The Munich-based LiDAR company Blickfeld has been awarded the German Innovation Award in the startup category. The jury rated the level of innovation and market opportunities of the new technology as major plus points.
The Munich-based LiDAR company took home the prize in the startup category. Blickfeld impressed the jury with its novel laser scanner technology (LiDAR). LiDAR produce high-resolution depth maps that are ideally suited for environmental perception. Unlike conventional sensors, Blickfeld has reinvented the laser beam deflection unit. The Blickfeld LiDAR scanners are therefore scalable, maintenance-free and wear-free and enable scanning with a long range, high resolution and a large field of view. They can therefore be used in autonomous mobility, but also in robotics, for example. The jury rated the level of innovation and market opportunities of the new technology as major plus points. Blickfeld, alongside Airbus and Celonis, were awarded the coveted trophy in the festive atmosphere of the Munich Kesselhaus in front of around 250 invited guests from business, politics, research and society.
The German Innovation Award is an initiative of Accenture, EnBW, WirtschaftsWoche and ada. It is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. The prize, which was launched in 2009, honors outstanding, forward-looking innovations by German companies that change business and markets with their innovative strength. The prize is awarded in the categories large companies, medium-sized companies and start-ups. In addition to new products, innovative business models, processes and services as well as organisational and marketing innovations are taken into account.
All submissions are evaluated by a jury of experts on the basis of their concept, level of innovation, market opportunities, market success and their relation to Germany as a business location.
Further information and details on the finalists and winners can be found at www.der-deutsche-innovationspreis.de
About Blickfeld
Founded in 2017 and based in Munich, Germany, Blickfeld is a provider of cutting-edge LiDAR technology for autonomous mobility and IoT applications. The company has developed proprietary LiDAR technology based on patented silicon MEMS mirrors and commercial off-the-shelf components. The Blickfeld LiDAR product family meets the highest performance requirements at the cost and size needed for mass market adoption. Blickfeld’s team is made up of experienced professionals with renowned expertise in the fields of electronics, optics, MEMS and software. The company is backed by venture capital investors including Fluxunit (the corporate venture arm of lighting company Osram), High-Tech Gründerfonds, Tengelmann Ventures, and Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners.
