Support now: Smart Ideas for Kassel" crowdfunding campaign

The so-called "crowd" consists of those who support the project. They contribute a self-selected financial amount to make the city of Kassel smarter by supporting one of the 14 projects. The best thing about it is that, in addition to the support, they receive a so-called "thank you". The crowdfunding campaign is under the patronage of Kassel's Lord Mayor Christian Geselle and is organized by UniKasselTransfer of the University of Kassel, the Kassel Region Economic Development Corporation and the City of Kassel. Lord Mayor Christian Geselle: "Kassel is creative and innovative. This is also reflected in the projects submitted for the crowdfunding campaign. It is important to promote this inventive spirit. Everyone can make their contribution to the realization of the projects. Good ideas are the driving force for a smart Kassel."

In total, more than 20 projects applied to participate in the crowdfunding campaign "Kassel becomes smart". Based on qualitative criteria, 14 projects were selected, which are now starting the funding phase at the same time. These include, for example, the solarVeload project, which wants to equip a self-developed cargo bike with a roof made of solar cells to enable climate-friendly and self-sufficient transportation. Pupils solve programming, electronics and physics problems in an adventure game and use them to control a robot: this is what the MINT-Robi team would like to realize for regional schools. Designing and exhibiting digital art integratively in public spaces? The smARt Art team of Pixel e.V. brings augmented reality to the campaign at a cultural station.
Those who take part in the campaign have an extra budget from the cofunding provided by the supporters when crowdfunding. Cofunding is 1:1, which means that for every euro raised, the project receives one euro from the cofunding. In addition, four special prizes will be awarded in these categories: Work and Education, Mobility, Energy and Environment, and Life, Housing and Culture. The funding pot for the cofunding amounts to 26,000 euros plus 4,000 euros for the special prizes.

Support for the Smart City campaign comes from companies across the city. Among those making the crowdfunding campaign possible are Micromata GmbH, Flavia IT-Management GmbH, Kasseler Sparkasse, Städtische Werke AG, Starke + Reichert GmbH & Co. KG, Yatta Solutions GmbH, Techniker Krankenkasse, IT-Netzwerk e.V. and Science Park Kassel GmbH. This is the third time that such a thematic crowdfunding campaign has been carried out in Kassel by UNIKAT Crowdfunding. In 2017, the "Kultur macht schön" campaign saw over 50,000 euros invested in cultural projects. With "Social is sexy", seven social projects were supported with over 60,000 euros in 2019. UNIKAT Crowdfunding is part of the University of Kassel's UniKasselTransfer department, whose mission is to make the university's knowledge and expertise useful to society.

An overview of all projects and the possibility to support them can be found here.

General information about UNIKAT Crowdfunding can be found here.
 

Contact:
Hannes Holtermann
UniKasselTransfer
Tel: 0561 804-1984
Mail: holtermann[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Web: www.unikat-crowdfunding.de