To path indicator Subpages of “Newsdetail“ To navigation by target groups To navigation by topic To quick access To footer with other services
To content
Panoramic view on the North Campus © Jürgen Huhn​/​TU Dortmund
Distinction by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

TU Dortmund University Start-Up receives NRW Innovation Award

-
in
  • Founding & Transfer
  • Top News
Three men and a woman pose in front of a turquoise wall. They are wearing suits and the third man from the left is holding an award with the inscription "NRW Innovation Award 2023". © MWIKE NRW, Tim Frankenheim
Congratulated Dr.-Ing. Sascha Feldhorst (2nd from right) of MotionMiners GmbH on the Innovation Award: Mona Neubaur (2nd from left), NRW Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy, Prof. Gerhard Schembecker (left), Vice President Finance at TU Dortmund University, and Wulf-Christian Ehrich (right), Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
Every year, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia awards the NRW Innovation Prize to people whose inventiveness and entrepreneurship enable economic progress in the region. This year, the TU spin-off MotionMiners is one of the award winners: Dr.-Ing. Sascha Feldhorst, co-founder of MotionMiners GmbH, received the award on 25 September in Düsseldorf from Mona Neubaur, NRW Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy.

For the first time, personalities along the various stages of the innovation chain were honored – from testing an outstanding idea to commercial application and scaling. The TU start-up MotionMiners received the award in the category “innovation2market”, which is endowed with 25,000 euros. This category honors entrepreneurs who succeed in transferring innovations into a broad, commercial application and in providing significant impetus for economic dynamism and prosperity – and in doing so achieve particularly strong growth just a few years after their introduction on the market.

Dr.-Ing. Sascha Feldhorst, co-founder of MotionMiners GmbH, accepted the award: “For us as MotionMiners, this award is also a confirmation that Dortmund is an excellent location to realize technology-based business ideas that have nationwide relevance and visibility. Our success is based on a strong ecosystem that exists here in Dortmund. Thank you to CET, TU Dortmund University, the Economic Development Agency Dortmund and all our supporters.”

Founded in 2017, MotionMiners GmbH has developed a technology that uses mobile sensor technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze motion and manual workflows quickly, anonymously and cost-effectively in order to improve the ergonomic working conditions of employees and optimize work processes. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET) at TU Dortmund University has accompanied and supported the successful founders since their beginnings. The start-up now has more than 60 employees and is based in the Dortmund technology park.

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET)
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET) at TU Dortmund University supports and accompanies start-ups in all phases, offers courses and workshops on the topics of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation and stimulates the transfer of technology and knowledge from science into practice. The measures are intended to establish a new spirit of entrepreneurship in Dortmund, the Westphalian Ruhr area and South Westphalia, strengthen the local innovative power and thus make the region sustainably fit for the future.

To the CET

The NRW Innovation Award
The NRW Innovation Award has been presented since 2008. It is endowed with 25,000 to 100,000 euros. After the Zukunftspreis of the Federal President, this is the most highly endowed prize of its kind in Germany.

To the Innovation Award 

MotionMiners GmbH
Sascha Kaczmarek, Dr. Sascha Feldhorst and Dr. René Grzeszick jointly founded MotionMiners GmbH in October 2017. The company now employs around 60 people at its Dortmund site. The company aims to provide the world's most flexible and comprehensive analysis toolbox for human activities. This is intended to continuously improve the daily work of the analysts as well as the ergonomic working conditions of the operational employees within the examined processes.

To MotionMiners

Contact for inquiries:

To top of page