EXPO Day
Program 7

Besides his role as the CEO and Founder of Plug and Play Tech Center Saeed also holds the position of General Partner in Amidzad. The fund has been investing in technology companies for over 15 years and holds successful investments in over 1,000 technology companies, some of which are: PayPal, Powerset, Danger, Bix, Powerset, DropBox, Lending Club, Zoosk, etc.

A serial entrepreneur and a seasoned executive with over 28 years of experience in founding, operating, and growing successful companies. He has successfully started and grown businesses both nationally, as well as internationally, in countries like: Spain, Germany, France, and Austria.

Saeed’s current passion is inspiring and helping entrepreneurs and startups out of universities. His objective is to identify great entrepreneurs with a passion to execute on their ideas.

Saeed is an active member of the technology community and a frequent contributor to numerous charitable foundations. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a world-class network of Fortune 500 CEOs, accomplished serial entrepreneurs, and veteran financial executives.

Markus Schäfer was born on May 11, 1965 in Weidenau, Germany. After obtaining the University entrance diploma (Abitur) he started his studies of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University in Darmstadt and finished with a Diplom-Ingenieur (former German equivalent to a master’s degree) in 1990. He joined the then Daimler-Benz AG as Trainee within the International Management Associate Program in November 1990. Previous positions in the company:

• Member of the Divisional Board, Mercedes-Benz Cars Production & Supply Chain, Daimler AG, 2014
• Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars, Daimler AG, 2013
• Vice President, President & CEO, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., Tuscaloosa (USA), 2010
• Director, Production Strategy, Daimler AG, 2007
• Director, Engineering, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., Tuscaloosa (USA), 2002
• Plant Manager, CKD-Assembly Plant, Joint Venture EGA/Kairo (Egypt), 1999
• Project and Plant Manager, CKD-Assembly Plant, Joint Venture EGA/Kairo (Egypt), 1997
• Team leader, Project planning overseas projects, Daimler-Benz AG, 1995
• Technical project planning overseas projects for passenger and commercial cars, Daimler-Benz AG, 1994
• Cost Controller, Center Paint Shop, Mercedes-Benz AG, 1993
• Production Engineer, Product preparations, Mercedes-Benz AG, 1991
• Trainee (International Management Associate Program) Bodyshop, Daimler-Benz AG, 1990

Winfried Hermann is the minister of the Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg in the cabinet of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann since Mai 2011. Minister Hermann is in charge of topics concerning road engineering, public transport, bicycle traffic, foot traffic, rail traffic, car traffic, air traffic, barge traffic and infrastructure. This also includes air pollution control and the protection of nature and against noise.

A sustainable new mobility is the guiding principle of the policy of the Ministry of Transport. Human beings, their health and mobility needs and the environment are always the central focus of all the activities.

Minister Hermann is also a member of The Green Party and of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg.

It’s time to set new standards. That’s what the young, aspiring businesswoman Clare Jones from What3Words believes. With her unerring sense for the realities of life, she combines her multifaceted knowledge with a powerful mixture of courage, vision and energy. With her startup, she is pursuing a strategy that is trend-setting for our society: tackling economic and social issues together to design a new world. what3words is the world’s first addressing system designed for voice - every 3m x 3m square in the world has been assigned an address made of just three words from the dictionary. These 3 word addresses can be used to route cars or drones, used as an address when ordering online, or simply given as a meeting point for a picnic in the park. what3words is used in 170 countries and is being adopted by governments all around the world as an official addressing system. Its investors include Daimler, Intel Capital, Aramex and Deutsche Bahn.

Jeremy is a serial technology & media entrepreneur, with more than a decade of experience in digital and social media. He is the Founder & CEO of Beautiful Destinations, voted by FAST COMPANY as one of the most innovative companies in the world. The award-winning nation branding agency works with countries & cities across the globe and has built the largest tourism community in the world on social media, with over 23 million people following on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Weibo.

Prior to Beautiful Destinations Jeremy founded and ran the UK arm of an eCommerce Saas business, which grew to over 300 employees, over 70M users and revenue of $2BN. He also co-founded a digital health company, set up a venture capital fund, sat on the board of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and was an ambassador for Her Majesty’s Government in UK Trade & Investment’s Global Entrepreneur Program. He has a background in elite sport having played rugby for Scotland whilst at school and is an ambassador for the city of New York.

