Mannheim, 11.08.2024 – Great success for the Mannheim-based IT start-up: Loady wins the German Startup Cup. Our COO Elzbieta Wiankowska impressed both the jury and the audience with her pitch and secured the Startup Cup.

Photo 1: from left to right Victor Kaupe (BASF Coatings), Elzbieta Wiankowska (Loady) and Gerd Große (GFFT)

This year’s Symposium for Logistics and Production took place on 6 November 2024 at BASF Coatings in Münster. The prize is awarded annually by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Forschungstransfers (GFFT) under the direction of Gerd Große.

Loady, along with startups Logistikbude and s2 data, reached the final in the Smart Logistics category. Our COO, Elzbieta Wiankowska, impressed both the jury and the audience with her pitch and secured the startup trophy with 43% of the votes. This award once again shows that Loady can create added value for efficient data management in the logistics ecosystem by enabling the management and exchange of logistics requirements in a simple and structured way.

The members of the jury were Prof. Dr. Diethardt Freye, Sebastian Girle, Jörg Heitzler, Dr Thomas Schamberg, Johannes H. Schirmer.

About the German Startup Cup

The German Startup Cup, organised by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Forschungstransfers e.V. (GFFT), awards prizes for innovative business ideas in various categories. The competition honours start-ups that not only provide new impetus with their approaches, but also actively contribute to promoting the innovation landscape in Germany.


Further information: German Startup Cup 2023 for Production and Logistics awarded