Our Start-ups
adiutaByte
Founders: Dr. Dustin Feld, Philipp Rinner, Vanessa Wolff und Eric Schicker
Connection with H-BRS: Eric Schicker is an graduate of H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2019
Business model: Adiutabyte is all about fleet planning. Adiutabyte is a software that uses optimization algorithms to find the best solution for complex planning processes. This is intended to relieve the workload of employees and to avoid unnecessary effort. Currently, the software is mainly used in the healthcare industry.
Alice and the Builders GmbH
Founders: Martin Hensel, Michael Sczepanski und Finn Herpich
Connection with H-BRS: Martin Hensel is an graduate of H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2015
Business model: Planning of software projects; Software projects from start to finish (planning, development & implementation, operation & maintenance).
Animal Tree
Founders: Achim Rehahn together with students of the university
Connection with H-BRS: Achim Rehahn is an graduate and temporary lecturer at H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: One-stop animal funeral: fire and tree burial for animals; Different urns options: biodegradable ones which will grow into a tree in memory of the beloved animal or ceramic ones.
Cheveo
Founders: Clemens Christen, Danyal Iqbal, Kevin Engels
Connection with H-BRS: Clemens Christen und Danyal Iqbal are graduate of H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2019
Business model: Customized software – made-to-measure through an individually adapted solution concept. “The company's focus is on developing industry-specific software solutions, mobile apps and cloud computing.” - cheveo.de
Coachinho
Founders: Dennis C. Eck und Max Knorreck
Connection with H-BRS: Dennis C. Eck is an graduate of H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2021
Business model: Learning platform for soccer. Streaming Service that allows members to watch online football lessons from professionals.
Other:
- Graduates of the DIGITALHUB.DE accelerator-program
- Start-up grant.NRW
DeepSkill
Founders: Miriam Mertens and Peter Goeke
Connection with H-BRS: Miriam Mertens is graduate of the H-BRS. Peter Goeke is LfbA and contact person for the topic of teaching in the Start-up-Manufaktur.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: DeepSkill offers digital human resource development for people-centred leadership. The programmes are tailor-made for leadership development, talent retention and digital transformation.
Website: https://deepskill.com/
3D Druck Bornemann
Founders: Jan Bornemann and Tim Bornemann
Connection with H-BRS: Tim Bornemann studied at the H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2019
Business model: 3D Druck Bornemann is an online manufacturing platform that gives its customers access to additive manufacturing processes - from prototypes to small series. 3D BO combines on-demand manufacturing and an in-house 3D printing center to offer matching quotes, cost-effective parts and short lead times using the latest technologies and materials.
Founders: Lukas Böhm and Felix Peters
Connection with H-BRS: Lukas Böhm and Felix Peters are research assistants at H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2017
Business model: With evemo, everyone becomes a mobility provider themselves in no time. Whether car, bike or scooter sharing, evemo offers the appropriate software and hardware. Innovative ideas and individual requirements are also no problem.
hûs+ (husplus GmbH)
Founder: Tobias Hamacher
Connection with H-BRS: Tobias Hamacher is an graduate of the H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2018
Business Model: flower, our first product, is a digital ecosystem for plant care. It consists of physical sensors, a smart cloud platform, and an app for Android and iOS. flower takes care of the real-time monitoring and watering of our customers' plants.
Other:
- Supported by: Alpha Accelerator Digital Hub, Technology Transfer & Start-up Center of the University of Paderborn
- formerly Start-up grant.NRW.
HydroPlants
Founders: Vincent Dittrich, Anton Henkelmann
Relation to the H-BRS: Vincent studies at the H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: HydroPlants aims to become the largest data collection, data evaluation and data analysis tool for hydroponic farming in the world, a smart and simple hydrophonic system for ALL.
Website: www.hydroplants.de
Other: HydroPlants has been accepted into the Accelerator Programme of DIGITALHUB.de.