He is also a passionate advocate for sustainable tourism and is a global ambassador for the World Wildlife Foundation.

As an impact entrepreneur, I am committed to fighting climate change through building companies with sustainable visions. From commerce to mobility, I am convinced that every business sector must take actions today to protect our planet now!

Since I can remember, I have felt uncomfortable with how wasteful we as societies treat our resources and have dedicated my personal and professional life towards achieving sustainability on all fronts. After successfully founding and leading reBuy, Europe’s leading refurbishment platform, which has given 100 million products a second life, I am now continuing by tackling the biggest environmental challenge: Transportation & Mobility. With TIER, I am now on a mission to change mobility for good.

Oliver Reppert took over as CEO of SHARE NOW, which emerged as one of a total of five mobility services from the mobility joint venture between the BMW Group and Daimler AG, in February 2019. From October 2016 to January 2019, he was CEO of the car2go Group GmbH. He has been working at Daimler since 1998 and has gained comprehensive experience in the areas of sales, marketing and communications. Born in Strasbourg in 1974, the Frenchman studied at the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg and the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. He completed his studies in 1997, obtaining a dual German/ French degree in industrial engineering and a Master’s qualification in industrial systems engineering. In 1998 he embarked on his career as After-Sales Product Manager at what was then the DaimlerChrysler German sales organisation in Berlin. Three years later he transferred to DaimlerChrysler Overseas in Stuttgart as Manager of After-Sales Marketing and Communications. From 2004 to 2008 the keen motorcyclist became responsible for dealer network strategy and development at DaimlerChrysler Schweiz AG in Zurich, initially as a Project Manager and subsequently as a Member of the Board. After this he returned to Stuttgart and was appointed a Member of the Board for Global Business Management of Daimler AG, with responsibility for regional strategy in China, India and Russia. At the end of 2010 he joined the sales division at smart as Head of Department and in 2013 took over as Head of Sales for smart Germany. Since November 2014, the father of three children has been Head of Brand and Product Management at smart as well as a member of the smart management team.

Sabine Angermann is Director Mercedes-Benz Cars Procurement and Supplier Quality for Body-in-White, Raw Material, Strategy, Risk Management and Capacity Management at Mercedes-Benz AG since September 2017. In this role, she is also responsible for the sustainability management of the supply chain regarding critical raw materials.

Daniela Rathe is Director Politics, External Relations and Sustainability at Porsche. For Porsche, shaping the future of the sports car means bringing tradition and our company values together with innovative technologies and new products on a sustainable basis. Taking a responsible approach to people, the environment, and society, throughout the value chain — from suppliers right through to the recycling of products — is important to Porsche. Our objective is to take steps to enhance economic and societal value creation throughout our products’ lifecycle. At the same time, it’s also important that we reduce the environmental impact of our business processes and products on an ongoing basis.

Marianne Reeb is a Futurist, working for Daimler for over 20 years now. Her PhD on Future Lifestyles gave her entrance to the Research Group Society and Technology in the late 90ies. Today she and her diverse team are focusing on the future of urban mobility and smart regions, but always with a perspective on citizens and humans living there. With the same understanding they are thinking about Artificial Intelligence, Robots and future interaction of humans with intelligent machines. Marianne is convinced that people will welcome autonomous machines but still want to stay in control. Her main goal is to inspire people inside and outside of Daimler to build desirable futures. Besides her job at Daimler she spends her time as a Professor for Future Studies at the University of applied Sciences at Potsdam, department Architecture and urban Design. She lives and works at Stuttgart and Berlin.

Markus Sontheimer was born in Friedrichshafen in 1968. After graduating from Esslingen University of Applied Sciences with a degree in industrial engineering (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (FH)), he held various IT management positions in Germany and abroad at Daimler AG (1994 to 2010); as CIO Daimler Financial Services and Sales, Marketing and Aftersales Mercedes Benz. He then spent five years as CIO Group Finance at Deutsche Bank, where he restructured the global IT of Group Finance and implemented the important regulatory project portfolio.

Markus Sontheimer was appointed Chief Information Officer of Schenker AG, Essen, on December 1, 2015. On 22 June 2016, he was also appointed Chief Digital Officer (CDO) by the Supervisory Board and is responsible for IT and digitalisation.

