What an incredible day at the Henkel Inspiration Center in Düsseldorf! On Monday, we celebrated the Grand Award Event, marking the thrilling conclusion of our From Lab to Market Challenge ideas competition. 🌟 🎉 It was a day of celebration as we recognized the achievements of the eleven early-stage teams who pitched their groundbreaking chemistry-related business ideas, showcasing the innovative spirit and creativity that drives our industry forward. Congratulations to all teams who participated and pitched their ideas on stage. There was some truly amazing progress visible from when we first met them for our Business Model Workshop back in April. 👏 A big thank you goes out to our advisory board member Alexander Troemel for his opening keynote, Arianna Savini, Johannes Velling, Adilson Arli Da Silva Filho and Karl D Collins for joining Martin Bellof on stage to talk about open innovation in the chemical industry and Maximilian Spiekermann and Max Krause from Simplyfined for sharing their progress since last year´s From Lab to Market Challenge. A special shout-out to the entire Henkel team, especially Esmina Kampmeier and Alexander Troemel, for inviting us to your incredible Inspiration Center Düsseldorf and making this possible. Overall, it was fantastic to work together with you on this and you have set the bar high for future award events to reach. Thanks also to our partners and sponsors who made the From Lab to Market Challenge possible: NRW.BANK | CHEManager | KOALA Startup Network | EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft | ZENIT GmbH | Bayer & Bayer Crop Science | Innovation Ecosystem | Evonik & Evonik Venture Capital | Henkel | Braskem | Covestro | Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG | VCI NRW | RAG-Stiftung | Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW A huge thank you to everyone who participated, pitched, and contributed to making this event a resounding success. Together, we are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of chemistry and innovation! pictures: Manor Lux, LL.M.
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Esmina Kampmeier
1mo
What a day?!?! 🤩 I’m still running around with a big smile on my face. Truly enjoyed the pitches and I was amazed by the inspiration and ideas of young startups you brought to our ICD. Working with you Stefan and Martin was remarkable and so much fun. 😄You are what chemstars.nrw is for me: Inspiration, Energy, Encouragement and Courage. Thank for driving the future ! 💪🏼🎉🍀
What an incredible crowd to host in our Inspiration Center 😱 Kudos to the entire organisation team on both sides, chemstars.nrw & Henkel 👏👏👏 The pitches were terrific, and I was excited to answer all the brilliant questions during our overview tours 😁 Keep moving forward - happy to connect ☝️😇 #Innovation #Sustainability #StartUpCulture
Marc Willuhn
1mo
Great event with interesting pitches. Thanks to Martin Bellof and Stefan Weber.
Lead Ventures & Partnering @ chemstars
1moWhat a wonderful event it was. Thanks to our FLTMC partners, the entire team Henkel and most importantly to all participants. For committing to do more with your research than just publish in a high-ranking journal. For quite literally working on bringing your research “From Lab to Market”. 👩🔬👨🔬 I hope you realise how far you've come – from the initial version of your idea template to the pitch presentation you held at Henkel. I for my part am very proud to know that you are part of our chemstars community. ⭐