20 promising tech startups take center stage at the Startup Champions Seed Night 2021
The 10th Startup Champions Seed Night showcased promising startups in a virtual pitch competition: More than 500 guests joined the live stream and watched 20 startups present their innovations. Margaux Peltier, co-founder and CEO of Enerdrape, won the jury vote for the best pitch of the evening.
On April 29, twenty startups met on a virtual stage for the 10th edition of the Startup Champions Seed Night. The future stars of the Swiss startup ecosystem showcased their innovative solutions during a 90-minute pitch competition: The entrepreneurs had to impress the virtual audience and attract as many votes from the public as possible. After four rounds of five pitches, Thibault Asselborn (School Rebound), Patrick Biro (Inergio), Maël Fabien (Soundmap), and Margaux Peltier (Enerdrape) reached the finals.Besides the pitches, two EPFL alumni inspired the audience with their entrepreneurial journey: The first keynote speech of the event came from Kamila Makram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, a leading research publisher and open science platform. Kamila shared Frontier’s story and the company’s mission to make our lives and the planet healthier by making all science open. Alexandre Gonthier, the founder and CEO of Trustly, was the second keynote speaker: He dedicated his career to technology startups and shared his experience as a serial founder, executive, and investor.
During the keynote speeches, the jury deliberated and chose the winner: Margaux Peltier, the co-founder and CEO of Enerdrape, had the best pitch of the Champions Seed Night 2021! Enerdrape unlocks the clean energy supply that lies underneath our cities: The startup develops panel-like cleantech that turns new and existing underground infrastructures into renewable heat sources for the heating and cooling needs of buildings.
Watch the full replay of the event on YouTube:
The Startup Champions Seed Night 2021 was supported by EPFL Alumni, EPFL Startup Unit, and the generous sponsors Swisscom Ventures, EY, Kellerhals Carrard, SPEI, and Innovaud.
Learn more about the startups that pitched at the Startup Champions Seed Night 2021:
Alithea Genomics SA: Next-gen drug and biomarker discovery using RNA sequencing.
Measuring the activity of genes in biological samples, such as blood, biopsies or stem cells, among others, has great medical potential for the discovery and development of new drugs and biomarkers. ... Read more
AMiquam SA: Monitor in-situ the quality of your metal 3D printed parts
Our technology enhances metal 3D printing machines enabling the compliant and in-situ monitoring of the part quality during the manufacturing process. Our wireless and machine agnostic system can be i... Read more
Bionomous SA: Devices for the automatic sorting of miniature entities
Bionomous aims at bringing to the market new solutions that combines innovative micro-engineering design and machine learning methods to automatically count, screen, sort and dispense miniature biolog... Read more
Biopsomic SA: An exosome-based liquid biopsy to simplify cancer management
Oncologists currently lack a simple test to evaluate the risk of recurrence in the therapeutic management of colorectal cancer. Biopsomic's innovative and patented liquid biopsy solution based on cir... Read more
BIoT: Optimizing material management in healthcare ecosystem
BioT is helping hospitals and clinics visualising and optimising device management. Device management is a key issue in clinics and hospitals: 60 to 90 minutes are lost daily due to tools downtimes an... Read more
biped robotics SA: All-in-one navigation device for blind people
40 million people in the world are fully blind. biped is the world's first AI copilot for blind and visually impaired people. The device is worn on the shoulders, like a harness. It is equipped with ... Read more
CleanMotion Sàrl: Developing self-disinfecting door handles killing germs
We improve public health by reducing the spread of diseases among people. At CleanMotion, we have engineered a unique self-disinfecting door handle which kills more than 99.9% of viruses and bacteria ... Read more
DeepSquare: Decentralised Sustainable Cloud Ecosystem
DeepSquare is disrupting the cloud supply chain, business and delivery models: owned, served and grown by the expanding community of actors in its inclusive ecosystem. DeepSquare provides a unified in... Read more
Enerdrape SA: Turning underground environments into renewable heat sources
Enerdrape commercializes the first prefabricated geothermal panel technology, transforming underground structures like parking garages into renewable energy sources without drilling. This innovation c... Read more
ExerGo SA: Providing CO2 networks to accelerate the energy transition
ExerGo is a Swiss cleantech startup dedicated to providing sustainable, affordable, and efficient heating and cooling services globally. The company utilizes renewable resources, waste heat, and CO2 a... Read more
INERGIO Technologies SA: Next gen fuel cell systems for mission-critical applications
INERGIO develops compact, high-efficiency fuel cell generators that deliver clean, silent, and autonomous power for off-grid and mission-critical applications. Designed to replace diesel generator... Read more
OmniGrasp: Simple automation for complex tasks
A soft robotic gripper for the automation of pick-and-place of fragile and deformable objects and objects with irregular shapes. Thanks to a unique combination of soft materials, artificial muscles an... Read more
OriginFood: Smart Blockchain Traceability Solutions for Sustainable SC
OriginFood efficiently develops and supports the deployment of smart blockchain-leveraged traceability solutions that enhance transparency, resolve reliability issues and endorse credibility. We belie... Read more
School Rebound SA: Mobile app for children with handwriting difficulties.
School Rebound has created the Dynamilis iPad application. Firstly, this app integrates a tool to analyze children's handwriting on many distinct aspects and extract the specific areas the child needs... Read more
Sensemodi Sàrl: Smart wearable to assess knee health at any Point of Care
Sensemodi (former Inmodi) is developing smart wearables analysing thermal, acoustic and kinematic data for fast joint health assessment at any Point of Care. The extracted data is used to assess the k... Read more
Space4Impact: We believe that Space technologies can do more for Earth
At Space4Impact we promote the adoption of space technologies that have a positive impact on Earth. As part of our Space2Earth Accelerator, we help space startups to bring the power of satellite data ... Read more
Swisscast SA: Platform to track races with 100% reliability & connectivity
Swisscast SA was born from a consortium of four Swiss SMEs gathering together expertise and intelligence : ASI SA,MSO SARL,Pomoca SA,Furinkazan SA,Gaitup SA Founder. Swisscast is a platform to track ... Read more
Tune Insight SA: Encrypted computing - collective analytics, ML & AI
Tune Insight powers encrypted collective analytics, machine learning and AI for organizations to extract the insights they need and to valorize their own, while remaining in full control of their data... Read more
Uzufly Sàrl: Google Earth on steroid for urban development professionals
Our startup creates photorealistic digital twins of urban areas, accessible via a web app, for architects, urban planners, and developers. Our platform provides a visual and interactive tool for desig... Read more
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