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UNISPHERE is a start-up founded in 2017 by Christoph Schlettig and Michael Anger, based in Gilching, Germany, which is involved in the development, distribution, and flight operation of solar-powered drones and all related activities. These include consulting and engineering services in the field of aerospace technology, as well as training and further education of personnel for the operation of solar-powered drones. The preferred areas of application for solar-powered drones are monitoring the environment, border areas, and natural disasters, as well as providing broadband internet and communication in emergency operations.

Designed as a flight management platform, UNISPHERE combines solar-powered drones, flight management services, and expertise in unlimited flights. To this end, the start-up draws on the knowledge of SOLARIMPULS, where the two founders contributed as flight directors to the successful first circumnavigation of the globe by a purely solar-powered aircraft. During their six years at SOLARIMPULS, Christoph Schlettig and Michael Anger were able to build up sufficient expertise in aerospace engineering, feasibility analyses, and simulations. This enables UNISPHERE to offer its customers safe and efficient flight operations as well as integration into air traffic management.

The flight management platform offers customers the following services:

• A centralized control point for the global coordination of versatile HAPS (High Altitude Platform Station)
• Cooperation with aviation authorities, national agencies, and air traffic control
• Customized flight profiles and IT solutions for data interfaces
• Launch, restoration, and maintenance of HAPS

UNISPHERE is funded by the BMWI's INVEST financing program and is part of the ESA Business Incubation Centre Bavaria. The IST Institute supports the UNISPHERE team in the area of strategy through Dr.-Ing. Guido H. Baltes and in business development through Christoph Selig.

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Founded in 2017, fruitcore, based in Konstanz, develops, manufactures, and distributes innovative robot systems. To this end, fruitcore combines expertise in the fields of design, production, electronics, and software development. As the winner of the Weconomy competition, fruitcore is one of the most innovative startups in Germany.

fruitcore has set itself the goal of launching its industrial robot HORST on the market in 2018. HORST stands for Highly Optimized Robotic Systems Technology and is characterized by innovative kinematics, networking with the environment, resilience, and intuitive operation. HORST is designed to make it easier for customers to implement their automation projects through app-based programming, 3D visualization of customer applications, and data transparency.

fruitcore sees itself as a system provider. To this end, the company develops accessories such as tables, grippers, safety and protective devices to match the robot. In its role as a system provider, fruitcore also performs engineering activities in the form of requirements analysis, consulting, design and development, and, if necessary, the manufacture of the required components.

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Creatisto designs and develops premium design films for furniture, tiles, and electrical appliances. With creatisto's customized high-performance films and IT-supported, automated production and logistics services, end customers, manufacturers, and retailers can customize a wide range of products: from one-offs and small batches to mass-produced items, with their own motifs or specially developed designs on request.

In the end customer segment, creatisto offers numerous films for many popular IKEA furniture items. The UV-resistant film is a high-quality decorative film, ideal for use by all DIY enthusiasts and do-it-yourselfers. Creatisto also offers an online configurator that allows you to have self-adhesive films printed with your own motifs.

For business customers, the company sees itself as a partner for mass customization and product finishing, corporate design and corporate identity, indoor and outdoor advertising, and surface design.

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With over 180,000 doctors (as of March 2018) from all disciplines, coliquio is the largest community of doctors in the German-speaking world. Its origins date back to 2007, when two HTWG students, Felix Rademacher and Martin Drees, laid the foundation for coliquio as part of their bachelor's thesis.

coliquio was created because founders Felix Rademacher and Martin Drees recognized that the medical profession in Germany has a keen need for information and exchange. In other words, they realized that doctors use standing parties instead of social networks to discuss their work. However, the medical knowledge distributed among hundreds of thousands of doctors, in studies, books, pharmaceutical companies, institutes, research facilities, authorities, and service providers only becomes valuable at the right time and in the right place.

That is why coliquio has set itself the task of creating an environment in which every doctor can obtain the medical knowledge that is specifically relevant to their practice. This knowledge should be easily accessible, available when it is really needed, and sourced from comprehensive sources.

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