Schüttflix wins NRW Founder's Prize

140 companies applied for this year's NRW Founders' Prize, and now the three winners have been chosen. On Monday, NRW Economics Minister Andreas Pinkwart awarded the prizes, which are endowed with up to 30,000 euros.

On Monday, NRW Economics Minister Andreas Pinkwart (FDP) named Gütersloh-based start-up Schüttflix the winner of this year's Founder's Prize in the state. "Schüttflix succeeds impressively in using digital applications to simplify complex processes in the construction industry, thus ensuring greater efficiency and sustainability," Pinkwart said, according to the WDR. The start-up, founded in 2018, offers an app for suppliers of sand, gravel and crushed stone, which transporters and buyers can organise via Schüttflix. Just in September, the Gütersloh-based company raised $50 million.

The first-place winner of the Founder's Prize will receive 30,000 euros, with a total of 60,000 euros awarded. Second place went to Dermanostic from Düsseldorf, which operates as an online dermatology practice. Via an app, customers can send in pictures of their skin problems, which are then assessed by a team of doctors. The start-up will receive 20,000 euros.

Hörgeräte Manufaktur from Bad Honnef, which offers individual and highly technological hearing aids, took third place with a prize of 10,000 euros. At the time of the Corona pandemic, the company specialized in remote fitting through hearing aid software.