FloodWaive

What a month of flood forecasting innovation in the Netherlands! As we enter the festive December season, I'm looking back on a remarkable November of knowledge exchange and collaboration! I'm grateful to have been part of two events that showcased advances in flood forecasting technology. First, at the Delft-FEWS User Days 2024 at Deltares, I had the pleasure of presenting alongside my colleague Hendrik Burkamp from Hydrotec Ingenieurgesellschaft für Wasser und Umwelt mbH on "Enabling Flash Flood Forecasting: FloodWaive's AI-Powered 2D Real-Time System within Delft-FEWS." Together with our co-authors Oliver Buchholz, Alpaslan Yörük from Hydrotec, and my compantion and co-founder Adrian Holt, we explored the promising integration of our FloodWaive AI models into #DelftFEWS. At the 7th Dutch-German workshop, I presented our research on our foundation model #DeepWaive, a generalized deep learning model for flood forecasting. Special thanks to Daniel Bachmann and Ulrich Förster for organizing this excellent event, and to all participants for the engaging discussions. This was followed by a productive JCAR ATRACE project workshop with Kymo Slager and Jan Verkade, where we explored opportunities for joint early warning systems. It was particularly inspiring to see so many partners from the #FlashFloodBreaker project coming together, united in our mission to improve flood risk management. These collaborations between AI innovation and established forecasting systems represent a significant step forward in flood risk management. The rich discussions about these technologies and their real-world implementation highlighted the immense potential ahead. Thank you to all organizers, participants, and colleagues who made these events such a success. Looking forward to 2025 - a year of more important collaborations within this common mission and breakthrough innovations in flood forecasting. Thank you Jens for the nice picture! #DeepWaive #AI #FloodForecasting #FlashFloodBreaker #DutchGermanCollaboration #DelftFEWS #JCAR

🚀 Aus der auxmoney Nachbarschaft: das Start-Up FloodWaive 🌊 Wer hat sie nicht noch vor Augen: die schrecklichen Bilder von der Flutkatastrophe im Ahrtal oder auch vom diesjährigen Hochwasser in vielen Regionen Deutschlands. Floodwaive bietet eine hochmoderne KI-Lösung zur Prävention solcher Ereignisse als auch zur konkreten Warnung vor Hochwasser. 💬 Julian Hofmann, CEO und Co-Founder hat uns erzählt, was Floodwaive so einzigartig macht: ”Sobald der DWD Niederschlagsvorhersagen bereitstellt, können wir diese mit dem FloodWaive System in ihre direkten Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Infrastruktur umrechnen. Bisher galt dieses rein datenbasierte Verfahren als technisch unmöglich. Andere Anbieter arbeiten mit fest verbauten Sensoren in Risikogebieten. Die Nachteile dieses auf Sensoren basierenden Ansatzes: Der Arbeitsaufwand, die Kosten und die Tatsache, dass ein Sensor oftmals mit weniger Vorlaufzeit reagiert.” 🤝 Floodwaive ist Teil des in unserem Bürogebäude ansässigen TechHub.K67 - ein Innovations-Hotspot für B2B-Technologie in Düsseldorf. Gemeinsam mit vielen anderen Partnern unterstützt #auxmoney die dortigen Start-Ups. Floodwaive, mit Euch im selben Gebäude fühlen wir uns sicher!

Celebrating Europe’s leading university start-ups at Stage Two 2024 | Last week, Stage Two brought over 45 startups from 20 countries to Berlin, organized by RWTH Aachen University and HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. With over 55 VCs, 25 corporate partners and €5 million in prizes, the fourth edition saw a new milestone in supporting the successful #EntrepreneurialTransfer from research into start-ups with impactful innovation. FloodWaive, the RWTH representative, is one of them. With their innovative AI-driven flood forecasting technology, the team won three prizes: a €250,000 Investment Prize by Atlantic Labs, a €300,000 Investment Prize by Earlybird Venture Capital and the Accelerate Prize "Fast-track-to-IC" by FoodLabs. Congrats to Julian Hofmann, Maike Kuchem, Adrian Holt and all other winners! Read the full recap of #StageTwo2024 here: https://lnkd.in/eCBmRMha #StageTwo #ForOurBeyond #EXISTPotentials #ESCNRW #technology #transfer #innovation #startups #entrepreneurship #deeptech

