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AUGLETICS wins the Brandenburg Future Prize 2025

26. November 2025

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BY Flavio Holstein

We are pleased to announce: AUGLETICS is among the winners of the Brandenburg Future Award 2025. The award, the most important business prize in the state of Brandenburg, was presented on Friday evening at the Holiday Inn Berlin Airport Conference Centre in Schönefeld.

For us, this award is an impressive confirmation of our journey – from a small student project to a powerful medium-sized company that is now among the most innovative providers in the home fitness industry. At the same time, it is a sign that bold ideas, regional commitment, and technological excellence can make a difference when combined.

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Our Vision: Rethinking Training

Our Vision: Rethinking Training

To make rowing training at home simple, effective, and inspiring and to motivate people towards a more active lifestyle in the long term. We originated from a student project by two founders who are themselves rowers. From the beginning, our aim was to make home training more efficient, modern, and motivating than what was available on the market at the time. Today, we are considered a technological pioneer in the industry and demonstrate how regional production, modern electronics, and sports science expertise can successfully work together. Our devices are not just used; they inspire.

Innovation from Königs Wusterhausen

Our holistic approach convinced the jury. Development, manufacturing, software, design, and marketing are all done in-house. This proximity to the product and to our customers forms the foundation for rowing machines that are among the quietest, lowest-maintenance, and most technologically advanced on the market.

Our devices are entirely produced in Königs Wusterhausen and combine:

  • a patent-pending magnetic brake

  • digitally connected training

  • our Virtual Coach

  • a large touchscreen with streaming function

All in one system that seamlessly integrates into daily life. Today, we deliver our products not only within Germany, but worldwide.

An Award
for the Entire Team

Managing Director Flavio Holstein and co-founder Stefan Kötitz accepted the award on behalf of the entire team. Many employees attended the ceremony on-site, which is a strong sign of our corporate culture based on team spirit, trust, transparency, and collaborative development.

The jury explicitly emphasized that AUGLETICS exemplifies how digital innovation, sustainable craftsmanship, and regional value creation lead to economic strength. For us, this recognition is an important signal: Our work has a significance that extends far beyond the sports and fitness industry.

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Significance for the Brandenburg Region

Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs Daniel Keller highlighted in his welcoming address that companies like AUGLETICS are important drivers for growth, innovation, and regional development.

The Future Award has been presented since 2004 and showcases the economic performance of Brandenburg’s SMEs. It is supported by the state’s chambers of commerce as well as numerous institutions and partners.

Other award winners include Spiel Bau GmbH, Monari Arts GmbH, 2M Gruppe GmbH Gebäudereinigung, and Ardelt Kranbau from Eberswalde. Together, they represent the impressive diversity of an economic region characterized by innovative strength, sustainable craftsmanship, and strong entrepreneurial ideas.

Their selection shows how dynamic, creative, and efficient Brandenburg’s business landscape is today and how important regional innovation has become for the economic and quality of life in the state.

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Why This Award Means More to Us

For us, the Brandenburg Future Award 2025 is both recognition and motivation.

It shows how a young company from Brandenburg can shape the home fitness world and how we inspire people across borders for training on the rowing machine. At the same time, it reminds us to consistently continue our path:

  • to innovate boldly

  • to strengthen regional production

  • to create sustainable jobs

  • to motivate people to be more active

The award is a milestone, but also a starting point.

We owe this award to our numerous customers who have believed in AUGLETICS from the beginning and are now enthusiastic rowers. Here is an insight into their experiences:

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About the author

Flavio Holstein

Flavio Holstein ist Gründer und CEO von AUGLETICS, einem Unternehmen, das den Rudersport durch innovative Rudergeräte direkt ins Wohnzimmer bringt. Seit über 20 Jahren ist er begeisterter Ruderer und trainierte zeitweise sogar dreimal täglich, um es in die Nationalmannschaft zu schaffen. Er wurde zweimal deutscher Vizemeister im Vierer und Achter. Mit einem Master in Technischer Informatik bringt Flavio das nötige Hintergrundwissen mit, um modernste Technik und sportliche Effizienz zu vereinen und das Rudern für alle zugänglich zu machen. Seine Vision: Rudern als festen Bestandteil des Alltags zu etablieren und damit das wohl größte Gesundheitsproblem unserer Zeit anzugehen – den Bewegungsmangel. Flavio Holstein is the founder and CEO of AUGLETICS, a company that brings the sport of rowing directly into people’s living rooms through innovative rowing machines. He has been a passionate rower for over 20 years and at times trained up to three times a day in order to qualify for the national team. He became German vice champion twice, competing in both the coxless four and the eight. Holding a master’s degree in technical computer science, Flavio combines cutting-edge technology with athletic efficiency to make rowing accessible to everyone. His vision: to establish rowing as a natural part of everyday life and tackle what is arguably the greatest health issue of our time – lack of physical activity. Flavio Holstein est le fondateur et CEO d’AUGLETICS, une entreprise qui fait entrer le sport de l’aviron directement dans le salon grâce à des rameurs innovants. Passionné d’aviron depuis plus de 20 ans, il s’est parfois entraîné jusqu’à trois fois par jour dans l’objectif d’intégrer l’équipe nationale. Il a été deux fois vice-champion d’Allemagne, en quatre et en huit. Titulaire d’un master en informatique technique, Flavio dispose des connaissances nécessaires pour allier technologies de pointe et efficacité sportive et rendre l’aviron accessible à tous. Sa vision : faire de l’aviron une composante naturelle du quotidien et s’attaquer ainsi à l’un des plus grands problèmes de santé de notre époque – le manque d’activité physique. Flavio Holstein è fondatore e CEO di AUGLETICS, un’azienda che porta lo sport del canottaggio direttamente nelle case grazie a vogatori innovativi. È un appassionato canottiere da oltre 20 anni e in alcuni periodi si è allenato persino tre volte al giorno per riuscire a entrare nella nazionale. È stato due volte vicecampione tedesco nel quattro e nell’otto. Con un master in informatica tecnica, Flavio unisce competenze tecnologiche avanzate ed efficienza sportiva per rendere il canottaggio accessibile a tutti. La sua visione: rendere il canottaggio una parte integrante della vita quotidiana e affrontare quello che è probabilmente il più grande problema di salute del nostro tempo – la mancanza di attività fisica.

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