Philipp Gneiting, Head of Open Innovation at Daimler AG, is responsible for the initiation and management of STARTUP AUTOBAHN, a startup innovation platform located in Stuttgart, Singapore, Beijing, Seoul and Bangalore. He also established various innovation cooperations, platforms and challenges with external corporations and universities. Philipp Gneiting started his career at Daimler AG in 2007 at Corporate Research. Before initiating STARTUP AUTOBAHN, he was head of the team for Advanced Exterior Concepts and manager for Research & Technology Policy. Philipp Gneiting studied in Mannheim and completed his PhD in the field of Supply Chain Design in Zurich (Switzerland) and Boston (USA).

Sascha Karimpour is part of Europes biggest innovation platform. Since 2016 he works as Managing Director for Plug & Play Germany GmbH and brought the Silicon Valley Spirit to Germany. He is based in Stuttgart, where he manages the open innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN, a platform that unites global young tech companies with the unique tech expertise of Silicon Valley and the best of German engineering. A total of 150 startups graduated from the innovation platform, with more than 220 pilot projects in the field of mobility, IoT and enterprise 2.0. Besides Plug & Play Germany opened platforms in Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt covering the topics RetailTech, Healthcare, Insurtech, Fintech, Energy and Supply Chain. Before he came to Germany, Sascha had been VP of Corporate Relations for the DACH region for Plug and Play Tech Center located in Silicon Valley. Previously he worked for various startups and established the North American division of a traditional German trading company in Chicago. With his entrepreneurial Spirit, he took it to his passion, to push innovation through collaboration!

Marc Thom is 43 years old and he is looking after Sony’s strategic partnerships and alliances in the area of the Internet of Things (IoT) and for the venture capital area of the Sony Innovation Fund, where investments in start-ups are granted. Marc firmly believes that new partnerships are needed in the field of IoT to enable automation and new business models for the industry. Disruption of the established business models of the industry is rather a disruption of the existing business models, made possible by new technologies of the telecommunications, which in the future will become even more important and will grow closer together. After he studied Medicine and Psychology he joined Sony in 2010 and hold several positions in the global organization of the tech giant before he joined the Venture Capital team. He is a well known speaker and driver for innovation and digital transformation in several areas of the industry.

At BP, she is helping to create consumer-focused businesses that enable sustainable movement of people, goods, & services using EVs, CAVs, and related transport-linked tech platforms. The tech is cool – really cool - but she cares more about what the tech can enable to help democratise advanced mobility services and delight cities & citizens. Through focusing on understanding deeply met/unmet needs and then translating them into (branded) mobility products and services, she believes it will nudge more folks to adopt EVs and cleaner transport modes. She sits on the AMU Leadership Team. Before BP, she worked for 25+ years as a global marketer & innovator in the consumer goods & services industry across the globe (Coca-Cola, Mars, Kraft/Mondelez, Unilever). She also ran her own award-winning startup and even found time to qualify as a lawyer (both beneficial mid-life crises). She holds a Warwick MBA as well as degrees in science (McGill) and law (London).

Christian Lindener is the Managing Director at Airbus BizLab since November 2019. During his career in the start-up and venture-capital-scene, Christian Lindener got to know thousands of start-ups; he initiated, implemented and advised over 20 incubator and accelerator programs. As Director at TechFounders, the high-tech hardware accelerator in Munich, he was responsible for the assistance and development of more than 50 high-tech-start-ups. In June 2017 he helped to bring the InsurTech Hub Munich on the way. He is one of the regional leaders of Bavaria in the Federation of German start-ups. As the Managing Director for Wayra, he accounted the strategic orientation, the selection and assistance of the start-ups and young technology corporations such as the increased integration of Wayra within the international start-up ecosystem.

Before his current role as Strategy and Innovation manager at Porsche AG, Philip Ruckert acted as Director of Operations & Projects at CHRONEXT Service Germany GmbH. With a diploma in Technology Management from the University of Stuttgart and seven years of consulting experience at Porsche Consulting he drives the open innovation processes at Porsche AG forward and hereby also coordinates the collaboration on the STARTUP AUTOBAHN platform.

Alina is part of the Ventures Team at Startup Autobahn. In that role, she is responsible for scouting exciting technologies based on the tech interests of the innovation platform’s 28 corporate partners. Prior to joining the team, she experienced both, the startup environment at a routing startup in San Francisco and the corporate perspective at Amazon in Luxembourg. Alina has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Business from Erasmus University Rotterdam with a focus on sustainable innovation.

