
Jessica Lietze
Senior Project Manager
Capital transfer: early-stage financing
Kapital
24.04.2025 | 13:00 - 18:00 | Region außerhalb Sachsen
Bluelion | Josefstraße 219 | 8005 Zürich
The Free State of Saxony is developing into one of Europe's leading innovation regions. Many innovative ideas and business models are emerging here. In the first half of 2024, almost €400 million was invested, double the volume of 2023. futureSAX, the innovation platform of the Free State of Saxony, identifies and promotes high-potential investment cases and presents them at the Saxon Investor Roadshow.
The format supports founders and companies in networking with investors from the futureSAX investor network. As an investor, you will have the opportunity to get to know the most innovative founders and companies with capital requirements in Saxony several times a year as part of the Saxon Investors Roadshow. Attractive investment cases from Saxony and Switzerland are presented to investors as part of short pitches and possible one-on-one meetings. We are delighted to be cooperating with our partner in Zurich, Bluelion, on this event!
What can you expect?
Participation as an investor
Participation in the event is limited. Please use the “Ticket anfragen” button and register by April 18, 2025.
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Check-In
Welcome at futureSAX x Bluelion
Keynote “Market Insights in Advanced Computing and Electronics”
Ion Hauer, Principal, APEX Ventures, Munich
Pitch Session I: Life Science
5 Start-ups (Pre Seed - Series A)
(1) The technology focuses on data driven technology for personalized skin care. Its innovative skin characterization tool enables objective and non-invasive assessment of skin. (Pre Seed)
(2) The company develops and produces fully automated, device-independent lab-on-a-chip platforms based on chemofluidics for high-precision point of care testing. (Pre Seed)
(3) This start-up is the number one destination for digital physiotherapy in Germany: With free offers, prevention courses, health insurance contracts for therapy, and the new 'App on Prescription,' the company is available in every phase of life and unique. (Series A)
(4) The company revolutionizes dairy farming with an innovative sensor solution for metabolic monitoring. By using printed organic electronics, it measures important metabolic markers in real-time. Farmers receive precise data for monitoring the health of their cows, enabling early detection of diseases and targeted interventions. (Series A)
(5) This company enables embodied AI in healthcare, addressing key challenges such as labor shortages, rising costs, and quality of care. Their robot applications enable hospitals to reduce costs, secure revenue and attract patients seeking quality care. Robot manufacturers can move upstream in the market with devices that run their apps. They recently launched their first app for a robot as a medical device. (Seed)
Break: Networking, One-on-One-Meetings
Pitch Session II: Environment
5 Start-ups (Pre Seed - Series A)
(6) The company is building resilient, low-carbon agricultural supply chains through decentralized biochar solutions. It empowers companies to sequester gigatons of carbon in tropical soils. (Seed)
(7) The company extracts critical raw materials for the energy transition with fair collaboration and local value creation using innovative technology. Their flagship project is an initiative to extract lithium from salt lakes in Argentina, covering an area of 70,000 hectares. (Series A)
(8) The start-up aims to offer an innovative bicycle transport concept for the European market, which has the potential to revolutionize the transportation of bicycles not only in the private sector but also in tourism and public transport. (Pre Seed)
(9) The start-up has developed a novel low-cost heat storage system to series production maturity. They generate revenue both through the manufacturing and sale of these systems and in collaboration with partner companies as providers of so-called thermal battery heat networks. (Seed)
(10) This company combines physics and AI to rapidly simulate floods at scale, helping governments, businesses, and communities worldwide better predict and prepare for devastating flood events. (Seed)
Break, Networking, One-on-One-Meetings
Pitch Session III: AI-Automation
5 Start-ups (Pre Seed - Series A)
(11) It provides an AI-based energy management platform for electrical grid operators to manage grid congestion by smartly controlling local resources from e-mobility and smart buildings to respond to grid needs and enable a cost-efficient grid decarbonisation. (Pre Seed)
(12) The start-up offers a low-code software suite that enables self-organized IoT devices and IoT networks, simplifies the information exchange of IoT systems by a factor of 10x, and serves as a backbone for autonomous, AI-based devices. NBT potential. (Seed)
(13) With the system, architects, planners, and construction companies save up to 90% of the time when creating their BIM models. Additionally, it offers the creation of measurements, progress monitoring, or the creation of digital building models from 3D point clouds. (Seed)
(14) The start-up empowers financial institutions with AI-Quantum analytics, to transform uncertainty into opportunity. The solution helps reduce cost by up to 50 % and improve efficiency by up to 60 %. (Seed)
(15) It defines the future of industrial automation with modular, manufacturer-independent solutions. Their plug-and-produce technology accelerates processes, reduces costs, and enables seamless system integration for a globally connected, AI-enabled Industry 4.0. (Series A)
Get-Together, Networking, One-on-One-Meetings
Wind-Down of the event
Senior Project Manager
Capital transfer: early-stage financing