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You build a program to help impact founders scale. Then you show up to Saxony's biggest innovation conference and see two of them on stage. That's a good day ✅ Nathanael Meyer of valueverde pitched with 25 energy cooperatives now live on the platform (up from 22 just weeks ago). Clemens Kommerell and Tobias Betzin of Rhizome pitched their democratic decision-making app, which is now in beta with new features rolling out. Both came through our programs: valueverde through the Social Impact Republic, Rhizome through our Public Value Academy in Leipzig, and both are building the kind of businesses that prove impact entrepreneurship belongs on the same stage as deep tech, medtech, and robotics. The Sächsische Innovationskonferenz (#IK26) by futureSAX - die Innovationsplattform des Freistaates Sachsen brought over 2,000 people together at Messe Dresden, including startups, Mittelstand, investors, researchers, and policymakers across six stages with 100+ speakers and 200 exhibitors. Thanks to Bettina Gulya and Evelyn Tesarz for representing PVH at the event! This is what the Public Value Academy is built for: giving impact founders the tools, the frameworks, and the network to go from early-stage to stages like these. Applications for the next PVA batch in Rostock are open now (Link in the comments), and more batches in different cities will be opening soon. If you're building something with societal impact and want to be next, stay tuned. 🚀 📸 mio motion GmbH #IK26 #futureSAX #PublicValueAcademy #SocialImpactRepublic