SalesViewer® takes NRW Founders' Award to Bochum

The technology start-up SalesViewer® is one of the most successful foundings in NRW 2022 and was honored with the third place of the NRW Founders’ Award. This is the second time that a start-up has brought the coveted award to Bochum in the Ruhr region.

10.000€ prize money will be donated to charity

On October 24, 2022, the NRW Founders’ Award was awarded for the 11th time by NRW.Bank and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf. The Bochum-based technology start-up SalesViewer® was able to secure one of the coveted places on the podium and won the 3rd place endowed with 10,000€. The company will donate the amount of money to a non-profit organization.

With prize money totaling 60,000 euros, the NRW Founders’ Award is one of the most highly endowed competitions in Germany for innovative and successful founders and successors. First and second place went to companies from the energy sector.

With international customers such as Statista, Stepstone, the Linde Group and the first division Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg, SalesViewer® is one of the world’s leading providers in its market segment 5 years after its founding. Today, up to 50,000 users log into the platform daily and use the software in sales and marketing.

“SalesViewer® succeeds in an impressive way in international competition with a self-developed technology, Made in NRW,” said Economics and Climate Protection Minister Mona Neubaur (Grüne) at the award ceremony. “The innovative strength and determination of the Bochum-based company is a role model for many other start-ups in North Rhine-Westphalia.”