Online voting for founder award in Saxony starts

Lisa Marie Münster Lisa Marie Münster | 30.06.2021

This year, people can once again decide online which of the five finalists should receive the "Sachsen gründet - Start-up 2021" prize. The winner is entitled to 60,000 euros in prize money.

From today until July 4, people can vote online for the "Sachsen gründet - Start-up 2021" prize. The jury has selected five finalists from 27 applicants in advance, who will present themselves on the website in 45-second videos and promote their idea. Whoever wins will receive 60,000 euros and take part in the awards ceremony on July 9 at Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Dresden.

The round of finalists consists of the start-up Ecovery, which offers a therapy app developed with professionals for training at home after knee surgery, for example. Also dedicated to the body is Casida, which sells 70 products based on medicinal plants and was founded by pharmacist Alexander Helm in 2016. Medical cannabis with the Made in Germany seal of approval is what doctor Adrian Fischer wanted to offer his patients and founded the start-up Demecan in 2017; today, the plants for medical use grow on 30,000 square meters.

The last two companies in the round are making the world a bit more sustainable: Ligenium has developed means of transport made of wood, which are flexible to use and much lighter than usual means of transport such as metal. RWC Factory recycles discarded containers for the safe and secure storage of bicycles that companies and municipalities can use.

The prize is awarded as part of "Saxony's Entrepreneur of the Year", initiated by companies such as KPMG and Volkswagen as well as media companies such as MDR and Sächsische Zeitung. Before the Corona Pandemic, the jury selected the winner of the start-up award live.


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