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19 dynamic startups take the stage at the Startup Champions Seed Night 2022

06.05.2022 13:43, Tracy Woodley

The Startup Champions Seed Night is an annual startup presentation event that brings together rising entrepreneurs from EPFL and the Canton of Vaud, angel investors, mentors, industry leaders, and scientists. The 11th edition of this electrifying event showcased 19 promising startups in a pitch competition and more than 900 guests joined in-person at EPFL and via livestream to watch the startups present their innovations.


On May 5th, 2022, nineteen startups met onstage for the 11th edition of the Startup Champions Seed Night. These future stars of the Swiss startup ecosystem showcased their innovative solutions during a 90-minute pitch competition: The entrepreneurs had to impress the audience in order to attract as many votes from the public as possible. After four rounds of five pitches, Tristan Vouga (TWIICE), Florent Héroguel (Bloom Biorenewables), Nicolas Vachicouras (Neurosoft Bioelectronics), and Guillaume Perben (Composite Recycling) reached the finals. 
 
In addition to the energizing pitches, two EPFL alumni inspired the audience with their entrepreneurial journey: The first keynote speech of the event came from Jurgi Camblong, co-founder and CEO of Sophia Genetics, a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service platform that enables healthcare institutions to get quick, robust insights from their data. Jurgi shared his advice on how to retain talent and manage growth, saying, “I was so convinced about the way we could change the future. Culture is very important, what you do is who you are.” Jurgi also outlined his perspective on the most important elements of a company: product market fit, sales, and organization.


Raquel Urtasun, the founder and CEO of Waabi, was the second keynote speaker of the evening. She shared the story of her entrepreneurial journey from academia to founding a company that is pioneering the next generation of self-driving technology. “Be bold, aim high,” she urged the audience.



During the keynote speeches, the jury deliberated and chose the winner: Florent Héroguel, co-founder and COO of Bloom Biorenewables, had the best pitch of the Champions Seed Night 2022. Bloom Biorenewables is a Swiss startup turning waste biomass into an alternative for petroleum.
  The Startup Champions Seed Night 2022 was supported by EPFL Alumni, the EPFL Vice Presidency for Innovation, and the generous sponsors Alpian+EY Switzerland, InnovaudKellerhals Carrard, and Swisscom Ventures

Learn more about the startups that pitched at the Startup Champions Seed Night 2022:

autonomyo Sàrl: Game changer in neurological rehabilitation

autonomyo enables neurological patients with walking disorders to walk again. We enable the continuous and intense walking training after clinical rehabilitation. An exoskeleton robotic device and a d... Read more

Bearmind SA: Wearable technology to prevent brain injuries in sports

Bearmind is an EPFL spin-off developing and commercializing in-built helmet sensors and software for brain injury prevention and performance monitoring in Sports. We are developing sensors and alg... Read more

Bloom Biorenewables SA: Making biomass a true alternative to petroleum

Bloom offers a sustainable alternative to replace petroleum in current products. With Bloom, customers can match the growing demand for nature-based products as well as make a big step towards meeting... Read more

CodeDepot: SaaS platform for Big AI Development

AI promises $5.8 trillion of value in 19 industries according to McKinsey. AI models are exploding in size having grown from billions of parameters to trillions between 2019 and 2021. Embedding big AI... Read more

Green Future Logistics SA: Revolutionizing last-mile logistics with AI optimization.

Green Future Logistics is a cutting-edge startup providing a cloud-based SaaS platform for optimizing last-mile deliveries. Our solution incorporates advanced VRP constraints like volume, weight, time... Read more

KimboCare Sàrl: Enabling transparent access to quality care for all

KimboCare leverages a proprietary, transparent process to allow givers to fund access to quality care for their loved ones, with peace of mind and flexibility. Blockchain will allow us to effectively ... Read more

MATIS SA: Reveal the unseen with MATIS.

MATIS is an integrated software and hardware solution that leverages AI-powered multispectral imaging and machine learning to uncover what lies beneath the surface of artworks. It offers a scientific,... Read more

Neurosoft Bioelectronics SA: Soft implantable electrodes for the nervous system

Neural implants are medical devices made of electrodes that can record or stimulate the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves to monitor or treat patients suffering from neurological disorders. Howe... Read more

Oniri SA: A mobile application to help people explore their dreams.

Oniri is a mobile application to help people remember, understand, and control their dreams. Dreams have been ignored for a long time, but we now realize that they have a huge potential for mental hea... Read more

Perovskia Solar AG: Energy self sufficiency by enabling a solar cell on devices

Perovskia Solar AG is pioneering the next generation of photovoltaics for our increasingly connected world. Their high-performance perovskite solar solutions are custom-designed, lightweight, and idea... Read more

RAAAM MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES SA: Smallest On-Chip Memory Technology for Integrated Circuits

RAAAM™ develops and markets the highest density on-chip memory technology that can significantly reduce the size and cost of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs). Integration of RAAAM™'s memory technology in mode... Read more

Resilio SA: Assessing the environmental impact of digital activities

Resilio is an EPFL start-up, leading the sustainable digital transition. We act now, to preserve tomorrow. We provide a SaaS platform (webapp) for you to assess the environmental impact of your digit... Read more

SwissInspect Sàrl: A platform for traceable digital twins of infrastructures

SwissInspect combines structural engineering, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to provide infrastructure and building inspection services and a SaaS application for various B2B sectors, in... Read more

TWIICE SA: Powered exoskeletons for walking assistance

Every year, 250000 people suffer a spinal cord injury leading to permanent paraplegia. TWIICE enables these individuals to live life to the fullest through wearable robotics. We help to overcome human... Read more

Verretex SA: Creating circular glass fiber textiles.

For decades, the composite industry has struggled to find an end-of-life solution for their fiber reinforced plastics. Standard recycling techniques like pyrolysis have been used with limited success ... Read more

Virtuosis Artificial Intelligence SA: Health insights from your voice

Virtuosis AI, a spinoff from EPFL, awarded Microsoft Startup of the Year 2023, develops AI-based voice biomarkers for mental, cognitive, respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic health. Read more