As Head of Innovation and Ventures Office, Frank is overseeing the largest Space Entrepreneurship network in the world. His team has initiated over 320 industry transfers, supported over 750 start-ups and invested over 45 Million Euro in seed money since started. He supports the exploitation of the ESA patent portfolio and promotes the ESA BA (Business Applications) offer of ESA. To date over 500 business cases have been supported.

Prior to this post he was the Head of Technology Transfer and Business Incubation and Head of the Commercial Development in the European Astronaut Department of the Directorate of Human Spaceflight Microgravity and Exploration at the European Space Agency.

Before joining ESA, Frank held the position of Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO and CFO) for an IT start-up, headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company was merged with CANCOM SA.

Frank also spent seven years at Apple Computer as an account and sales manager, responsible for Central Europe. He was positioned in Germany, the US and the Czech Republic.

Sebastian is all about micromobility. As an engineer, he started to design high-performance road bikes and then continually moved towards the bigger picture of Mobility-as-a-Service. In parallel he is also a professional photographer with a strong focus on cycling. In order to connect the dots, he is taking from all of these inspirations and is thus constantly on the lookout for new approaches to solutions and unusual ways of looking at things to break up established concepts. Consequently, he is driven by the conviction of creating a future of urban mobility without private cars. In order to get there he is hosting his own Podcast called Freifahrt and he is working as a freelance innovation consultant. His experience comes from many years of Product Development, Product Management and he recently lead innovation projects for Hamburger Hochbahn where he connected public transport with micromobility. His next project is about corporate mobility solutions and a new approach how to work together in this ever more complex field of so-called future mobility.

Bernd Gill is Head of Digital Service Innovation at DXC Technology for North & Central Europe The Service Innovation team supports customers in their digital transformation in developing, prototyping, testing and implementing new customer experiences and digital business models as well as establishing automated business processes based on IoT and Industry 4.0 solutions. The collaboration with partners and startups and the integration of technologies delivered by startups enables a lean and efficient implementation of prototypes and shortens project cycles. Transforming the IT towards automated hybrid cloud approaches, enabling agile DevOps processes and supporting the organizational development with Management of Change processes delivers the basement for a digital transformation.

Wolfgang is a co-founder of 1E9 Denkfabrik and serves as Editor-in-Chief. He graduated with a master’s degree in economics, political science and modern history from Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen in 2010. The same year, he started working at Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Munich based Bavarian branch of ARD, Germany’s largest public TV, radio and online broadcaster. Before moving from Munich to Berlin and becoming a political correspondent at ARD Hauptstadtstudio, he focused on investigative reporting. In 2018, Kerler joined Condé Nast in Munich to become the editorial lead of WIRED Germany. He set up a new team and a new content strategy focussing on technology there. As co-founder and editor-in-chief of 1E9, he is now part of a team that wants to go new ways to create tech journalism and events together with a community. Additionally, he is a lecturer for Digital Journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg. Kerler received several awards, including Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis, Journalistenpreis der Robert Bosch Stiftung, Dr. Georg-Schreiber-Medienpreis and others. Along with his colleagues, he was nominated for Deutscher Reporterpreis and Deutscher Radiopreis. Medium Magazin listed him as one of the Top 30 under 30 journalists in 2014.

Gero Adrian has a long history in the manufacturing and aviation industry. Based on this exceptional experience he is now heading a team of industry experts to focus on the development of new business models and products for DXC’s Industrie4.0 segment. Gero Adrian has an engineering degree and a MBA in International Management.

Definitely not a car guy by nature, Sebastian studied political science and history before he worked in the field of international security for some years. His professional focus since then lies on improvements in human decision-making and strategic foresight under the constraints of a VUCA world. With this background, he joined Daimler in 2011 and worked as a risk analyst for Corporate Security and Corporate Insurance Services before he became a futurist in Research & Development. He now leads the Daimler TrendRadar project and is the company’s main proponent of “hybrid foresight”, a human-machine integrated way of strategic decision-making.

Lukas Pierre Bessis, is an award winning creative. a digital evangelist at the P3 Group, an admired speaker and the author of kill your agency. Lukas has spent his career in marketing and communications and has been for over a dozen multi billion dollar companies an inspiring consultant for innovation. He loves digital, is addicted to change and a true futurist. His presentations are admired as much as his workshops and ability to achieve great results for his clients with his teams for.

