Our Female Founders accelerator programme will now enter its third round in November 2022. The second batch of "Female Founders" concluded with a pitch event on 5 September. The participants presented the business concepts they had developed during the programme at the University of Greifswald.
The ideas ranged from a reusable and technically innovative coffee-to-go cup to digital self-determination and a book project for children.
Gwendolyn Camilla Güsmar has been thinking about how billions (it's actually BILLIONS!) of coffee-to-go cups no longer have to end up in the bin. Her solution: the "Thermogrind" reusable cup, which uses a simple technical device to provide freshly flavoured coffee on the go. The idea was developed at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Katja Thielke from Stralsund and illustrator Maren Reents, also from Stralsund, presented their joint project of a children's book in which the Pomeranian sheep "Stormy" experiences exciting adventures in the most beautiful places in our federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and takes its young readers along for the ride. In the process, the children learn interesting facts about the country, its people and history.
Luise Görlach from the Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences is also pursuing a book project. The topic is highly topical: it is about the digital self-determination of users on the World Wide Web.
All pitch participants had previously taken part in the Female Founders Programme of our start-up agency Stapellauf NORD°OST°. As in the first round, the outcome of the programme was extremely positive. The young women were inspired by the exchange with experienced mentors from business and science and took away valuable business knowledge and numerous network contacts from the programme. The next round of Female Fouders NORD°OST° will start in November 2022. Information on the programme and registration can be found here: https://www.stapellauf-nordost.de/leistungen-service/female-founders-nordost/
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