{"id":34705,"date":"2025-06-30T14:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/?p=34705"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:09:23","slug":"viss-wins-the-german-startup-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/en\/viss-wins-the-german-startup-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"VISS wins the German Startup Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image o-blog-text-w-side-image--space-sm\">\n  <div class=\"container-lg\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2\">\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n          <div class=\"col-md-6 a-animate--fade-in-left js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <div class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__text s-content\"><p>As part of this year&#8217;s IT Summit Germany 2025, the German Startup Cup was awarded &#8211; a prize that recognizes innovative young companies and provides them with visibility, exchange and access to a strong network. The aim of the competition initiated by GFFT e.V. is to promote innovation in the IT sector and connect start-ups with experts and user companies in a targeted manner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-md-5 offset-md-1 a-animate--fade-in-right js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Startup-Pokal_GFFT.png\" alt=\"Startup VISS gewinnt den Deutschen Startup Pokal\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image o-blog-text-w-side-image--space-lg\">\n  <div class=\"container-lg\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2\">\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center flex-row-reverse\">\n          <div class=\"col-md-6 offset-md-1 a-animate--fade-in-right js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <div class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__text s-content\"><p>A special highlight was the final of the Startup Cup, where six finalists from the Cybersecurity and AI &#038; Software Development categories presented their solutions live to a panel of experts and the audience. The decision was not easy &#8211; but VISS came out on top in the Cybersecurity category with a convincing pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-md-5 a-animate--fade-in-left js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/VISS_GFFT_2.png\" alt=\"Startup VISS gewinnt den Deutschen Startup Pokal\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image o-blog-text-w-side-image--space-lg\">\n  <div class=\"container-lg\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2\">\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n          <div class=\"col-md-6 a-animate--fade-in-left js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <div class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__text s-content\"><p>Maximilian von Lonski, who represented VISS on stage, impressed with a practical and forward-looking solution. This secured him a well-deserved victory in a high-caliber field with other finalists such as Mitigant and XplicitTrust (a start-up from our community).<br \/>\nIn addition to exciting pitches, the summit also offered inspiring keynotes, intensive panel discussions and numerous opportunities for professional exchange &#8211; with topics ranging from cybersecurity and artificial intelligence to software development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would like to congratulate <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/mvonlonski\" target=\"_blank\">Maximilian von Lonski<\/a> and the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viss.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\">VISS<\/a> team on this success!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image source: GFFT e.V. &#038; VISS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-md-5 offset-md-1 a-animate--fade-in-right js-animate a-animate--delay-1\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-blog-text-w-side-image__image\" 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