He has a wide range of in depth knowledge in the automotive, electronics and retail industries. His mission is to inspire people to establish an open and welcoming spirit towards the digital things to come. The P3 Group is a global tech consultancy with more than 1.100 employees and supports automotive, aviation, telecommunications and smart home companies.

After finishing his integrated degree program in mechatronics, Valentin Buss worked in different Daimler departments such as exterior lighting development and soundsystem predevelopment. In the PIONEERING NeXt department, he is responsible for identifying upcoming technologies in the fields of user interaction and advanced materials. Whenever he doesn’t dive into nerdy tech stuff, he likes to enable others to enhance their potential. Or if it’s going well, to do both at the same time.

Johannes Danz is a project coordinator for sustainability at Mercedes-Benz AG where he focuses on raw materials and their implications on human rights. Johannes has an academic background in development economics and worked as a project manager for the German Development Cooperation prior to joining Mercedes-Benz.

Being a huge fan of sustainable traffic concepts and advocate for Mobility-as-a-Service solutions, Ralf Frisch was working for the company PTVGROUP in Karlsruhe for more than 18 years. After studying civil engineering at TU Munich, he started his career planning the local public transport and was later project manager for the area of intelligent transportation systems. Frisch gained even more experience while working as a Key Account Manager for Init SE, the world market leader for integrated ITS and ticketing solutions and after his return to PTVGROUP as Sales Director DACH for all traffic software products. Furthermore, he was operating as Solution Director in the area of public transport as well as for MaaS – Mobility-as-a-Service. In May 2019 he joined Volocopter GmbH, the German air taxi pioneer. Being part of the Business Development Team, he oversees the cooperation with European cities and strategic partnerships such as the collaboration with Fraport or the ADAC Luftrettung (Air Rescue Service).

Udo Gayer started his studies at University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, where he focused on automotive engineering and bodywork development. In 1990 he has spent one semester at Hatfield Polytechnic in England in the faculty of vehicle design, with an ERASMUS scholarship. In his master thesis studies at Mercedes-Benz do Brasil he researched the use of natural fibers in the automotive Industry and finished his studies as a Diplom-Ingenieur in 1993. After the thesis he started at Mercedes-Benz AG in 1993 in Stuttgart. His first job was in the department of Material and process development. This was followed by a time as a part responsible engineer for exterior plastic parts in research and development in Sindelfingen. In 2000 he changed again to polymer technology as a team leader in the field of Interior plastics. In 2019 he started to build up the new team NewBusiness in the field of polymers.

Panu is the Founder and CEO at FIBRES Online, building the perfect platform for modern foresight and futures work at top corporations and consultancies alike. During the past 25 years, he has been around: Panu is a former corporate executive, consultant, and interim manager. Even today he is also a management coach at Aalto Executive Education (one the world’s top 50 executive education providers), a member of the Strategic Management Society of Finland, and a VIP member of Boardman Grow network of growth business professionals.

Joachim is Head of Autonomous Driving and Integrated Mobility at T-Systems International. He joined the company in 2016 and since then takes care of ongoing customer projects and innovation in the respective areas. Before, he held various roles as Director Automotive Industry at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise with a focus on intelligent Mobility and the Transformation of Sales & Aftersales. Joachim started his career at Fraunhofer Society and spent most of his >25 years of professional experience on driving innovations for connected vehicles and customers. Joachim holds a degree in mechanical engineering and is based in Stuttgart, Germany

Timo is a Ventures Associate at Plug and Play Techcenter working in startup and technology scouting. Before finding relevant technologies for Startup Autobahn’s corporate partner network and potential investment opportunities for Plug and Play, he studied Business Law and International Management in Pforzheim and Reutlingen. During his studies, he gained professional experience in the automotive industry and spent time in Mexico, South Korea and the UK.

Marcel Maier is Project Coordinator und Business Process Designer at Mercedes-Benz Procurement and Supplier Quality. In this role, he is also responsible for identifying innovative approaches along procurement processes. Marcel has a Master’s degree in Industrial Management from the Aalen University in Germany with a focus on innovation Management.

Birgit Plöckl works as a project coordinator for sustainability in supply chains at Mercedes Benz AG. With a background in law and economics she is passionate about mainstreaming sustainability in the automotive supply chain. In her daily work she focuses on climate protection and resource preservation.

