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QLero. Funding as a mark of quality for a young AI platform.

Facts up front

Sector

AI software

Funding programme

Research funding

Company size

Start-up

Project teaser

QLero is a technology start-up with the goal of making artificial intelligence accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises. To advance the development of this innovative technology, QLero looked for suitable funding opportunities.

2

founders: Martin Ulbricht and Moritz von Kaiser

35%

Forschungszulage funding rate for SMEs and start-ups

€4.2 million

maximum Forschungszulage per year

[…] When it came to submitting the research application, Ignite guided us through it brilliantly. […] It really ran smoothly.

Moritz von Kaiser Co-founder of QLero GmbH

The project in detail

With the development of the “MAIkit” platform, the company aims to make using AI in everyday work considerably simpler and to help companies use their own data more efficiently.

QLero was founded by Martin Ulbricht and Moritz von Kaiser and develops AI-based software solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The company’s focus is on designing AI applications so that they can be used without specialist technical knowledge. Many existing AI tools assume that users know exactly how to phrase their requests. QLero therefore aims to lower this hurdle and to give companies an intuitive way to use their internal data and knowledge sources with the help of AI.

QLero planned to develop a new AI platform tailored specifically to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. Many companies find existing AI chat tools complicated or frustrating, because they do not always deliver the expected results.

With “MAIkit”, QLero therefore developed a platform that can integrate company context through interfaces to email systems or internal data stores, for example. On that basis, the AI is intended to provide proactive support without users having to formulate complex prompts.

Developing such a technology, however, involves considerable investment. Because there are hardly any existing reference systems for this kind of solution, QLero had to build much of the technological base itself. At the same time, it was important for the company to secure additional financial support in order to advance the development.

With Ignite’s support, QLero was able to deliver the funding process successfully and to drive the further development of its MAIkit AI platform.

The collaboration between QLero and Ignite shows how important specialist funding advisory can be for innovative technology projects.

While QLero was able to focus on the technological development of its AI platform, Ignite took over the structured support of the funding process.

This combination of technological innovative strength and sound funding expertise forms a strong basis for future projects and further joint innovation ventures.

Ignite Success Story

QLero GmbH in interview

The route to funding and results

To support the further development of MAIkit, QLero decided to apply for research funding. Alongside the financial support, the strategic value of funding also played an important role. As Martin Ulbricht explains, successful funding acts at the same time as a mark of quality, confirming that this is a vetted and innovative project.

  1. Contact with Ignite came about through an earlier professional collaboration. QLero’s team had already gathered experience with various funding programmes and made a deliberate decision to run the application process together with a specialist partner.

  2. Ignite supported QLero in preparing and structuring the funding application. This included the analysis of the innovation project, the preparation of the technological content and support through the entire application process.

  3. With Ignite’s support, QLero was able to deliver the funding process successfully and to drive the further development of its MAIkit AI platform.

  4. The close collaboration paid off: the innovation project was successfully funded through the Forschungszulage and received the support it needed for implementation.

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