free packages to people's doorsteps. Niklas Tauch founded the start-up at the end of 2020 and today counts Adidas and Dyson among his customers. The logistics group DB Schenker also recently joined the "emission-free last mile" company.

Sara Schiffer (Hylane)

Sara Schiffer, 28, founded a carbon-neutral vehicle rental company in Cologne in 2021. Hylane rents hydrogen trucks to Henkel, DB Schenker and Hermes, among others. The company is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport and can also count DEVK among its backers. The goal is to have a triple-digit number of vehicles on the road by 2024.

Maximillian Wühr (Finn)

27-year-old Maximillian Wühr founded the car subscription startup Finn. While he is alone on the list, Finn has three other founders. Finn rents out vehicles for a fixed monthly price while covering costs for repairs and insurance. Wühr is chief growth office there and previously graduated from the Munich-based startup incubator CDTM.

Isabelle Guenou and Miriam Santer (Theblood).

The Berlin-based startups have been offering a tool through Theblood since 2021 that can analyze menstrual blood without an invasive procedure. According to the founders, women's health values could be easily analyzed in this way. The company targets women with hormonal fluctuations, endometriosis and those who want to have children.

Jennifer Phan (Passionfroot)

Jennifer Phan founded the software start-up in 2021 for a better overview of projects and cash flow in the creator industry. The technology works browser-based. The target group is thus clear: Gen-Z creators or smaller media brands that earn money through sponsorship or advertising.

Balazs Deme (Pile)

Pile has only existed since spring, but its founder already finds himself on the "30 under 30" list. It is the second start-up of 24-year-old Balazs Dme. 5 years ago, he founded the fintech Herdius, which ceased business operations this year. With Pile, the Hungarian provides neobanks and other fintechs with an interface to decentralized financial markets so they can offer cryptocurrencies.

Katharina Weissig (Periodically).

Founded in 2021, Katharina Weißig's startup aims to make sanitary pads and tampons widely available and free of charge in public facilities - just like toilet paper. Her hygiene product dispenser is to be installed at schools, universities, museums and offices, with refill products coming by subscription.

Mareike Awe (Intumind)

29-year-old Mareike Awe came to public attention as a diet influencer in recent years, but is actually a doctor and nutritionist. Back in 2015, she founded a health start-up that offers digital health coaching in particular. The Düsseldorf-based company has about 40 employees.

Lennardt Hachmeister (lotis).

Iotis is an IoT start-up focusing on sports equipment. Its products include smart footballs or golf balls, for example. The integrated chips provide real-time data via app. Founded in 2021, the Hanover-based startup is backed by former professional soccer player Fabian Ernst, among others, and raised two million euros in a first seed round.

Eddie Rietz (Mindable Health)

In the Mindable app, which has been available for four years, patients with anxiety disorders can access therapy-accompanying software. The app can be prescribed by prescription and billed by health insurers.

Katharina Kreutzer (Boomerang).

With Boomerang, the 24-year-old from Hamburg wants to set up a system with reusable, returnable shipping bags. The bags are to be able to be used up to 50 times. The company, which was founded this year, also wants to set up a deposit system and return logistics.