New realities – future of work, future of life
YOUR STARTUP REVOLUTIONIZES THE DIGITAL INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND / OR MACHINES WITH THE HELP OF NEW REALITIES?
Handelsblatt and McKinsey award top innovators with the Spark – The German Digital Award and bring them together with renowned business leader.
The Spark provides drivers of the digital revolution with the chance to present themselves on the big stage. The perfect award for startups whose ideas have the potential to cause ground-breaking changes within industry. You will not only have the chance to present your ideas to a prominent jury and high-caliber guests but also get in touch with other proponents of the digital revolution.
This year we focus on concepts within the field of new realities, which focus on humans, their work and their daily environment: from virtual and augmented reality to voice and gesture control as well as innovative and virtual training solutions. Business ideas which offer an innovative, scalable concept and have been already successfully tested in a business context.
The application period for this year´s competition is already closed. Just send a short message to [email protected] and we will inform you as soon as next year´s application phase starts.
MEET THE FINALISTS 2019
Between April and June 2019, we looked for the best candidates. We are happy to announce following ten finalists 2019:
BITSTARS
HoloBuilder by bitstars is the fastest and most insightful solution for documenting construction progress and buildings in a secure SaaS cloud environment
BLICKFELD
Blickfeld enables autonomous driving for the mass market through scalable LiDAR sensor technology
BRIGHTER AI
With Deep Natural Anonymization, Brighter AI sets a new standard for public cameras, enabling data privacy and a connected world without contradictions
EYECANDYLAB
eyecandylab is the developer of augmen.tv, a platform that can display interactive augmented reality around videos and TV programs
HOLORIDE
Virtual Reality meets driving in real time – holoride enables a new, highly immersive entertainment experience for passengers
OCULAVIS
oculavis SHARE enables mechanical engineering and construction enterprises, to implement digital business models and innovative processes in their services
RIMASYS
RIMASYS offers lifelike training in trauma and orthopedics- the “flight simulator” for surgeons
UBIMAX
Ubimax is revolutionizing enterprises processes through wearable computing and augmented reality, helping mobile workers to focus on their tasks rather than time-consuming interaction with computers
USERLANE
Userlane provides companies with a navigation system for software, that allows users to understand and operate any software – without any training
YOU MAWO
YOU MAWO is a premium eyewear label, specialized in lightweight, high-quality eyewear with modern designs and the option of 100% customization using 3D Scans
THE Jury
In a multi-stage process, ten exciting finalists were selected, who presented their live pitches to our top-class jury on September 30th. The winners will be announced and honored at the award ceremony on 21st November.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
As finalist or winner of The Spark – The German Digital Award you will gain many benefits …
OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS
THE SPARK SUCCESS STORIES
Many of our former The Spark winners and finalists experienced strong growth since their participation at our award.
Latest The Spark success stories at a glance:
KONUX
In 2016, the first year of The Spark, our prominent jury honored the startup KONUX as a winner. In February 2019, KONUX raised further USD 13 million in an extension of its Series B financing round, bringing the total amount raised in its Series B financing round to USD 33 million.
Octimine
In 2017, the start-up Octimine was honored as a finalist of The Spark – The German Digital Award. In November 2018 the innovative provider of semantic patent search services was acquired by Dennemeyer Group.
Relayr
In 2016, the startup relayr was also awarded as winner of The Spark. Only two years later, in September 2018, the company, valued at USD 300 million, was acquired by Munich Re.
NEED MORE INFORMATION?
Handelsblatt Sepcial
In our Special on Handelsblatt Online you can find interesting articles about The Spark – The German Digital Award and this year’s topic „New realities – future of work, future of life“.
The Spark Review
Since 2016 Handelsblatt and McKinsey award The Spark – The German Digital Award. Find out more about the winners, the jury and the finalists of the last years here.
Topic: New realities
You would like to learn more about this years’s topic “New realities – future of work, future of life”. Please find further information and studies from the McKinsey experts here.
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