Eight exciting European tech start-ups compete in Idea Challenge IoT final

EIT Digital’s Idea Challenge is a competition for the most innovative tech start-ups in Europe in eight categories – each hosted by a different city. This week the time has come for the final for Internet of Things (IoT) in Stockholm.

Eight start-ups from six countries will compete and pitch for an expert jury and the three winners will receive a package including a cash prize of up to €40,000, mentoring support, workspace, and access to buyer networks across the EU and beyond. Winners will also be part of EIT Digital’s unique ecosystem, an international innovation network that includes global companies, world-leading universities and research institutes, and cutting-edge innovators.

The IoT finalists are: eCozy GmbH (Germany), Sensefinity (Portugal), Slashe (France), Spark Works ITC Limited (UK), TEEPTRAK (France), Thingful Limited (UK), Tractive GmbH (Austria) och Vinnter AB (Sweden).

Jury - Idea Challenge Internet of Things:
Henrik Abramowicz,Action Line Leader Future Networking Solutions, EIT Digital
Tarja zu dem Berge, CEO / Fund Manager, ALMI Invest Småland och Öarna
Patrick Boccara, Managing Director, Kombridge
Agneta Jacobson, Future Networking Solutions Business Community Lead, EIT Digital
Marléne Sellebråten, Editor in Chief Mobilbusiness & Chief Analyst Mobile Institute
Alberto Torrón, Head of Sales@M2M Global Partner Programme, Telefónica Spain

"This year we asked for more mature IoT start-ups and with eight finalists from six countries we will have an interesting and inspiring event in Stockholm", promises Magnus Melander, entrepreneur, IoT business consultant , evangelist for THINGS Stockholm as well as project manager of the EIT Digital Idea Challenge Internet of Things category.

Contacts for further information:

Idea Challenge Internet of Things: Magnus Melander, magnus@wbird.se
Press contact Idea Challenge: Luisa Sievking, luisa.sievking@eitdigital.eu

Winners of other Idea Challenge 2015 finals:

• Urban Life and Mobility: Karos – French startup with an innovative app for carpooling
• Health & Wellbeing:DAMAE Medical – French startup with an innovative solution to detect skin cancer
• Cyber Security & Privacy:Digiflak – Estonian startup with a service called Flak Secuters that secures and protects sensitive data
• Smart Energy Systems: has:to.be – Austrian startup with a management and biling platform for electric cars.
• Future Cloud:Carbon Analytics – a brittish startup that simplifies environmental measuring and makes it accessible to everyone.

About the Idea Challenge

The Idea Challenge is EIT Digital’s contest to identify and support the best European start-ups in digital technology. The competition aims to help the most innovative solutions to succeed in world markets by providing access to EIT Digital’s pan-European innovation network, comprising more than 130 partners, and supporting their international growth through the EIT Digital Accelerator.

For more information visit: https://www.eitdigital.eu/idea-challenge
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