The brutkasten community has voted. The voting for Innovator of the Year 2023 is now officially over and the winners have been chosen. From the beginning of December up to and including January 7, readers were able to vote for their favorites in the three categories Newcomer, Startups and Scaleups. Each user had one vote and could vote once per day and category. There were ten nominees per category, who were previously selected by the brutkasten editorial team based on their innovative strength. Here is an overview of the winners in each category.
- Newcomer: Martin Schneglberger | blankmile
- Startups: Johanna Kivalo | The Impressive Company
- Scaleups: Richard Ljuhar | Image BiopsyLab
Innovator of the Year" receives a gross media volume of 4,100 euros, which can also be presented to a charitable organization. Now that the voting has officially ended, we would like to present the individual winners of the three categories who stood out with their particular innovative strength in 2023.
Winner "Newcomer": Martin Schneglberger | blankmile
Blankmile is an Upper Austrian start-up that aims to make remote diagnostics in the service and trade sector simple and practical for both sides with its application. The company, which was founded by Martin Schneglberger (CEO), Dominik Reichinger (CTO) and Andreas Holzapfel (COO), works with a multifunctional video call between experts and customers. From now on, experts instruct their customers via call and show them where to point the smartphone camera. The option to create markers directly in the image also makes things easier for both sides. Photos or videos can then be taken, which is also very useful for acoustic diagnoses, for example. Notes can also be made during the process. At the end of the process, the report is output as a PDF, which can also be attached to a cost estimate. On average, this should save 70 kilometers of travel and around 25 kilograms of CO2.
