🚀 12 Months for 2 Days – Future Insight e.V. & #Curious2024
One Year, Two Days, Endless Possibilities.
Reflecting on the past year, I've learned a crucial lesson: rejections can be the start of something even bigger. Last year, I applied for the #InnovationCup and didn’t make the cut. However, this led me to connect with Ulrich Betz and become a volunteer at Future Insight e.V.
From our first meeting to managing initial projects, and then co-leading the Curious2024 Startup Fair with the amazing Reem Amr Assal, PhD, it’s been a whirlwind journey. Together with our highly motivated team, we had a vision:
🌟 Unite, Ignite, Innovate
Our mission is to propel startups by providing unparalleled access to industry experts, mentors, and investors. Participants unite with key stakeholders, ignite new collaborations, and innovate by presenting their groundbreaking ideas. This mission reflects our commitment to nurturing the visionaries shaping tomorrow, fostering innovations that resonate globally.
🌍 The Event
We invited outstanding startups to submit their abstracts for jury-based interviews. After thorough evaluation, 18 exceptional #startups, alongside our incredible #partners BioRN Life Science Cluster Rhine-Neckar, Research2Guidance , and 5-HT Chemistry & Health joined us for the first Curious Startup Fair.
🎉 Highlights
- Networking: People mingled and networked, new collaborations were launched.
- Partnerships: Cross-industry-academia-startup partnerships began.
- Recognition: Announced the participant’s favourite startup: ActiTrexx GmbH. Congratulations on your outstanding work and engagement!
💡 Takeaway
Failures can indeed be the starting point of something far more valuable.
A year of preparation for an integral part of #Curious2024. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
🙌 Special Thanks
Big shoutout to the Startup Fair and Core Team members who were integral to the success of the Startup Fair: Dr. Julia Schueler, Jan Uphoff, Dr. Markus Rueckels, Yulia Kargapolova, Dragana Savic, Heike Schlenger, Sonja Hatz, Alexandra Hammes, Timo Ludwig, Charles Seipp, Maike Kober-Hasslacher.
Our gratitude goes out to Ulrich for giving us the chance and trusting us. Together with Future Insight e.V., you offer one of the few unique platforms for motivated people – independent of their age and work experience – to truly contribute to a better world. #MakeScienceNotWar
🚀 Startups
Special thanks to the startups that joined us: ActiTrexx GmbH, AdRegeneer, Algen Biotechnologies, BeesWall, Bloom Standard, BRAINCURES, CardioSignal by Precordior, Deep LS, inContAlert, Inia Biosciences, LigniLabs GmbH, Metatissue, NIMBLE Diagnostics, OmicsChart, pheal, PlantShield GbR, re.solution, and Workerbase.
Here’s to more #innovation and #collaboration in the future!