Within the fifteenth season of the profitable present founder Vox ““The Lion” (DHDL) the multi-leader smelled of lions on fats prey once more. The jury this season is the household lion Dagmar Wöhrlthe Gross sales Lion Carsten Maschmeyerthe shelf lion Ralf Dummelthe pharmaceutical lion Nils Glagauthe enterprise capital lion Janna Ensthaler and the product lion Tillman Schulz and the brand new lionness of range Tijen Onaran.
DHDL initiatives of the week
Chipolos from Troisdorf
On the finish of the fifteenth season of “The Lion’s Den” there might be a crunch! Founder Igor Bukin ensures this along with his Chipolos. There are round eleven million diabetics dwelling in Germany – together with the 48-year-old: “Diabetes means a whole lot of sacrifice, change and a whole lot of well being issues. Over the previous few years I’ve been on the verge of going blind a number of instances.” Igor Bukin was solely capable of stop this by fully altering his weight-reduction plan – no sugar and solely 30 grams of carbohydrates per day. To keep away from having to go with out a snack, he developed a soy-based snack. With 1 gram of carbohydrates per 100 grams, it accommodates 99 % much less carbohydrates than conventional chips and is subsequently supposed to forestall excessive blood sugar. The composition of the small spherical snacks makes them an important selection not just for diabetics, but additionally for vitamin acutely aware folks and athletes. The lions benefit from the Chipolos, however do they just like the provide too? Igor Bukin gives 25 % of his firm shares for 50,000 euros.
Journeys from Neuss
Henrik Hühn (28, programmer) and Moritz Tschischkale (29, innovation marketing consultant) current Jourries, a chunk of good NFC jewellery that permits its proprietor to maintain particular recollections within the type of photographs, movies and texts without end and maintain them with them. The purpose of the founders is to provide extra particular person which means to basic jewellery and to strengthen the bond between {couples}, households and mates utilizing an adjunct. “On this manner, a chunk of stylish jewellery with its hidden properties would be the guardian of probably the most lovely recollections that you simply all the time carry with you,” explains Moritz Tschischkale. In Germany there are over a thousand photographs on common on cell phones, and the development is clearly rising. Henrik Hühn: “All the gorgeous recollections are misplaced in an ever-growing cloud of randomly assembled photos. How good wouldn’t it be if we may all the time carry the actually necessary moments with us, lovingly chosen and superbly offered?” This could now be attainable with Excursions. The “twenty first century medallion” has built-in NFC know-how, requires no battery or charging and is one hundred pc waterproof. If the cell phone is held as much as the piece of jewellery, all of the recollections saved might be seen within the Jourries app on the cell phone. “I see the recollections sorted by years and months. Not solely can the app save photographs, however it could possibly document precisely how I felt at that second and, above all, what I need to keep in mind for the remainder of my life, like with an internet diary,” says Moritz Tschischkale. To additional develop Jourries into a powerful model within the good jewellery sector and to increase gross sales and advertising actions, the founders want 100,000 euros and are providing 15 % of the corporate’s shares in return.
the flip of magnificence from overseas
Katharina Geißel (39) and Claudia Klemmer (40) have the higher hand: Each current their flip to buyers – an modern and sustainable dose of bathe balls, so-called flip.ies. That is supposed to exchange the previous cleaning soap bar and dispense the brand new foam balls correctly very quickly. Your product has two elements. The flip.ies are bathe balls which might be enough for one bathe session and include nourishing fat and oils. “There are not any microplastics and, above all, there isn’t a water in our merchandise, so we are able to do fully with out preservatives. At two grams per ball, they’re extraordinarily mild and subsequently save a whole lot of CO2 throughout transport,” affirms Katharina Geißel, founding father of the sweetness flip. The second element and the guts of your product is the spell – the patented dispenser for the little bathe balls. It solely must be connected to the wall with out drilling and with one other twist, customers get precisely one twist.ie is sufficient for one bathe. Claudia Klemmer, undertaking supervisor: “We need to obtain a turnaround in German loos and ban plastic bottles there without end.” Will the lions spend money on the sustainability startup? The founders’ provide: 150,000 euros for 15 % of the corporate’s shares.
Inventor from Karlsruhe and Bern
With Inventife, Robin Göbel (27) and Max-Felix Müller (25) current a room sensor to acknowledge private habits. The sensor makes it attainable to regulate the constructing based mostly on the exercise of individuals in a room. For instance, saving vitality for heating and lighting by clever management. The “Inventife System” is meant not just for non-public properties and residences, but additionally for retirement and nursing properties in addition to workplace buildings, extremely automated manufacturing amenities or different used rooms. “Not like conventional movement sensors, the sensor detects people who find themselves not transferring. So the sensor can be utilized in workplace buildings, for instance, when it turns off the lights and when it turns off the warmth when the final worker has left the workplace. Because of this we’re capable of save round ten % of the lighting vitality and even 20 % of the heating vitality,” explains Robin Göbel. A further characteristic is the built-in fall detection. “Inside seconds, Inventife detects the drop. An emergency name is then made or a message is distributed to a beforehand outlined contact particular person,” says Max-Felix Müller. So the good house resolution supplies high quality of life and safety for each younger and previous folks. Do the lions see Inventife as an funding case and can they settle for the founders’ provide of 200,000 euros and ten % of the corporate’s shares?
A gaggle of canines from Troisdorf
For Luis Kesten (27) and Fabio Lehnert (26), animal safety is a matter of private concern. Collectively they based a social startup referred to as Hunderunde. “We need to present that our financial system is usually a nice motivator to make optimistic modifications on this planet!” says Fabio Lehnert. Their first product was a bracelet that matched the canine’s breed, and so they have been ready to make use of the proceeds to open their very own animal shelter for road canines in Romania. In 2022, the founders took the subsequent step and developed canine treats: The vegan and sustainable canine treats – some comprised of fruit and vegetable pomace – are tailored to the each day lifetime of canines. At the moment there are three varieties: “morning group”, “sport gun” and “sleeping cap”. one hundred pc sustainably produced in northern Germany utilizing inexperienced electrical energy, and animal welfare is supported with 5 % of internet gross sales for each bundle bought. Luis Kesten: “The concept that I may feed my canine and an animal in want on the similar time didn’t go away us. In our house, animal safety begins within the bowl. We’ve additionally seen that our canines are creating an increasing number of allergic reactions, particularly to animal proteins.” With their canine snacks they need to immediately tackle this downside. As a way to additional increase their startup, the 2 founders want a powerful companion on their aspect who can assist them with entrepreneurial know-how. Your provide to the lions: 100,000 euros for 15 %.
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