Daniel Ramamoorthy (known more popularly as DanRam) is an igniter. A 3x entrepreneur, prolific speaker, and startup coach, his clients range from individual founders to national governments. The son of an Indian diplomat, he grew up in 10 countries on 4 continents, graduated from Yale University in Economics and from Trinity College with an MBA. DanRam has hosted over 200 technology events in the past 3 years on 4 continents. He is a TEDx Speaker and has MCed some of the world’s most notable tech conferences including SXSW, Web Summit, Slush, TheNextWeb, World Business Dialogue, DLD, Impact, Bits & Pretzels and will be the host of Startup Autobahn for the 3rd time!

Robert Thielicke studied Biology and Anthropology at the University of Heidelberg. He has 15+ years experience as technology and science editor, currently being the Editor in Chief of MIT Technology Review (german edition). The print and online magazine ist the leading source of innovation-related information, covering the most important trends from Biotech to Artificial Intelligence. In addition, Thielicke curates the yearly competition „Innovators under 35“ for young Scientists and Founders, and hosted the event series „Innovators Summit“.

BeeBryte offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to reduce consumption, energy bills and carbon footprint of commercial & industrial buildings. BeeBryte's technology is saving up to 40% on energy costs of HVAC-R equipment and increasing consumption of solar energy. They achieve this by forecasting & managing energy demand in real-time based on weather forecast, usage and energy prices. BeeBryte is mainly active in the automative, food & beverage, plastic, pharmaceutical and research (clean rooms) industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as cold & heating utilities of manufacturing, logistics, maintenance and general support. BeeBryte is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the automotive, logistics and food & beverage sector. Check out their Website

Biomyc offers a hardware solution that enables its customers to gain a competitive edge through sustainable innovation. Biomyc develops tailor made, truly sustainable products. They achieve this by combining eco design, cutting edge technologies and rapidly renewable resources. Biomyc is mainly active in the automotive, furniture, packaging industries. Their service can be applied in any business area. Biomyc is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the automotive, furniture and packaging sector. Check out their Website

Blickfeld is offering a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to perceive their environment with 3D data, generated by the Blickfeld LiDAR sensors. Blickfeld's technology is enabling safe autonomous applications. They achieve this by precisely capturing the environment in 3D data and giving relevant information about distances. Blickfeld is mainly active in the automotive, smart city and security industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as for example autonomous driving, logistics and surveillance. Blickfeld is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the automotive, security or smart city sector. Check out their Website

CircularTree offers a software solution that enables its customers to ensure social & environmental compliance in the supply chain. CircularTree's technology is protecting the company brand. They achieve this by ensuring sustainable supply chains. CircularTree is mainly active in the automotive and electronics industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as supply chain, sustainability and compliance. CircularTree is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the automotive and electronics sector. Check out their Website

Circulor offers a software solution that enables its customers to track raw materials through supply chains to demonstrate responsible sourcing and sustainabiliy. Circulor's technology is helping manage supply chain risk and reduce carbon footprint of the supply chain. They achieve this by creating greater transparency. Circulor is mainly active in the automotive, aerospace and plastic waste industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as procurement and supply chain. Circulor is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with large companies in the responsible sourcing and sustainability sector. Check out their Website

ClimaCell offers a software solution that enables its customers to get the most accurate weather information, generate invaluable business insights and drive actions. ClimaCell's technology is providing hyper-local weather & air quality information and turning it into actionable insights. They achieve this by fusing "Weather of Things" data sources with proprietary AI-driven models. ClimaCell is mainly active in the automotive, on-demand, aviation, energy, smart cities, drones, construction and outdoor & sports industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as safety, thermal comfort, operations, data science, logistics and customer experience. ClimaCell is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the automotive, aviation, transportation, sensor technologies, air quality , logistics and on-demand sector. Check out their Website

Gapless offers a software solution that enables its customers to manage and maintain their cars and request services. Gapless's technology is making it easy to create digital twins of vehicles. They achieve this by collecting and storing all relevant information in a highly secure digital format. Gapless is mainly active in the automotive industry and other mobility segments. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as data and asset related services. Gapless is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with large companies in the automotive sector. Check out their Website

