The 2018 Swisscom StartUp Challenge finalists
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Swisscom, in partnership with Venturelab, has been looking for high-tech start-ups – in particular in the fields of artificial intelligence, ICT/cloud services, digital marketing/commerce for SME, cybersecurity, blockchain-enabled ppplications or IoT/robotics – who want to conquer the world with their products or services.
The 10 Swisscom StartUp Challenge finalists have been announced – and now comes the hard part.Will they sign deals? Probably! But the benefits go beyond direct profit. Winners from the previous five challenges have reported profound insights and radical reinvention of the way they work. From the pre-pitch coaching to mentoring and sales training, the challenge is designed to get the absolute best out of these rising startups – even those who never make it to the US. These are the deserving few.
Stefan Kuentz of Swisscom Ventures said: "We are excited for the top 10 startups which have been selected out of over 250 highly promising applications. It will be the challenging task for the jury to finding the top five companies who will be also the ambassadors of Swiss innovation and entrepreneurship during the Silicon Valley week.“
Does one of these finalists stand out? Vote for your favourite between July 30th and August 10th – you could win one of two Samsung Tablets, and there's an extra reward for the public favorite startup, too.
AAAccell is a spin-off of the University of Zurich. The team consists of two former bank CEOs, 11 professors and several PhD or Master’s graduates from University of Zurich, ETH, Columbia University New York and others. AAAccell links academic excellence, artificial intelligence and algorithmic power and develops high-tech software solutions for the finance industry in the field of asset and risk management based on the latest breakthroughs in science.
Dotphoton is a quantum-inspired raw image compression solution for professional applications: it makes raw images up to 10 times smaller while preserving the quality – saving time and money for image storage, transmission and analysis. Dotphoton is enabling the next generation of high-quality imaging and processing solutions in photography, cinema, AI, biomedical and aerospace.
ExeonAnalytics fights advanced cyber attacks using award-winning algorithms. It often takes months, if not years, to detect data breaches because they are well hidden among millions of regular user activities. The ExeonTrace security analytics and visualization software allows companies to understand their network traffic and detect hidden cyber attacks and data breaches.
Futurae Technologies offers a secure authentication portfolio for the financial and insurance market. Sound-based sensor fusion and other technologies combined through machine learning are used for IoT, single device and continuous authentication, transaction signing, and easy device migration. Futurae was founded by top cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich and business leaders.
HumanAI enables smartphone users to protect, control, and monetize their personal data for artificial intelligence by providing a privacy-preserving data exchange system. The system uses blockchain technology and edge computing to run AI models directly on smartphones. As a result, users and businesses benefit equally from the unlocked data while complying with the new data protection laws.
ROVENSO, an EPFL startup initiated in 2014, makes agile sensing robots for challenging environments. Based in Switzerland, it also has workshops and offices in Shenzhen (China) in partnership with HAX Accelerator. It has pilot projects with paying customers in China and Switzerland in the fields of firefighting and security surveillance.
Sentifi is a leading provider of financially relevant crowd intelligence. Its solutions are viewed more than 180 million times per month and used by the world’s leading financial service organizations to gain unique insights on over 50,000 traded companies, currencies and commodities and the events that impact them. Sentifi uses machine learning to rank and listen to over 14 million financial influencers.
Technis markets smart flooring solutions for people flow management and monitoring in complex environments. Innovative sensor technology and deep learning algorithms recognize the direction of movement and other events such as falls on the floor. Activity can be tracked in sensitive areas to deliver precise, real-time monitoring of movements and venue use, with actionable data for resource optimization and security. Introducing Smart Flooring as a Service (SFaaS).
TeleRetail is an autopilot software and autonomous transport system developer. It develops autopilot software systems for self-driving robots to automate industrial, urban and rural logistics while minimizing the ecological footprint of transportation. The company’s award-winning “Aito” autopilot system drives robots of almost any size autonomously while avoiding emissions and traffic congestion – reducing the energy consumption and space requirements of transport by up to 90%.
V-Labs is a Swiss software company that has developed a specialist augmented reality application for excavation work. Its innovative solution allows excavator operators to work more efficiently and reduce any damage to underground infrastructures. It combines geographical information, high-tech positioning systems and AR to create the first usable AR solution for excavation.
