In the past three months, inContAlert has won several awards and been featured in various media, making the first quarter of 2024 a successful one.
Starting with the pitches of two development projects as part of the DATIpilot funding program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in mid-January at the Volksbad Jena. Out of 300 applications, 600 projects were invited to pitch, and thereof, 150 have been selected. In the final pitches, the other participants could decide which projects convinced them the most and vote for them. Both projects were able to convince, resulting in a considerable amount of funding for the implementation of the projects.
inContAlert also won two prizes at the first German edition of the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards (OYEA) at the end of February. The start-up was selected in the Social Impact category by the top-class jury consisting of Philippe Oddo, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Constanze Hufenbecher, Daniel Krauss, Christian Miele, Melissa Ott, and Prof. Dr. Helmut Schönenberger. In addition, inContAlert was awarded the People’s Choice Award by the 300 invited guests from politics and industry. As a result of the double victory, inContAlert received a total of €20,000 in prize money and coaching from the network of ODDO BHF, BayStartUP, Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland e.V., Futury, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM, and Werte-Stiftung.
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In addition to these outstanding wins, inContAlert has also been featured in various magazines and media.
At the end of March, the renowned VentureCapital magazine published an article on the challenges facing early-stage life science start-ups in Germany. Jannik Lockl, multiple award-winning founder and CEO of a VC-funded start-up, discusses his experiences in financing, development, and approval of medical products as well as the search for suitable investors. The article can be found on page 47 of issue 02/2024 or online at https://emagazin.vc-magazin.de/de/profiles/98d522283e29/editions/15213687beacf9d884bd/pages/page/24. It’s worth reading!
Furthermore, Handelsblatt online has published an article about inContAlert in the Digital Health section on Wearables: Smart aids to prevent incontinence, which is available to all Handelsblatt online subscribers at https://www.handelsblatt.com/inside/digital-health/wearables-mit-smarten-helfern-gegen-inkontinenz/29751690.html.
The inContAlert CEO Dr. Jannik Lockl also spoke on the local radio program Radio Mainwelle about the advantages for start-ups in the city of Bayreuth. You can listen to the interview at the following link: https://www.mainwelle.de/mediathek/audio/komm-nach-oberfranken-mit-jannik-lockl-von-incontalert/
Last but not least, Jannik Lockl shared his experiences and insights on healthtech start-ups in a short interview in the recently published startupdetector report 2023/2024. The report covers the latest startups and funding rounds from the startup ecosystem. For example, 658 start-ups were founded in the first quarter of 2024, around 17% more than in the previous quarter. For those interested in start-ups, the full report is available online with the interview with Jannik Lockl on page 9: https://www.startupdetector.de/startupdetector-report-2023-24/.
