Munich, 6 May, 2025
Excitement filled the air at the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2025 EUROPE, held on 6–7 May 2025 in Munich, as 10 outstanding finalists took to the stage to pitch their cutting-edge wearable innovations. After a meticulous evaluation by the expert jury, the Top 3 finalists were selected.
🎉 And now, without further ado, the Top 3 winners of the WT Innovation World Cup® 2025 are:
🥇 Auxsys GmbH (Germany)
🥈 Syntropic Medical (Austria)
🥉 MindSpeller BCI BV (Belgium)
👏Congratulations to all 10 finalists who amazed us with their innovation, creativity, and dedication:
- Bottneuro AG (Switzerland)
- Cynteract GmbH (Germany)
- EVERSION Technologies GmbH (Germany)
- Exoheal (Germany)
- INCLUSYS UG (Germany)
- MotionMiners (Germany)
- YU.SH Fashion Tech (Italy)
Thanks to the respected jury board for their valuable expertise and dedicated efforts during the evaluation process:
- Ruth Schöllhammer, Smartaxxess – Co-Founder and Board Member, Board of the German Founders Association
- Thomas Waldmann, Würth Elektronik – Start-Up & Venture Manager
- Jürgen Kandlbinder, Bayernwerk Akademie GmbH – Managing Director
- Jens Krauss, CSEM – Vice President Business Unit Leader – Medtech
- Dr. Michael Hoeck, EARLYBIRD VENTURE CAPITAL – Co-founder Earlybird-X & Venture Partner
- Paul Lukowicz, DFKI (German Research Center for AI) – Scientific Director
- Adriano Basile, STMicroelectronics – Technical Marketing Manager
- Filippo Colaianni, STMicroelectronics – Technical Marketing
- Borut Kastelic, EBV Elektronik – Business Development Manager Medical
- Matthias Keckl, FTTF (Fraunhofer Technology Transfer Fund) – Managing Partner
Their insights and judgment were instrumental in identifying the most promising wearable technology innovations of 2025.
The WT | Wearable Technologies Conference continues to be a hub for innovation, collaboration, and industry foresight. As we wrap up this inspiring event, we look forward to the future impact these solutions will bring across health, lifestyle, industry, and beyond.
The 17th Innovation World Cup® and 17th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® are now open for submissions. Participation is free of charge. Learn more at www.innovationworldcup.com.
Behind the scenes – The Innovation World Cup® Series
The Innovation World Cup® Series is the global open innovation platform that connects corporates and techpreneurs. It acts as a catalyst for future innovations. The Innovation World Cup® Series powered by Techpreneurs GmbH a Navispace company was initiated in 2003. Current and previous partners include STMicroelectronics, EBV Elektronik, Swisscom, Würth Elektronik, HTC VIVE, Google Cloud, Ericsson, Intel, Samsung, Telefonica, Telit, VARTA Microbattery and more.
Further partners include Hannover Messe, BIM World MUNICH, MEDICA, CSEM, HTGF, VDMA, WT | Wearable Technologies, AlpICT, BioAlps Association, ACCIO, Business OULU, Business France, Business Finland, G2 Startups, Gate Garching, Wolves Summit, The Trade Council Denmark, Medical Valley, UnternehmerTUM, IoTWeek, Innovability, WMF We Make Future, Werk1, Stanford University, Innosuisse, CENSIS, Invest in Bavaria, Technoport, THINGS Stockholm, Health Capital Helsinki, ITRI, TechBBQ, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, and many more.
More information: www.innovationworldcup.com, www.techprnrs.com
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Hanna Sterzik | Project Manager
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