{"id":31630,"date":"2025-09-29T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspark-ost.ch\/thurgau-lions-den\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:10:24","slug":"thurgau-lions-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationspark-ost.ch\/en\/thurgau-lions-den\/","title":{"rendered":"Thurgau Lion&#8217;s Den"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31630\" class=\"elementor elementor-31630 elementor-30985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c96727 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c96727\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29b1971\" data-id=\"29b1971\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74610b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74610b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Four young companies presented their business ideas at WEGA last Friday as part of the new &#8220;Thurgau Lion&#8217;s Den&#8221; format organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/startnetzwerk.ch\/aktuelles\/hoehle-der-thurgauer-loewen-2025.html\">Start Network Thurgau<\/a>. The Thurgau Young Entrepreneur Award 2025 went to Stephan Lang from E-SKI as a result of the subsequent voting. <\/strong><\/h3><p>Last Friday, representatives from the regional start-up and entrepreneurial scene crowded together in front of the stage at the Thurgauerhof in Weinfelden. WEGA visitors joined them to the left and right. There was great interest in the first edition of the Thurgau Lions&#8217; Den and all the seats were fully booked.  <\/p><h3><strong>The jury<\/strong><\/h3><p>Four pre-selected Thurgau start-ups pitched their business ideas amidst the hustle and bustle of the trade fair. They then faced critical questions from the jury &#8211; the Thurgau Lions &#8211; and the audience. The jury consisted of three representatives from the entrepreneurial scene: entrepreneur Christoph Lanter, Patricia D\u00e4hler from Tr\u00f6pfel GmbH and Dieter Bachmann, Managing Director of Gottlieber H\u00fcppen.  <\/p><h3><strong>The pitches<\/strong><\/h3><p>The following companies presented themselves one after the other:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ski.ch\/\">e-SKI<\/a> with Stefan Lang &#8211; electrically powered touring ski<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equitika.com\/\">Equitika<\/a> with Fabian Gubler &#8211; Financial knowledge in a trouser pocket<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxoa.ch\/\">OXOA<\/a> with Pius Gutzwiller and Diego Frehner &#8211; digital interface to relatives<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/atmosflame.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOooc33CiTgWQEc9ppIfUvpFUJPnZj8_XCYQreP1Nv7oBp9X7YJ8R\">Atmosflame<\/a> with Michael Schneider &#8211; sustainable radiant warmer<\/li><\/ul><p>After four exciting pitches with diverse business ideas, it was immediately on to the live voting. All invited guests had the opportunity to vote for their favorite. <\/p><h3><strong>The winning pitch is&#8230;  <\/strong><\/h3><p>It was close towards the end, with <a href=\"https:\/\/e-ski.ch\/\"><strong>Stefan<\/strong> <strong>Lang mi E-SKI<\/strong><\/a>. He received the Thurgau Young Entrepreneur Prize worth CHF 5,000, which was sponsored by the Thurgauer Kantonalbank and presented to him by Karin Hugentobler. Afterwards, Stefan Lang was interviewed by Radio Top.    <\/p><p>The other companies did not go home empty-handed either and received a prize for their commitment. In any case, there were only winners on this evening. 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