2010

Self-driving car-model prototype

MENUX originated in a project focused on an RC-car model. Back then electric vehicles, self-driving systems and artificial intelligence were not on the agenda of many automotive companies. It was, however, on the mind of one of the founders of MENUX: Marcel Engelmann. He was committed to build an electric car model that could drive itself and was powered by solar energy, which laid the foundation for our focus in mobility and cars.

2012

Online booking system for parking spaces

In 2012, smartphones gained global market momentum through mass-adoption and so, the iPhone 3GS was the first smartphone the two brothers and founders of MENUX got their hands on. However, as their parents struggled finding a parking spot during a family trip, they realized the smartphone’s opportunites beyond being a simple consumer device. They decided to build a smart booking system for parking spots in car parks. After many hours of coding and building the software they were awarded by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

2015

Road Genius – Location-based quiz app for rear seat entertainment

The Volkswagen CodeFEST8 is the largest global Hackathon in the automotive industry involving eight cities and over 600 participants. One of the founders of MENUX started with three team members and they had 30 hours to develop our idea “Road Genius”, a location-based quiz-app for kids with age- and gender-based questions. The team won the first round at the Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), and was placed 1st in the final round at the largest and most internationally represented computer expo (CeBIT). After the event the team hat the chance to present in front of Dr. Martin Winterkorn (former CEO of Volkswagen Group).

2016

Connected car systems, self-driving support systems and more

In 2016 members of MENUX won the 3rd place at the Daimler Hackathon in Stuttgart with a system to detect emotions from passengers while sitting in a self-driving car. Other members where at the Bosch Connected World event, building a system to detect potholes in the streets of Berlin. 2016 was a year full of exciting projects and shaped the skills that were needed to found MENUX in 2017.

2017

MENUX GmbH was founded

After winning the Bosch Connected World event in the field of Smart City and many other exciting projects, MENUX was officially founded on the 2nd of February 2017. With a capital of 25.000,00€, MENUX was ready to explore new projects and build up its infrastructure. Shortly after that event, MENUX got its first contracts and went for a visit to Palo Alto, the hotspot of Silicon Valley. Shortly after the immersive journey to the birthplace of Silicon Valley, MENUX reshaped its business model and focused only on mobility, logistics and smart city projects.

Today

Building innovative projects with multinationals

Today MENUX is part of the Entrepreneurship Center incubator and has clients from Germany, Switzerland and the US. In 2018, MENUX wants to build exciting new products and services, grow its team and build up a community of people interested in mobility, logistics and smart city. We are thrilled to make 2018 a great year and are happy to hear from you.

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