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Scavenger AI’s 3 proprietary AI tools allow decision-makers to take the best possible decision under any circumstances by transforming raw data into actionable insights within seconds.

WittyWorks enables companies to scale inclusion faster. Being an AI-augmented assistant it detects bias in communication and uses micro-learning to support employees to practice inclusive behavior.

We turn parents into lifesavers! 12minutes is an innovative first aid course with an emergency training dummy for parents to use at home. This enables parents to practise their first aid skills regularly.

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  • Lucoyo supports psychotherapists in their everyday work, creating an additional 10 million therapy sessions. We also help patients during the waiting period with personalised support services.
  • We turn parents into lifesavers! 12minutes is an innovative first aid course with an emergency training dummy for parents to use at home. This enables parents to practise their first aid skills regularly.
  • DigitalValley: We’re here to connect the dots between the essential innovation players - startups, corporations, incubators, accelerators, and investors - as your ecosystem.
  • Geevoo revolutionises the student ID card: secure, practical and digital on your smartphone. Access to school resources and student discounts made easy!
  • WittyWorks enables companies to scale inclusion faster. Being an AI-augmented assistant it detects bias in communication and uses micro-learning to support employees to practice inclusive behavior.
  • RollingWood: Digitalization makes round wood transport more efficient and greener. The first component is the volume measuring gate, and the second is the platform for cargo finding and route optimization.
  • Get Vision AI is a cutting-edge platform designed to revolutionizerenewable energy inspections. Utilizing AI technology, it streamlines inspections of photovoltaic systems and wind turbines.
  • Scavenger AI’s 3 proprietary AI tools allow decision-makers to take the best possible decision under any circumstances by transforming raw data into actionable insights within seconds.

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Axel Staudt has been a lawyer since 2001 and is responsible at Aulinger for the Start-up / Venture Capital department and handles M&A transactions for national and international clients. Axel Staudt has many years of experience in seed, Series A and follow-on financing as well as exit and buy-out transactions. Projects involving foreign investors make up a significant part of his daily work, so he can of course also advise in English. Axel Staudt not only advises investors in the field of private equity and venture capital, but also supports companies and founders in the start-up phase and in ongoing consulting. As he is familiar with the perspective and (legal) requirements of private equity and venture capital investors, he knows what start-ups need to pay attention to from the outset with a view to investor participation and an exit. After many years in Berlin and Düsseldorf, Axel Staudt is a partner at Aulinger and is based in Essen since 2021.
Heike Snellen has been with KPMG since October 2006 and has supported a large number of clients in the context of transactions, particularly in the area of company valuation. Heike heads the business valuation team at the Düsseldorf office. She is also a member of the KPMG Venture Services team. Here, Heike supports start-ups and investors in the preparation of financial plans and in determining value in the context of financing rounds.
As Managing Director, Marc heads the Transfer and Entrepreneurship Center Worldfactory at Ruhr-University Bochum. Since 2019, the Worldfactory has also been operating as an Excellence Start-up Center of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of the most successful entrepreneurial universities in Germany. In addition, the Worldfactory operates a makerspace on Mark 51°7, is expanding RUB's patent portfolio and initiating collaborative projects between business and science. After studying spatial planning, Marc worked for various business development and project development companies before joining Worldfactory in 2017. In addition to building business networks and start-up ecosystems, Marc has relevant knowledge in location development. He not only knows the national and international entrepreneurship scene within the university landscape, but also contributes his expertise in topics such as internationalization, innovation and digital transformation.
Sophie Descollaz is French and currently lives in the Netherlands. She is the founder and managing director of trust&fortune impact BV and supports small and medium-sized companies across Europe in making their HR departments efficient, digital and compliant. She invests half of her profits in women-led impact start-ups. By using her investment, network and expertise to help female founders generate their own income, she also helps to promote the financial independence of women. In 2023, she founded the Angelista Squad together with other female investors to achieve more diversity on the captable. Together, they have already invested in 12 start-ups.
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