Post by Dr. Nino Tomini

🚀 12 weeks may not sound like much — but what a journey it’s been for our startups at HHL DIGITAL SPACE - The Digital Transformation Platform! From rough ideas to validated problems and first prototypes, the teams of HHL Digital Space and HHL Protolab made impressive strides. Yesterday, they wrapped up their programs with Launch Day at Leipzig Airport — quite literally a successful takeoff for their ventures! ✈️ I was genuinely impressed by the quality of the pitches and the progress each team has made. 🙌 Huge thanks to our jury for your dedicated support and valuable feedback: Isabel Antholz, Founder & Managing Director, Innovation Angel UG, Christian John, CPEA, Investment Manager TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, Dr. Valentin Schmitt, Manager Strategy & Special Projects, Start2 Group, Prof. Dr. Claudia Lehmann, Chair of Digital Innovation in Service Industries, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management 🏆 Congratulations to: Max Illmer, Leon Piotrowski and Johannes Tauscher from Raumdeuter for winning the TGFS Award. Daniel Barofke, Hagen Träger and Hemant Dugad from ERNTEZAIT. for securing the Stage Two Wildcard. 👏 Big shoutout to everyone who made this event possible — organizers, startups, jury, and all attendees. This was just the beginning — excited to see what’s next for these ambitious teams! Batch #13 of our incubation program kicks off in early September! Have a startup idea? Don’t miss your chance — apply by the end of July by sending your idea deck to [email protected]. Dr. Maurice Steinhoff, Joshua Barthel, Kevin Schuppe, Niklas Schulte and myself looking forward to get to know you and your idea. #LaunchDay #Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #HHL #TGFS #StageTwo #Leipzig