CAMPUSiDEEN Ideas Competition: Projects Honored

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As in previous years, the CAMPUSiDEEN competition has awarded prizes to the best ideas from Bremen's higher education landscape. A jury awarded prizes to three winners in the categories “Business Ideas” and “Business Concepts.”

The winning startup concepts in the CAMPUSiDEEN competition were innovative and economically sound. They were recognized as the best from over 40 submissions. Prizes with a total value of 20,000 euros were awarded at an awards ceremony at the Digital Hub Industry on Wednesday evening, August 28, 2024. Prizes were awarded to the first three places in the two categories “Business Ideas” and “Business Concepts.” After more than 20 years, the ideas competition can look back on more than 800 submitted start-up ideas. This makes CAMPUSiDEEN one of the most successful ideas competitions at German universities.

The Award-Winning Projects:

First place in the Business Ideas category went to Aurel Groh, Nora Heim, Carl Schütte, Janina Ehe, and Moritz Daume (University of Bremen). The team developed a digital health application called "Solid Sleep" for the German market, which specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. This app is designed to significantly improve users' sleep quality and offers functions such as a sleep log, learning content, sleep restriction therapy, reminders, and relaxation techniques.

Second place went to Niklas Bavendamm and Jan-Hendrik Koch (University of Bremen) with their idea of an "autonomous, track-mounted screwdriving machine". Their developed system for track-operated screwing machines automates the fastening of rails to sleepers, relieves track construction workers of monotonous tasks, and speeds up the process through optimization and automation.

Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard and Pawel Grudzinski (University of Bremen) won third place for their idea entitled "QuantumPrime." In our increasingly digital and networked world, secure data transmission plays a major and important role. QuantumPrime addresses this issue by developing a satellite-based quantum communication system based on quantum entanglement, providing robust security against cyber threats that conventional encryption methods cannot.

The first prize in the Business Concepts category went to Sarah Fraikue, Mionah Abbassi Larsen, and Daniel Parry (Bremen University of Applied Sciences) for "FlexBenAI." FlexBenAI is an AI-based SaaS solution that enables SMEs to offer personalized working models to increase productivity, reduce employee turnover by 25%, and optimize HR processes.

Second place went to Patrick Runge, Björn Gieß, and Marvin Pöperny (University of Bremen and Bremen University of Applied Sciences) for "Tapdesk." Tapdesk makes it possible to use bars, cafés, and restaurants as co-working spaces outside their regular opening hours, offers remote workers the opportunity to book tables in these locations, and provides restaurateurs with a platform to list their spaces. The Tapdesk kit with smart locks, smart cameras, and coffee trolley includes everything you need for self-sufficient co-working.

Third prize went to Justinian Gomez Moreno (Bremen University of Applied Sciences). “Andenkraft" is a sustainable solution for fair trade in plant-based superfoods from South America, in particular yacón root, which is used as a healthy sweetener and to promote intestinal health. A variety of products are on offer, including yacón nut nougat spread, cocoa nibs with yacón, and yacón fruit potato chips. These products are organic, gluten-free, and without added sugar and are sourced in close cooperation with small Peruvian farmers at fair prices, creating social, ecological, and economic impact at the same time.

CAMPUSiDEEN 2024

The CAMPUSiDEEN ideas competition awarded prizes for the 21st time to the best startup ideas from Bremen's university landscape. CAMPUSiDEEN is organized and carried out by the university network BRIDGE. The network includes the University of Bremen, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, Bremen University of the Arts, Constructor University Bremen, and Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH.

CAMPUSiDEEN 2024 is supported by the following partners: AOK Bremen/Bremerhaven, Bremer Aufbau-Bank, encoway, ESA BIC, Bremen Chamber of Commerce, Kanzlei Nachtwey IP, Die Sparkasse Bremen, Stiftung Bremer Wertpapierbörse, and team neusta.

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