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05/31/2019 | Pressemitteilung

Social projects get off the ground - winners of crowdfunding contest announced

At the end of April, the UNIKAT crowdfunding contest for social projects from the Kassel region was launched. Eleven projects competed and solicited support through crowdfunding. Numerous people took part in the contest and helped decide through their support. The five projects with the most supporters (as of 29.05.19 12:00) were rewarded with additional prize money. Thanks to the financial support, the projects can now begin implementation.

Hannah Hartmann and Philipp Weyer from Saatgutkonfetti took 1st place — Hannah Hartmann and Philipp Weyer from Saatgutkonfetti take 1st place in UNIKAT Crowdfunding Contest

The winners are:

1st Place (€5,000) - Seed Confetti
Seed Confetti is compostable confetti supporting 26 native plant species that provide a home and food source for wild insects.
Number of supporters: 864

2nd place (3,000 euros) - First parkour hall in northern Hesse
A home for sports enthusiasts and parkour athletes - whether they are complete beginners or professionals. The special feature of the indoor parkour hall is that it is planned, organized and built by young people for young people.
Number of supporters: 318

3rd place (2,000 euros) - TIERINDIR - Dein Magazin endlich als Print
The youth magazine TIERINDIR is planning its first print edition. A magazine for young people that deals with all topics related to growing up.
Number of supporters: 303

4th place (1,000 euros) - Kasseler Bunkerpilz
Kasseler Bunkerpilz brings food production back to the city and grows mushrooms on coffee grounds. It also makes use of vacant spaces in the middle of the city.
Number of supporters: 275

5th place (1,000 euros) - allerleih - social item lending
Allerleih aims to make everyday items available to the general public for lending - similar to a library.
Number of supporters: 155

A total of 12,000 euros in prize money was distributed to support social projects in the Kassel region. In the contest, citizens were able to decide through their support which projects would receive the prize money. In this way, traditional project funding was combined with crowdfunding and a democratic way of funding projects was created. A total of 2,041 people participated in the contest and supported the projects with a total amount of 48,111 euros. Including the prize money, more than 60,111 euros were thus invested in social projects.
The crowdfunding contest is under the patronage of Kassel's mayor Ilona Friedrich and is organized by the University of Kassel, Science Park Kassel, Wirtschaftsförderung Region Kassel as well as Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Nordhessen and AKGG.

The prize money in the "social is sexy" contest was provided by HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG, Kasseler Sparkasse, Wintershall Holding GmbH and Techniker Krankenkasse.
An overview of all projects can be found on the contest homepage: www.contest.unikat-crowdfunding.de

Contact:
Jörg Froharth
University of Kassel / Science Park Kassel
Tel.: 0561 804-2498
E-mail: froharth[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
www.contest.unikat-crowdfunding.de