"GHOST - feel it" offers a software solution that enables its customers to use the sense of touch intuitively in a human-machine-interaction. "GHOST - feel it"'s technology is speeding up the haptic UI development. They achieve this by providing a database of validated haptic patterns and their effects on the users. "GHOST - feel it" is mainly active in the automotive and training industries and in industry 4.0 environments. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as product development and user experience. "GHOST - feel it" is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the automotive, industry 4.0 or training sector. Check out their Website

InMotion Labs offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to automate their business processes and make it cost effective thanks to proprietary “moving sensor” technology. InMotion Labs' technology is solving customers automation challenges in different business verticals (mostly automotive). They achieve this by providing affordable “moving sensor” technology. InMotion Labs is mainly active in the automotive, proptech and logistics industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as sales, operations, manufacturing and logistics. InMotion Labs is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with mid-sized to large companies in the field of automotive. Check out their Website

Instana offers a software solution that enables its customers to automatically visualize and analyze the performance of full application stacks. Instana's technology is improving the reliability and performance of applications. They achieve this by automatically discovering mapping and visualizing microservice applications. Instana's solution can be applied in any industry and any business area. Instana is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the modern application stacks sector. Check out their Website

Kinemic offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to apply gesture control and handsfree interaction using wearables. Kinemic's technology is improving the interaction with digital devices. They achieve this by making interactions simpler, faster and more ergonomic. Kinemic is mainly active in the automotive, pharma and engineering industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as manufacturing, logistics and maintenance. Kinemic is currently focussing on rasing seed funding from investors in the human computer interaction and wearable technologies sector. Check out their Website

Market Dojo offers a software solution that enables its customers to collect information, proposals, quotations and to negotiate with suppliers more easily and effectively. Market Dojo's technology is improving efficiency and cost savings on average by 26% when sourcing goods and services. They achieve this by providing an intuitive online sourcing and negotiation process. Market Dojo's solution can be applied in any industry and any business area. Market Dojo is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the sourcing, procurement, supplier management, quality assurance, supplier onboarding and tendering sector. Check out their Website

Natural Fiber Welding offers a hardware solution that enables its customers to utilize natural materials in unprecedented ways without compromising performance, sustainability or scalability. Natural Fiber Welding's technology is enabling circularity. They achieve this by upcycling waste and natural ingredients into beautiful, durable and reusable materials. Natural Fiber Welding is mainly active in the automotive, accessories, footwear and many more industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as materials sourcing, logistics, manufacturing and others. Natural Fiber Welding is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the automotive, apparel, footwear, accessories and home goods sector. Check out their Website

New Motion Labs offers a hardware solution that enables its customers to to create lighter, more efficient and sustainable products. New Motion Labs's technology is lowering downtime and increasing efficiency on manufacturing lines. They achieve this by offering a new mechanical drive technology that is more durable, efficient and sustainable. New Motion Labs is mainly active in the automotive manufacturing industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as production lines that are concerned with downtime, efficiency and cost. New Motion Labs is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with small, mid-sized or large companies in the field of automotive manufacturing. Check out their Website

oculavis offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to provide expert knowledge in the moment of need - everytime and everywhere without travelling. oculavis's technology is increasing the OEE of machinery & eqipment in the field & enabling new digital business models. They achieve this by providing AR experiences & enabling remote expert support for industrial needs. oculavis is mainly active in the manufacturing, service, process engineering industry and machine builders industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as maintenance, after sales service, customer support and quality control. oculavis is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the machine building or machine operation sector. Check out their Website

Opus 12 offers a hardware solution that enables its customers to recycle carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, materials and fuels. Opus 12's technology is transforming CO2 from waste to value while creating new revenue streams. They achieve this by using electricity and novel catalysts to turn CO2 and water into valuable chemical products. Opus 12 is mainly active in the heavy industry, consumer goods, automotive, aviation, materials, chemicals and clean energy industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as manufacturing, sustainability, chemicals, materials, innovation and operations. Opus 12 is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with small, mid-sized or large companies in any field. Check out their Website

