Logistikbude Wins Innovators’ Pitch in the ‘Smart Logistics’ Category

The winners of the Innovators’ Pitch 2025 come from Munich and Dortmund: The startups Klugidu and Logistikbude triumphed this evening at the competition for early-stage startups at TRANSFORM in Berlin. The startups impressed the jury in the categories “EdTech” and “Smart Logistics” with their solutions and each receive a prize of 5,000 euros from the award presented by Get Started, the startup initiative of the Digital Association Bitkom.

(Berlin/Dortmund) “Education and logistics are two very different key areas for the economy and society, but they have one thing in common: Digital technologies and innovative ideas from startups can be utilized immediately and bring about real change. Klugidu and Logistikbude not only convinced the jury but also the audience at TRANSFORM,” says Daniel Breitinger, Head of Startups & Scaleups at Bitkom. “All six finalists demonstrated that we should pay even more attention to German startups and scaleups in the discussion about digital sovereignty.”

The two winners of the Innovators’ Pitch 2025:

Klugidu (Munich, Category “EdTech”): The startup from Munich offers AI-supported reading promotion to ensure more educational equity. Klugidu’s solution provides adaptive learning content based on an automated diagnosis of the child’s reading competence. At the same time, an “individualized experience world” is intended to make learning to read enjoyable.

Logistikbude (Dortmund, Category “Smart Logistics”): In Europe, there are more than 5 billion pallets, mesh boxes, containers, and racks – so-called load carriers – in circulation. And the startup from Dortmund takes care of them. Today, their management is complex: Stocks, transactions, and debts must be recorded and coordinated with partners. These manual processes are time-consuming. Losses also incur high replacement costs – Logistikbude’s digital solution aims not only to assist but to fully automate the management of load carriers.

Award Ceremony at TRANSFORM

The pitch of the finalists and the award ceremony took place on the first day of TRANSFORM at Station Berlin. All information about the TRANSFORM program can be found at transform.show

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