Yakady wins 50,000 euros at the final pitch of the Next.Generation Incubator
For almost a year, twelve teams took part in the NextGeneration Incubator support programme organised by Körber Start-Hub. Six of them competed in the final pitch in front of a large audience. The jury prize of 50,000 euros was won by Yakady, while the audience prize of 5,000 euro went to waymaker stories.
Four good examples of social entrepreneurship
All the startups from the incubator have three things in common: they had not yet been founded when the programme began, the team members are younger than 30, and their business models fall into the category of social entrepreneurship. empatiia supports families with adopted and foster children. The DreamActive platform combines sporting activities with social engagement and is aimed primarily at companies. Deplanture tackles the subject of death and offers an app for living wills, estate planning and similar matters. Up to 50% of all women experience psychological violence in their lives, but there is hardly any help available. mutiva wants to change that.
Black role models in children's books by waymaker stories
All pitches received loud applause, but waymaker stories received the most support from the audience vote. Keziah-Naomi Tsagli is studying to become a teacher and knows from experience that children with darker skin tones lack role models in books. Black protagonists are a rarity and often still serve outdated clichés. waymaker stories counters this with children's books about real role models, famous personalities and everyday heroes. The first volume is already complete, and the prize money of 5,000 euro can now be used to finance the first print run.
Yakady creates security in residence rights
Millions of people live in Germany without secure residence status. The legal situation is often complicated, and even advice centres have difficulty keeping track of it all. The startup Yakady bundles all the latest information and is developing a platform that makes it easy to submit legally compliant applications in many languages. The target group is currently advice centres, with the next step being to develop an app for use by individuals. The jury was impressed by the idea, its implementation and the business prospects, and awarded 50,000 euros in startup capital as a reward.