Ottopia offers a software solution that enables its customers to control vehicles remotely, in a safe and cyber-secure manner. Ottopia's technology enables vehicle autonomy, maximizing efficiency and safety, as well as reducing costs. They achieve this by providing a platform that allows a human to support autonomous operation of vehicles remotely. Ottopia is mainly active in the automotive, logistics, ports, mining, agriculture and construction industries. Their focus is on uses cases in business areas such as the autonomous operations of vehicles. Ottopia is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with mid-sized to large companies in the field of automotive, logistics, ports, mining, agriculture and construction. Check out their Website

robominds offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to deliver process intelligence to their robots enabled by vision and AI. robominds's technology is reducing complexity and integration effort in robot automation. They achieve this by enabling the robot to interact with its environment through pre-trained AI skills. robominds's product can be applied in any industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as automotive, manufacturing, logistics, electronics, medical and retail. robominds is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the (intra-)logistics and automotive sector. Check out their Website

scoutbee offers a software solution that enables its customers to see deep supplier insights while digitizing scout-to-source to drive innovation and reduce process and product costs. scoutbee's technology is enabling procurement managers to generate supplier insights. They achieve this by using AI and Big Data to scout up to 180 times more suppliers. scoutbee's solution can be applied in any industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as procurement, purchasing, supply chain management, R&D and risk management. scoutbee is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, heavy machinery and in general the manufacturing sector. Check out their Website

SiaSearch offers a software solution that enables its customers to understand their raw sensor data for AV and ADAS and to granularly query it. SiaSearch's technology is replacing the manual labor associated with manual data triage, reducing data storage costs and more.. They achieve this by automatically identifying every driving scenario in a very granular and efficient manner. SiaSearch is mainly active in the automotive and autonomous applications industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as data management. SiaSearch is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with mid-sized to large companies in the field of autonomous vehicles and ADAS. Check out their Website

SPARETECH offers a software solution that enables its customers to digitize spare part inventories, optimize stock in production networks and reduce purchasing costs. SPARETECH's technology is automatically processing spare part data and creating a digital maintenance workflow. They achieve this by using cutting-edge technologies, languages and tools from the field of semantical data management. SPARETECH's service can be applied in any industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as manufacturing, engineering, logistics and data analytics. SPARETECH is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with mid-sized to large companies in the automotive, food, pharma, consumer goods and metals/steel sector. Check out their Website

UBQ Materials offers a hardware solution that enables its customers to convert household waste to a new bio-based sustainable thermoplastic material. UBQ Materials's technology is providing the missing link transitioning from a linear consumption to a truly circular economy. They achieve this by converting residual municipal solid waste, destined for landfills, into the novel bio-based material. UBQ Materials is mainly active in the automotive, agriculture, logistics, construction, consumer and retail industries. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as manufacturing and logistics. UBQ Materials is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with large companies in the construction, logistics, automotive, retail and manufacturing sector. Check out their Website

Varia offers a software solution that enables its customers to efficiently analyse text documents and find different perspectives. Varia's technology is creating efficiency gains and providing intelligent links when analysing text documents. They achieve this by applying its signature NLP framework. Varia's software as a service can be applied in any industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as trend research or media monitoring. Varia is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with small, mid-sized or large companies in the field of industry information provision. Check out their Website

Way Ahead Technologies offers a software solution that enables its customers to make driving safer, more efficient, less exhausting and ultimately more fun. Way Ahead Technologies's technology is enhancing the driving experience for its customers. They achieve this by offering unique tracking, mapping and visualization possibilities live and in 3D. Way Ahead Technologies is mainly active in the automotive industry. Their focus is on use cases in business areas such as product development, racing, ADAS, data analytics, marketing and more. Way Ahead Technologies is currently focussing on realizing pilot projects with small, mid-sized or large companies in the field of automotive. Check out their Website

WEM offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to save up to 90% on software development time and support with the most advanced No-Code development platform on the market. WEM's technology is saving up to 90% on software development time, effort and support. They achieve this by offering a zero barrier to entry to create enterprise grade, mission critical and complex applications. WEM's No-Code & cloud agnostic platform can be applied in any industry and any business area. WEM is currently focussing on building new customer relationships with small, mid-sized or large companies in the automotive, information technology, aerospace, transportation, healthcare, public and financial sector. Check out their Website

wheel.me offers a hardware and software solution that enables its customers to improve the way they live and work by enabling everything indoor to move effortlessly on smart wheels. wheel.me's technology is transforming any object into a robotic device. They achieve this by offering asset tracking combined with autonomous delivery at a low cost. wheel.me's product can be applied in any industry and any business area. wheel.me is currently focussing on rasing Series A funding from investors in the industrial IoT, robotics, automotive, logistics, supply chain and warehouse sector. Check out their Website