Teams and individuals with the drive to found a business from all over the EU were called to submit ideas that revolutionize the information and communication technologies of tomorrow. More than 600 early stage startups and innovators registered for the first wave of the EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge, and 311 proposals were finally submitted.
An expert jury consisting of industry experts, investors, entrepreneurs and business accelerators has reviewed all ideas and selected the best 36 teams that are invited to pitch their ideas in Eindhoven, Helsinki, Munich, or Rennes.
Awaiting the winners
Twelve of the below listed teams have now the chance to win up to 40,000 Euro, office space for six months at a Co-Location Centre in Europe, and mentoring support from the EIT ICT Labs Business Development Accelerator. In addition, the winners have the invaluable opportunity to become part of a unique ecosystem with over 120 partners in the field of ICT.
All finalists have been notified by e-mail already.
Finalist teams in the category Health & Wellbeing
| Team | Country | Pitcher |
1 | Headsted | Finland | Toni Vanhala |
2 | 3D Sound Labs | France | Xavier Bonjour |
3 | Kemuri | UK | Dr. Leonard Anderson |
4 | Horus | Italy | Saverio Murgia |
5 | Tinnitracks | Germany | Jörg Land |
6 | SOMA | UK | Johann Huber |
7 | Posetrack | Sweden | Kartik Karuna |
8 | SImplyWell | Finland | Kristian Ekström |
Finalist teams in the category Smart Spaces
| Team | Country | Pitcher |
1 | Avansera | Finland | Cormac Walsh |
2 | Mapnaut | Italy | Damiano Gui |
3 | InPict | Germany | Dominik Lahmann |
4 | Jukeboss | Sweden | Germán Leiva and Carla Griggio |
5 | Qgo | Austria | Jacob Schröger and Christinne Cuyugan |
6 | Lokkupp | Sweden | Maria Lindström |
7 | txtData | Germany | Michael Kaisser |
8 | Tele Recognition System | Finland | Oscar Tuutti |
9 | Homey | Netherlands | Stefan Witkamp and Emile Nijssen |
10 | Workplace Environment Analytics | Finland | Tomas Novotny |
Finalist teams in the category Cyber Physical Systems
| Team | Country | Pitcher |
1 | 3YOURMIND | Germany | Aleksander Ciszek |
2 | Evothings Studio | Sweden | Alex Jonsson |
3 | BitMint | Germany | Amnon Samid |
4 | Energiency | France | Arnaud Legrand |
5 | SnapBack Labs | Italy | Claudio Capobianco |
6 | InCa Interaction Cable | Germany | Jens Teichert |
7 | Virtual Grasp | Sweden | Kai Hübner |
8 | KINEXON ONE | Germany | Oliver Trinchera and Dr. Alexander Hüttenbrink |
9 | KONUX | Germany | Vlad Lata |
Finalist teams in the category Future Cloud
| Team | Country | Pitcher |
1 | PLAYIR | UK | Ashraf Samy Hegab |
2 | vi-fix | Germany | Andreas Dotzler |
3 | callstats | Finland | Varun Singh |
4 | Stimergy | France | Christophe Perron |
5 | Agroptima | Spain | Emilia Vila Valls and Ferran Gascon |
6 | Testfabrik | Germany | Bernd Pohl |
7 | Xpressomics | Estonia | Hendrik Luuk |
8 | Securebeam | Austria | Martin Vasko |
9 | LeanXcale | Spain | Ricardo Jimenez-Peris |
The pitch dates at a glance
Health & Wellbeing: May 21 in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Cyber Physical Systems: June 2-3 in Munich, Germany
Smart Spaces: June 3 in Helsinki, Finland
Future Cloud: June 23-24 in Rennes France
For more information on the second submission wave, please visit www.ideachallenge.eitictlabs.eu
