CAMSENS offers measurement systems for the fully automated identification and counting of specific particles, such as mould spores, in air or liquid samples. The systems automatically scan the samples, creating high-resolution images of each particle (over 1 µm) using a camera-based microscope. The AI-based software solution identifies the particles relevant to customers based on size, shape, colour and structure. This automates the conventional cost- and time-intensive analysis in the laboratory.

FluIDect develops state-of-the-art microbial process measurement technology for use in production facilities along the entire processing chain, from process monitoring of bioreactors to food safety monitoring, drinking water quality monitoring and wastewater monitoring. The start-up uses a combination of biology and optics with its patented Fluorescent Resonator Signature (FRS) sensor technology. The aim is to increase food safety and minimise waste.

FreeMOM is the first digital freelancing platform in Germany that specialises in the target group of working mothers and uses intelligent matching to connect self-employed mothers with family-friendly employers on a project basis. FreeMOM offers alternatives to previous employment and working models and thus enables an underestimated target group to be better integrated into the labour market, especially in times of a shortage of skilled workers: working mums.

Indigo Optical Systems GmbH was founded in 2017 as a spin-off of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU). The company specialises in the research, development, production and distribution of optical instruments and metrology systems such as spectrometry, microscopy and reflectometry for coherent radiation from the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectral range (approx. 5 to 80 nm).

openUC2 is a modular, flexible optical toolbox that provides low-threshold access to microscopes for scientists from all disciplines worldwide. openUC2 is easily adaptable to the workflows and needs of scientists, open-source and easily accessible. Through several worldwide workshops, hackathons and collaborations, UC2 has built up a decentralised user network and gained early adopters in order to develop the project into a marketable product.

ProSports.Zone is developing an all-in-one tool to digitalise club work. The main focus of the comprehensive sports software is on recording and analysing performance in the youth sector. The SaaS solution is already being used successfully by Anker Wismar, Austria Salzburg and various regional associations and football schools, among others.