Individual Collective
Founders: Jan Sieger, Manuel Joao and Juri Kunsagi
Connection with H-BRS: Jan Sieger is a student at H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2021
Business model: Individual Collective is a streetwear brand with a focus on sustainability. The garments are produced in an environmentally friendly way, and for every garment purchased, a tree is planted in the world to further combat climate change.
Website: www.individual-collective.de
inmex
Founders: Axel Ifland
Year of establishment: 2015
Connection with H-BRS: Graduate
Business model: inmex GmbH stands for innovative plastics technology and offers plug-in, energy-efficient plasticising technology for injection moulding machines and extruders in which the heating elements are integrated into the cylinder. Energy efficiency analyses are also offered as a service.
Website: www.inmex.de
INSYGN (Moreira & Kossack GbR)
Founders: Christopher Kossack, Raquel Cancela Moreira, Sergio Cancela Moreira
Relationship to H-BRS: Christopher is a graduate and lecturer at H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: INSYGN is a young, innovative company offering full service marketing and development. The focus is on web development and media design, online marketing as well as software development.
Website: www.insygn.com
Kelo Robotics
Founders: Prof. Dr. Prof. Erwin Prassler
Year of establishment: 2020
Connection with H-BRS: Professor
Business model: KELO Robotics provides a collection of modular industrial robot components as building blocks, which can be used to build mobile robot platforms with the performance of mobile industrial robots in the shortest time possible.
Other: First place in the national competition of the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2021
Kleenecode
Founders: Oliver Kattwinkel und Christian Klassen
Connection with H-BRS: Oliver Kattwinkel was a scientific assistant at H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2019
Business model: Kleenecode specializes in the development of software systems for more efficient and ecological agriculture. Through the use of new technologies, technologically advanced software solutions can be offered.
l3montree
Founders: Sebastian Kawelke und Tim Bastin
Connection with H-BRS: students at H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: Secure and made-to-measure software with a user-friendly design. Consultation on all questions around IT.
Other:
- During the corona pandemic: Development of an app for human resource planning and free of charge provision of this app to Corona testing and vaccination centres
- Alpha Accelerator Program (DigitalHub)
Litello
Founders: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonne, Goddarz Mahbobi, Olaf Hinz, Jörg Stirnberg
Connection with H-BRS: Thorsten Bonne is professor at H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2018
Business model: Litello focuses on modern learning through contemporary digitalized didactics. At Litello, content is prepared in a compact format so that students can start learning immediately.
Founders: Jonathan Schulte, Julian Schulte, Josua Schulte
Connection with H-BRS: Julian and Josua are graduates of the H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2019
Business model: MotorschadenVergleich.de is a comparison portal for exchange engines, engine repair and vehicle sales. We help you to find the best option and offer for your engine damage.
MöbelFirst
Founders: Dennis T. Franken und Christoph Ritschel
Connection with H-BRS: Christoph Ritschel is an graduates of H-BRS.
Year of establishment: April 2016
Business model: MöbelFirst is an online sales platform for furniture speciality stores. MöbelFirst wants to help small and medium-sized retailers with the market entrance for online retail. Therefore, the platform takes care of, among other things, order processing, customer contact and inquiries, as well as online marketing and payment processing. Thanks to a lot of know-how and experience, MöbelFirst can professionally operate various channels such as OTTO or eBay and even offer customer support and logistics abroad.
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Obstkäppchen
Founders: Christopher Kossack, Carina Raddatz, Johannes Radschinski
Relationship to the H-BRS: Christopher is a graduate and lecturer at the H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2017 (Obstkäppchen e.V.), 2020 (Obstkäppchen gUG).
Business model: Obstkäppchen is a social start-up founded in 2017 with the mission to support seniors affected by old-age poverty with a healthy and balanced diet and to promote intergenerational dialogue and a sense of responsibility. In addition to old-age poverty, the focus is also on the loneliness that often accompanies old-age poverty.
