The funding provided by IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH in October reflects the diversity of Hamburg's startup scene. Little Ashé brings more colour to the world of toy dolls, EQCITED develops quantum computers and CareFlow facilitates organisation in hospitals.
Little Ashé
Little Ashé is the new addition to the InnoImpact programme this month. The idea for the startup came about when Afro-German founder David Amoateng was unable to find a suitable toy doll for his niece because they were almost exclusively white. So he set about developing dolls with dark skin tones that are handmade from organic fabrics rather than plastic. Production takes place in Ghana, where around 20 jobs have now been created.
EQCITED
When asked which future technology offers Hamburg the best opportunity to take a leading role, the answer is often quantum computing. This is also the focus of the InnoRampUp-funded startup EQCITED. It combines state-of-the-art technologies to achieve application readiness as quickly as possible and increase current performance a hundredfold. The ambitious goal is to offer cloud-based quantum computing services as early as 2028. Then complex calculations and analyses that currently take hours or even days could be performed in a matter of minutes.
CareFlow
In many respects, hospitals must be run like a business, with time-consuming organisational and administrative tasks. What often gets neglected in the process is patient care. CareFlow, a startup supported by the InnoFounder programme, has developed software that optimises work processes and also tracks the location of staff and equipment. This is expected to result in up to five minutes more care time per patient per day and significant cost savings. As with so many startups today, this is made possible by artificial intelligence.
