STARTUP 2023 - Här är finalisterna i Öst!

Årets STARTUP- tävling är avslutad och nu står det klart vilka tio bidrag som blir finalister i årets regionfinal i region Öst. Tech, AI och hållbarhet dominerar bland de nominerade bidragen som inom kort ska pitcha sina affärsidéer för den regionala juryn som ska avgöra vilka finalister som vinner priser och blir direktkvalicerade till höstens Sverigefinal.

De tio finalisterna kommer nu att genomgå en sista jurybedömning inför regionfinalen den 24 maj där vinnarna koras i följande kategorier: Impact Maker, Beyond Academic, Best Traction & Game Changer. I Öst har vi även ett extrapris, nämligen Flemingsbergs Science Award.

"Vi har fått in många intressanta och bra tävlingsbidrag i regionen och efter en noggrann urvalsprocess har vi äntligen utsett våra 10 finalister. Detta kommer vi såklart att fira och det ser jag mycket fram emot att få göra på regionfinalen som kommer äga rum i Stockholm." säger Therese Olsson, VD för Venture Cup.

Regionfinalen i Öst går av stapeln den 24 maj på The Park Södra i Stockholm. Det väntas mat, dryck, förstklassigt mingel, ett inspirerande scenprogram modererat av Stephanie Mazzotta, samt en spännande prisutdelning. Eventet är kostnadsfritt men med begränsat antal platser. För mer information om eventet samt anmälan, klicka här!

Här är listan över de nominerade bidragen i region Öst:

Book My Ride

Book My Ride (BMR) is an online marketplace for taxi services, bringing together multiple taxi companies in one place. Users can search for available taxis based on their needs, such as price, ETA, and eco-friendliness. BMR provides a convenient and flexible platform for users to book taxis and for taxi companies to connect with potential customers.

Team: Karthik Sengottaian, Navin Khera och Jegadesan Lakshmanan.

Läs mer om Book My Ride här!

Funki

Funki is a set of musical instruments made for users with intellectual disabilities, which is made to be played together with others. The instruments feature a software that helps the user to stay in pace and to the same part of the song composition as the other players, which creates a unique opportunity for all kinds of people to meet through music

Team: Maria Svahn och Josefine Hölling.

Läs mer om Funki här!

Merit Diagnostics

Millions of people worldwide are affected by sepsis every year. Despite the alarming number of sepsis-related deaths, the current diagnostic routine is acutely slow. At Merit Diagnostics, we strive to develop a sensor for rapid and efficient sepsis diagnosis. Our mission is to positively impact the healthcare system, improving the lives of millions of sepsis patients.

Team: Chiara Dalla Santa och Ivana Suchankova.

Läs mer om Merit Diagnostics här!

Metvibee

Metvibee is a collaborative urban design platform targeted at municipalities and consultancies to design together with citizens in extended reality. Municipalities and consultancies buy credits for their projects according to usage, measured by number of co-designing participants and time used.

Team: Raphael Mak och Shek Lun Leung

Läs mer om Metvibee här!

Nofine

Sweden has some of the most complex parking signs in the world, and results in lots offines, offenses and blockages in cities. We have developed a technology to scan parking signs and instantly get an answer in your language about what they mean. This will eliminate your future parking fines and make it easier to park correctly

Team: Zakarias Hedenfalk och Maximillian Claesson.

Läs mer om Nofine här!

NYZU

NYZU AB is a biotechnology company leveraging CRISPR/Cas9 technology to revolutionize sustainable food production. Focused on indoor and vertical farming, NYZU creates enhanced crops that grow faster, produce more biomass, and offer higher nutritional values. By providing exclusive access to these innovative crop seeds and ongoing support, NYZU aims to empower resource-conscious agricultural systems and contribute to a more sustainable and secure global food supply.

Team: Sebastian von Melen Callert och Dennis Eriksson.

Läs mer om NYZU här!

Rounded.News

An AI-powered news aggregator that helps you to critically analyze and understand all perspectives in the news. Using novel AI that works at a scale over 100x greater than the current state-of-the-art, we make it possible for anyone to identify and escape their news filter bubbles.

Team: Zachary Damasco, Karin Lindqvist och Rene Steeman,

Läs mer om Rounded.News här!

SLF Svenska Laserfabriken

Most laser have a specific colour. This is great, but for some applications you need a colour that lasers do not produce. This is where our solution comes in. Our solution lets you change the colour of your laser to the one you need. This is beneficial fro applications ranging from medical surgery to quantum communication.

Team: Max Widarsson, Staffan Tjörnhammar, Andrius Zukauskas och Patrick Mutter.

Läs mer om SLF Svenska Laserfabriken här!

Tomorrow Machine

Inspired by how nature protects its content, GoneShells offers an alternative to plastic, glass and paper to package food. What makes it innovative is the speed of and the multiple alternatives of degradation. With a material that can be home composted, eaten ordis solved in water, the objectives are to create less strain on recycling systems and reduce problems associated with packaging materials ending up in nature

Team: Maria Glansén och Anna Glansén.

Läs mer om Tomorrow Machine här!

WindMotors

WindMotor's idea is to implement vertical wind turbines between the two driving directions on the motorway, possibly at train rails. The purpose of the wind turbines is to utilize that arises from the vehicle as wellnatural wind and convert the wind into electricity.

Team: Robert Yazdin & Issa Gawrye

Läs mer om WindMotors här!

Stort grattis till årets regionala finalister i STARTUP 2023!