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Svenska Gleechi en av 18 europeiska framtidsföretag i prestigefullt Silicon Valley program

SAN FRANCISCO, 24 augusti 2016 - EIT Digital och Mind the Bridge har idag annonserat finalisterna i den andra omgången av ”Startup Europe comes to Silicon Valley (SEC2SV)” - ett prestigefullt program for europeiska startups med potential att bli framtida “unicorns”. Veckan innehåller möten med amerikanska aktörer kring möjliga samarbeten, tillgång till finansiering och marknad för att kunna skala upp sin verksamhet på andra sidan Atlanten. Veckan startar den 12 september med European Innovation Day på Computer History Museum i Mountain View, och följs av ett intensivt program med möten mellan VD:ar från de utvalda tech-bolagen och lokala representanter.

- Dessa företag utgör essensen av europeisk innovation - de är nästa TomTom, Spotify eller BlaBlaCar- och vi är övertygade om att deras deltagande i SEC2SV kommer att stärka den bro som vi bygger mellan ekosystemen i Europa och Bay Area och skapa värde och arbetstillfällen för båda kontinenterna, säger Marko Turpeinen, Director EIT Digital Silicon Valley Hub.

- Vi har redan sett imponerande resultat från de startups som deltog I SEC2SV 2015. JobandTalent (Spanien) fick 42 miljoner dollar i finansiering och efter programmet har t ex Mosaicoon (Italien) fått in 8 miljoner dollar, förklarar Marco Marinucci, CEO Mind the Bridge och tillägger: Jag förväntar mig liknande resultat från årets delegation.

Femton scaleups från Europa valdes ut baserat på förslag från olika organisationer med säte i Silicon Valley med fokus på olika EU-länder eller regioner. Villkoren för att kunna bli antagen till SEC2SV är att bolaget har haft minst 10 anställda de senaste tre åren och har en tillväxttakt på minst 20 procent, i omsättning eller antal anställda. Det slutliga urvalet gjordes av en grupp investerare från Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) medlemmar i Investors Forum samt amerikanska investerare.

Utöver dessa medverkar tre startups med stark tillväxt, utvalda av EIT Digital Accelerator – däribland svenska Gleechi.

- Det känns riktigt roligt att ha blivit utvald till SEC2SV. Vi har en stark teknik som nu har implementerats och verifierats hos världsledande aktörer inom både VR och robotik. Tack vare EIT Digital har vi fått många intressanta kontakter med aktörer i Europa och med detta event så kommer vi förhoppningsvis även att få det i USA. Tack vare EIT Digital ska vi dessutom precis påbörja ett projekt inom Virtual Reality med två partnerorganisationer inom EIT Digital vilket kommer att leda till en produkt för träning inom industri, säger Jakob Johansson, VD Gleechi

SEC2SV 2016 scaleups:

BELGIUM: AWINGU (CEO Walter Van Uytven; Capital raised: $18M; employees: 27) is a web-based platform that allows easy access to files, applications, and software thus offering a concrete solution to demands for Mobility and ‘Bring your own device’ (BYOD) trends.

FINLAND:FIRSTBEAT(CEO: Joni Kettunen; employees: 75+) is the leading provider of physiological analytics for sports and wellbeing. Firstbeat’s heartbeat data measurement with personal feedback on training exercise, has already been adopted by Samsung, Suunto and Garmin. Firstbeat has been selected by the EIT Digital Accelerator.

FRANCE:AB TASTY(CEO: Remi Aubert; Capital raised: $7M; employees: 70) a SaaS solution that helps data-driven marketers ease the process of A/B testing, personalization and re-engagement to boost conversion rates.

GERMANY:MeisterLabs GmbH (COO: Oliver Huebler; Capital raised: $550k; employees: 21) is the publisher of MindMeister, a collaborative online mind mapping software solution & MeisterTask, a simple and intuitive task management solution.

ICELAND:CONTROLANT (CEO: Gisli Herjolfsson ; Capital raised: $2.5M; employees: 24) specializes in wireless temperature monitoring and asset tracking - currently the company provides services to pharmaceutical, food, industrial and logistics companies.

ITALY:

SHOPFULLY (CEO: Stefano Portu; Capital raised: $22M; employees 125) is the leading smart shopping platform used by over 13 million users worldwide when getting ready to go shopping in their neighborhood.

NEGENTIS (CEO: Paolo Cianchi; Capital raised $5M; employees 14) is a process-centric IoE platform enabling smart operations in the cyber-physical world. Negentis has been selected by the EIT Digital Accelerator.

LUXEMBOURG:ETIX EVERYWHERE (CEO: Charles Antoine Beyney; Capital raised: $17M; employees: 47) provides IT housing services and constructs scalable data centers.

NETHERLANDS:SCISPORTS (CEO: Giels Brouwer; Capital raised: $1.5M; employees: 36) uses mathematical models and deep learning to analyze and predict the quality and potential of football players and teams. With their new innovation BallJames, they revolutionized the way how sports data is generated by transforming video footage into real-time 3D data.

ROMANIA:T-ME STUDIOS(CEO: Laurentiu-Victor Balasa; employees: 60) has developed Redraw.io, a web-based end-to-end solution for creating, publishing and monetizing themes for artists, brands, agencies, app devs. and OEMs.

SLOVENIA:VENDOTEL (CEO: Samo Omerzel; Capital raised: $5M; employees: 109) is a fully integrated Pay Phone and Vending Machine that provides a centralized inventory, a basic prerequisite for effective inventory control, demand / supply management and control over goods distribution, retail and wholesale operations.

SPAIN:

BEBEE (CEO: Javier Camara Rica; Capital raised: $6.5M; employees: 55) is an affinity social network which allows users to connect with other people who share the same interests and experiences.

KANTERON SYSTEMS (CEO: Jorge Cortell; Capital raised: $3M; employees: 19) is the next Generation Enterprise Healthcare IT for Clinical Data and Workflow Integration.

SWEDEN:GLEECHI (CEO: Jakob Johansson; employees: 8) has developed the first software to create artificial hand motion that can interact. The software is based on eight years of robotics research and is the only technology to enable natural hand interaction in virtual reality and games. For robotics, the software enables real-time interaction for robot hands and grippers.

UNITED KINGDOM:
MENIGA(CEO: Georg Ludviksson; Capital raised: $6,5M; employees: 100) is a provider of personal finance software for European banks and financial institutions.

METAIL (CEO: Tom Adeyoola; Capital raised: $19,5M; employees: 47) has 6 patents granted and thirteen pending and is a fashion technology company that allows shoppers to try on clothes online. After inputting three basic body measurements and in less than ten seconds, customers can create their own 'MeModel' which is up to 96% accurate of their own shape.

PCA PREDICT (CEO: Guy Mucklow; Capital Raised; mployees: 58) Is best known for its market-leading address validation technology used to quickly complete your address when buying online. The company's range of services, all delivered via the internet, are specifically designed to boost business efficiency.

STREAM TECHNOLOGIES (CEO: Nigel Chadwick; employees: 32) is the company behind IoT-X, a Connectivity Enablement, Management & Billing platform (CMP). 

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Topics

  • Science, technology

Categories

  • sec2sv
  • silicon valley
  • scaleups
  • european eco-system
  • entrepreneurship
  • innovation
  • start-ups
  • entrepreneur
  • europe

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