Website: www.obstkäppchen.de
Pawox
Founders: Patrick Wolf
Year of establishment: 2020
Connection with H-BRS: graduates
Business model: Patrick Wolf designs websites for owner-managed businesses and self-employed people and ensures a consistent appearance.
Website: www.pawox.de
Pepa Lani
Founder: Thilo Kanther
Connection with H-BRS: graduate
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: Pepa Lani offers a wide range of premium stationery products, e.g. planners, notebooks, bullet journals and calendars.
Qimia
Founders: Mehdi Pourfallahi and Saba Fallah
Year of establishment: 2015
Connection with H-BRS: Mehdi Pourfallahi is an graduate of H-BRS
Business model: Qimia supports customers in the realisation of IT projects with next generation technologies.
Website: www.qimia.de
Schwimmschule Nessy
Founders: Valentin Kaymer and Bünyamin Sarikaya
Connection with H-BRS: Valentin Kaymer studies business psychology at H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: The swimming school Nessy teaches children in Hennef how to swim. With various course models, children are introduced to swimming in a friendly atmosphere, without fear or coercion. In addition to baby swimming and water familiarization for the youngest, junior and seahorse courses as well as advanced swimming sessions are offered.
Skymatic GmbH
Founders: Tobias Hagemann, Sebastian Stenzel, Christian Schmickler
Year of establishment: 2016
Connection with H-BRS: Sebastian Stenzel is an graduate of H-BRS
Business model: Development of encryption and IT security solutions. For this purpose, Skymatic has developed the software Cryptomator that allows files to be encrypted in the cloud.
Other:
- In 2016, the software Cryptomator received the CeBIT Innovation Award 2016
Squareware
Founders: Kadir Bacak und Lisa Onkes
Connection with H-BRS: Kadir is a H-BRS graduate.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: The Squareware is a code studio from Bonn with a focus on apps and web apps. From conception to design, prototyping, UX testing and programming, The Squareware offers everything from a single source.
Website: www.thesquareware.de
SugarDaddies
Founders: Mark Mühücrcüoglu, Paul Richrath
Connection to the H-BRS: Mark Mühürcoglu is a graduate from the Department of Business and Economics
Year of establishment: 2018
Business model: SD Sugar Daddies distribute innovative food products in European retail and wholesale. There are several brands under the umbrella brand. They sell in retail, have contract manufacturing and basically act as a sales and marketing agency.
Website: www.cookiebros.de
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Tom Brolin
Founders: Tom Wypior und Nick Wypior
Connection with H-BRS: Nick Wypior graduated from H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2017
Business model: Development, production, marketing and distribution of vegan organic soft drinks. TOM BROLIN® is a low-calorie, caffeinated, vegan organic soft drink with orange wormwood flavour.
Other: Featured on the Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).
Website: www.tombrolin.de
torq.partners
Founders: Roman Finke, Kolja Heskamp, Robert Hinsch, Moritz Schlageter, Muzi Yilmaz
Connection to the H-BRS: Moritz Schlageter is a graduate of the H-BRS and was a research assistant.
Year of establishment: 2020
Business model: torq.partners is a management consultancy with a focus on financial, M&A and back-office processes and issues for fast-growing start-ups and grow-ups.
Website: www.torq.partners
True fruits GmbH
Founders: Inga Koster, Marco Knauf, Nicolas Lecloux
Connection with H-BRS: all three are graduates of H-BRS
Year of establishment: 2006
Business model: Distribution of smoothies and juices
Other:
- 2nd place in the NUK Business Plan Competition 2006
- 2009 German Founders Award
- Founders of the “Eier aus Stahl” Award
- Since 2015 market leader in terms of sales in the chilled fruit sector
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Unverpackt Seelscheid
Founder: Lea Bockem
Connection with H-BRS: Lea is a student at H-BRS.
Year of establishment: 2021
Business model: The Unverpacktladen in Neunkirchen-Seelscheeid sells regional products largely in bulk, i.e. without packaging. The aim is to avoid food waste and packaging waste.
Website: www.unverpackt-seelscheid.de
