{"id":14677,"date":"2020-09-02T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/places-festival.de\/startup-pitch-2020\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T12:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:49:03","slug":"startup-pitch-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retro.places-festival.de\/en\/startup-pitch-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Pitch 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row fullwidth=”true” equal_columns=”true” column_padding=”0%” visibility=”hidden-sm” css=”.vc_custom_1575473580021{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background: #27215b url(https:\/\/places-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/places-header-blue-gelb.png?id=5886) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”stretch”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”big” css=”.vc_custom_1589449397325{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Startup Pitch<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” equal_columns=”true” column_padding=”0%” visibility=”visible-sm” css=”.vc_custom_1575473589495{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background: #27215b url(https:\/\/places-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/places-header-phone-blue-gelb-1.png?id=5916) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”mittig”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”big” css=”.vc_custom_1589449404321{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Startup Pitch<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/places-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/places-2020-08-20_ge_238-titel6-1.png” attachment=”fixed” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”250″ sidebar=”sidebar-event”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”200px”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1600070466240{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]4 start-ups from Germany and Austria wanted to convince the top-class jury of the first place _ startup pitch. Under the eyes of NRW’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Affairs, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, the VR-Health start-up PsyCurio was able to assert itself.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599038919881{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Startups<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14570″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text el_class=”bu” css=”.vc_custom_1600070726554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”](c) Places _ VR Festival \/Frank Vinken[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”9265″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041790331{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Artivive<\/a><\/h3>\n

AR-App for artists* from Vienna<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artivive offers artists and museums a user-friendly augmented reality app that allows them to combine analogue and digital art.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14574″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text el_class=”bu” css=”.vc_custom_1600070726554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”](c) Places _ VR Festival \/Frank Vinken[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14662″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041777430{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Curvature Games<\/a><\/h3>\n

VR-Games with innovative locomotion from Hamburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curvature Games develops virtual reality games based on a scientifically validated technology that enables natural walking in VR in a small space.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14590″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text el_class=”bu” css=”.vc_custom_1600070726554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”](c) Places _ VR Festival \/Frank Vinken[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8776″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041761184{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Skytrip360<\/a><\/h3>\n

VR flight taxi from Hamburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

SkyTrip360 combines real 360\u00b0 video and interactive virtual reality. Up to 6 users climb into a real flying object and experience a virtual panoramic flight together.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”14580″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text el_class=”bu” css=”.vc_custom_1600070726554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”](c) Places _ VR Festival \/Frank Vinken[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8678″ img_size=”200×200″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041641601{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

PsyCurio<\/a><\/h3>\n

VR-Psychotherapy from Paderborn
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\nPsyCurio is a virtual reality software for the treatment of mental illness. VR is combined with psychological and neuroscientific findings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”14627″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text el_class=”bu” css=”.vc_custom_1600070726554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”](c) Places _ VR Festival \/Frank Vinken[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1600070511174{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Daniela Schuhmacher of PsyCurio has won the competition against the AR art app Artivive, the virtual reality game developers of Curvature Games and the VR round-flight startup Skytrip. PsyCurio’s concept and innovative approach convinced the jury, which is made up of venture capitalists, business promoters and experts from the start-up industry.[\/vc_column_text][mk_button dimension=”flat” size=”medium” url=”https:\/\/places-festival.de\/en\/psycurio-gewinnt-den-places-_-startup-pitch\/” bg_color=”#27215b”]read more[\/mk_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041566850{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Impressions<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid style=”load-more” items_per_page=”4″ element_width=”3″ btn_title=”mehr Impressionen” btn_shape=”square” btn_color=”white” grid_id=”vc_gid:1600071213564-73d4029a-b973-4″ include=”14648,14644,14640,14638,14634,14632,14622,14620,14618,14614,14612,14608,14602,14600,14598,14596,14594,14592,14590,14588,14586,14584,14582,14580,14578,14576,14574,14572,14570,14568,14566,14564,14562,14560,14558,14556″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/places-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/places-2020-08-20_ge_128-p.jpg” attachment=”fixed” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”250″ sidebar=”sidebar-event”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”200px”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041558708{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The Jury<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8635″ img_size=”200×200″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041488683{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Susanne Becker<\/h3>\n

Wirtschaftsf\u00f6rderung Gelsenkirchen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Susanne Becker is a research assistant at the Economic Development Department of the City of Gelsenkirchen. The graduate economist and tourism business economist is the contact person for the creative industry and project manager of the Places _ Virtual Reality Festival at the Economic Development Agency.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, she has been intensively involved in location development in Gelsenkirchen-\u00dcckendorf, where she has provided significant impulses for image and location development around Bochumer Stra\u00dfe with creative projects and actors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8604″ img_size=”200×200″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041501362{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Johannes Behringer<\/h3>\n

Tengelmann Ventures\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In May 2018 he graduated Yale summa cum laude and with Distinction in Ethics, Politics and Economics, having been elected to Phi Beta Kappa early. He is an alumnus of Yale\u2019s Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, and of the European Commission\u2019s Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8633″ img_size=”200×200″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041512014{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Marcel Vogler<\/h3>\n

Freigeist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcel obtained a Master\u2019s degree from WHU while working at numerous startups and companies throughout his studies. As co-owner of several McDonald\u2019s franchises he has a deep understanding of operations. In his role as Junior Partner at Freigeist he works with founders on scaling operations, boosting sales and streamlining finances.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”6784″ img_size=”200×200″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041522618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Oliver Weimann<\/h3>\n

Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fcher ruhr:HUB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oliver Weimann is a multiple founder and has been an active part of the German start-up scene for over 10 years. Due to his passionate motivation, his extensive network and his diverse experiences he is one of the central figures of the scene in the Ruhr area today. With the RuhrSummit 2016, he initiated the publicity-effective birth of the regional scene and brought all important partners to active cooperation. This lively network of private initiatives is intended to ensure the dynamism and unpredictability of the Ruhr region in the future.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1599041532175{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

The Startup Pitch is supported by\u00a0GELSEN-NET<\/a><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”14672″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1575895297840{background-color: #27215b !important;}” el_class=”newsletter” id=”newsletter”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner is_fullwidth_content=”false” el_class=”newsletter”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”light” css=”.vc_custom_1575973985994{margin-bottom: -5px !important;}”]\n
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