KitchenGuard's innovative operating concept will also significantly reduce energy consumption during cooking. By automating various processes, around 30 percent of electricity is saved. The founding team assumes that using a KitchenGuard cooking sensor in just ten percent of all German households could save 315 gigawatt hours of electrical energy per year - the annual energy yield of 15 large wind turbines.
The interdisciplinary KitchenGuard founding team consists of Jan-Philipp Bott, who studied technical business administration, Jochen Heudorfer, responsible for technology management, and Simon Heudorfer, a graduate in vehicle and engine technology. Jan-Philipp Bott describes how the trio intends to approach founding the company in the coming months: "First of all, we will work on project planning and the business plan. At the same time, we will continue to develop our sensor technology. And Simon Heudorfer is already in contact with a hob manufacturer with whom we would like to establish a development partnership".
During the critical start-up phase, the team is supported by industry experts, their mentor, Prof. Joachim Bös, Head of theIndustrial Applications of Media Technologies Group at TU Ilmenau, and Jan Radicke and the team from the Ilmkubator, the start-up service at TU Ilmenau.
The EXIST start-up grant is a funding program of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection and is co-financed by the European Social Fund. Up to three people receive a grant for a period of 12 months to draw up a business plan and prepare for setting up a company with the support of their university or research institution. The most important prerequisite: the business idea must be an innovative, technology-oriented or knowledge-based product with significant unique selling points and good prospects of commercial success - such as the smart KitchenGuard cooking sensor. In addition to financial support to cover their personal living expenses, the graduates now receive up to 30,000 euros for material expenses and 5,000 euros for coaching. The three smart young founders are already thinking about acquiring their first customers for their KitchenGuard cooking system.
Contact
Jan Radicke
Ilmkubator Start-up Service
+49 3677 69-2528
jan.radicke@tu-ilmenau.de
