Yesterday, Tuesday, 17.10.2023, the second Frankfurt Forward trade event "Frankfurt Startup Spotlight" took place at the Frankfurt event location Re:Mynd, an exclusive event for investors and interested parties who wanted to get an insight into the startup ecosystem of the region.
The event demonstrated the enormous potential of the FrankfurtRhineMain startup ecosystem, which is characterized by a wide variety of different business fields, all of which have the potential to shape entire industries with their innovations. The selected "stars" CLARK (presented by Dr. Marco Adelt) and Wingcopter (Ansgar Kadura) as well as the "rising stars" Magnotherm (Timur Sirman), Energy Robotics (Dorian Scholz), portagon (Johannes Laub) and Rail-Flow (Dominik Fürste) address key societal challenges such as securing and sustainably transforming infrastructure, the shortage of skilled workers and providing secure investment opportunities.
After the welcome of the participants by Ansgar Roese (Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt) and Christian W. Jakob (Frankfurt Forward) and the keynote speech by Dr. Marco Adelt (CLARK Germany GmbH), who impressively addressed the current risks for Germany's innovative and economic power and called for new ways in society, the pitches of the startups followed.
The startups inspired the audience with their business models, success stories and visions for the future. The pitches were accompanied by a keynote speech by Andreas Lukic (Business-Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V.), who spoke about the role of the financial center Frankfurt as a strategic location for founders and business angels.After the pitches, the participating national investors had the opportunity to meet the stars and rising stars in person at their booths and to exchange ideas in a relaxed environment.
We would like to thank the Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt, the event partner Business Angels Frankfurt RheinMain, all participants and founders who were part of our event for this outstanding event, which presented the startup location Frankfurt and the region in a fitting manner. We are happy about the positive feedback and the many new contacts made here and are convinced to have set new impulses for the cooperation between startups and investors!
In a few weeks, on November 15, 2023 we expect the upcoming stars, the Frankfurt Forward Startup of the Month at the Startup of the Year Gala at the Steigenberger Icon Frankfurter Hof, where they will pitch for the Startup Bembel and big prizes in front of the demanding audience!
Frankfurt Forward ist der Matchmaker für Startups, Unternehmen und Investoren in FrankfurtRheinMain.
Frankfurt Forward bringt unter dem Dach der Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt Startups und etablierte Unternehmen zusammen. Unter dem Motto „Matching am Main“ verbindet das Projekt bisher getrennte Welten und fördert die Weiterentwicklung von Innovation und Digitalisierung am Standort Frankfurt am Main.
Frankfurt Forward is the matchmaker for startups, companies and investors in Frankfurt amMain.
As a project of the Frankfurt Economic Development – GmbH, Frankfurt Forward brings together young startups and established companies. Under the slogan “Matching @ Main” ,the project connects two separated worlds and fosters innovation and digitalization in Frankfurt.