FiberFlow Wins the Digital Award at SpinLab's Summer School for Diverse Startups

In July 2025, FiberFlow took part in the fifth edition of the Leipzig Summer School for Diverse Startups, run by SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator and HHL Digital Space. At the closing pitch event, FiberFlow won the Digital Award, presented by the City of Leipzig and endowed with €2,000.

What the Summer School Is

The Leipzig Summer School for Diverse Startups is a free, one-week acceleration programme for founders from underrepresented backgrounds, including women, people with international or migration histories, and others who are statistically underrepresented in the startup world. Now in its fifth year, the programme combines hands-on workshops on sales, marketing, and financing with 1:1 coaching, access to Leipzig's startup ecosystem, and a public pitch contest at the end of the week.

The programme is backed by a broad partner network including the City of Leipzig, EDIH Saxony, Dell Technologies, TGFS, and Germany Trade & Invest.

The Pitch Contest

The week's final event on July 24 brought together the participating teams to present their ideas before a jury of experts and a public audience. FiberFlow made its case for fiber-level separation of post-consumer textile waste and convinced the jury. The Digital Award, granted by the City of Leipzig, went to FiberFlow.