I'm deeply moved to share some extraordinary news from Stage Two in Berlin, where FloodWaive represented RWTH Aachen University. The ongoing catastrophic floods in Spain, which claimed lives and caused widespread devastation, remind us why our mission is so crucial. It's precisely why FloodWaive exists - to revolutionize flood risk intelligence by translating weather data into actionable impact forecasts and real-time assessments, protecting lives, saving assets, and preserving our communities. We are absolutely overwhelmed by the incredible response and recognition we received at this pan-European startup competition, where 50+ startups from +40 leading universities across Europe competed. FloodWaive was honored with three awards: + €300K prize from Earlybird Venture Capital + €250K prize from AtlanticLabs + Accelerate Fast-Track-to-IC prize from FoodLabs This validation of our mission and technology is both humbling and energizing. We're more committed than ever to building a safer, more resilient future through improved early warning systems and risk analytics. Big congratulations to all participating teams, especially our fellow EXIST-funded innovators aisencia, nextract energy, and Rayven - you're all driving remarkable change! We're immensely grateful to EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft for their funding and unwavering support throughout our first year. Your belief in our vision has been instrumental in getting us to where we are today. None of this would have been possible without the exceptional support we've received along our journey. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to: Holger Schüttrumpf, who has been an mentor since 2017, starting with my master's thesis on flood forecasting and continuing through my doctoral research. And to Antara Dasgupta, who also joined our advisory board in 2023! Malte Brettel and the entire RWTH Aachen University and RWTH Innovation community for their entrepreneurial guidance. Special thanks to the Time Research Area Rwth Aachen and Prof. Dr. Stephan (Thor) Stubner & HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management for organizing this outstanding competition. A special thank you to our jury at Stage Two for their insightful feedback and recognition, and to the Stage Two and Collective Incubator Team for organizing such an unforgettable event and your awesome support! The experience and connections made will stay with us forever. Big thanks also to ZENIT GmbH! To Earlybird Venture Capital, AtlanticLabs, and FoodLabs - thank you for believing in our vision. Your support will help us make a real difference in communities threatened by flooding. 🌊 Join us in building a safer, more resilient future! 🌊 #ForOurBeyond #StageTwo #ClimateAction #Innovation #FloodProtection #RWTHAachen #Impact (Some of the photos were taken by EXIST and Collective Incubator Team)

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E !!!! Four EXIST-Teams win half of the prize money at Stage Two. 🎉 A big round of applause for: 🏆 aisencia (cancer detection), 🏆 FloodWaive (flooding prediction), 🏆 nextract energy (energy grid solutions), 🏆 RayVen (ultrafast lasers) Two days of intense networking between #investors and #startups end with a blast! That's one great reason to celebrate the coming weekend. #FridayFame We hope you all get home safely and that you take the energy from this event into your daily routines again in the coming weeks and months. ⚡ All the best wishes from the #EXIST-Team to all of you and a special thanks to Stagetwo for for setting up another unforgettable pitch event in Berlin! 🌟 Looking forward to seeing you all next year! #ForOurBeyond

It is always a special treat to see EXIST-Teams pitch at Stage Two. 😍 So proud of aisencia (cancer detection), AdaptX Systems (cooling systems), FloodWaive (flooding prediction), nextract energy (energy grid solutions), and micro factory (medical 3D printing), RayVen (ultrafast lasers) #live on stage in #Berlin Radialsystem in the semi finals. Tough crowd! Now, the jury decides... Fingers crossed 🤞 #StageTwo2024 #forourbeyond

Only a few days left... we can't wait for this year's Stage Two! 🌟 Happy to support the event and the startup ecosystem across Europe with our partnership. Join us on the future of innovation and entrepreneurship! 🚀 And of course, we wish all the participating teams that have been EXIST funded successful pitches: aisencia, AdaptX Systems, FloodWaive and micro factory. 🍀 🤞 See you there! 👋 #ScienceBasedStartups #innovation #entrepreneurship #StageTwo2024

Julian Hofmann, winner from our Allianz Climate Risk Award 2023 Edition shared with us a lot about his experience during the Award, and a bit about the wonderful work he is doing now. Dive into Julian's story and be inspired by his passion and dedication to creating techniques to become more resilient to climate risk 👨🎓 🚀 🌍 🌽 #research #understandingclimaterisk #listentothescientists #university

🎉 Unser erster Mitarbeitender – Willkommen Joshua! 🎉 FloodWaive wächst: wir freuen uns, Joshua Mader als ersten Werkstudierenden in unserem Team willkommen zu heißen! 👏 Als Projektingenieur wird er entscheidend dazu beitragen, unsere innovativen Lösungen im Bereich Hochwassermanagement weiterzuentwickeln. Joshua hat an der RWTH Aachen seinen Bachelor in Umweltingenieurwissenschaften abgeschlossen und ist nun Masterstudierender mit dem Schwerpunkt Wassermanagement. Mit seinem Wissen in der Vorsorge von Hochwasser und Naturgefahren wird er eine wertvolle Bereicherung für FloodWaive sein. 🚀 Die Einstellung von Joshua markiert einen wichtigen Schritt in der Entwicklung von FloodWaive und wir sind gespannt auf die gemeinsamen Herausforderungen und Erfolge, die vor uns liegen! Herzlich willkommen im Team, Joshua! Wir freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit! 🌊💧 #FloodWaive #Team #Wachstum #Innovation

🚀 We're hiring! 🚀 FloodWaive sucht einen Werkstudierenden in der Full-Stack Softwareentwicklung für KI-basierte Hochwasserlösungen (m/w/d), um unser Team zu erweitern! 🌊 Möchtest du mit modernsten KI-Algorithmen und Hochwasservorhersagesystemen einen direkten Beitrag zur Klimafolgenanpassung leisten und dabei helfen, Menschen und Infrastruktur vor Hochwasserschäden zu schützen? Dann klicke auf den Link, um mehr zu erfahren und dich zu bewerben! 💻 https://lnkd.in/drTtgJsC #FloodWaive #Hiring #Werkstudierende #SoftwareEngineering #Hochwasserschutz