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EIT Digital, the European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation, announced on Friday, September 23, that it has selected ten deep tech companies for the EIC and EIT Digital Venture Acceleration Programme.
In March this year, EIT Digital and the European Innovation Council (EIC) joined forces to launch a year-long collaboration pilot to create new synergies between the two organisations to strengthen the European innovation ecosystem. All EIC Accelerator companies and Seal-of-Excellence recipients can apply for this pilot programme.
The ten winners were selected from over 97 outstanding EIC beneficiaries and seal of excellence holders that applied.
According to EIT Digital, these applicants hail from across the Horizon 2020-associated countries and are advancing technologies across EIT Digital’s thematic areas, namely Digital Tech, Digital Cities, Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing, and Digital Finance.
The selected scaleups have been granted free access to the 12-month EIT Digital Accelerator Programme worth €50,000. In addition, the EIT Digital Accelerator team will also provide them with dedicated international services in both Access to Finance and Access to Market areas.
Activity Stream (Denmark)
Activity Stream enables organisations to effectively plan and market their experiences and build long-lasting relationships with customers in a fully data-driven manner without any prior IT knowledge. The startup provides “canned” data science to its clients for advanced analytics, segmentations, automation, pattern detection, and deep-learning predictions.
Atlant 3D (Denmark)
Atlant 3D is a deep-tech company developing a micro and nanofabrication platform technology that enables atomically precise advanced manufacturing of advanced materials and electronics.
ExactCure (France)
EactCure has developed a software solution to reduce the impact of inaccurate medication. Its Digital Twin product simulates the effects and interactions of drugs in the body to avoid underdoses, overdoses, and drug-drug interactions, and to realise cost savings for pharma developers, health providers, and insurers.
FutureOn (Norway)
FieldTwin by FutureOn is the first centralised data platform for the efficient and collaborative development of offshore energy projects.
It is a digital working environment for planning, installing, operating, and abandoning energy fields. Assets are integrated with external data sources and smart analytic tools, creating smart digital fields. Collaboration occurs in real-time, visually relevant contexts and is based on real data.
GrayMatters Health (Israel)
Prism by GrayMatters Health is used by mental health professionals to enhance the standard of clinical care outcomes.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data of specific deep brain regions and their proprietary electroencephalography (EEG)-fMRI machine learning model, Prism delivers EEG neurofeedback to train patients to gain control over biomarkers associated with their mental disorders.
The startup provides a simple-to-operate user interface with low operational costs and training time.
Mitiga (Spain)
Mitiga has developed a transactional science-based (artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, blockchain, natural language processing, etc.) insurtech platform to forecast and mitigate the impact of natural hazards.
RoBoTEC (Germany)
RoBoCut is revolutionising vegetative plant propagation by enabling automated and autonomous plantlet production at an industrial scale.
The startup has developed automation technologies/robotics combined with 3D image recognition and lasers for a sterile and precise cut of delicate plant tissue, and strong AI and Deep Learning Algorithms for independent robot decision-making in plant cutting.
Stephan von Rundstedt of RoBoTEC says, “We’re thrilled to have been selected to join the EIT Digital Accelerator. We’re looking forward to a very fruitful collaboration.”
ScanTrust (Switzerland)
ScanTrust’s platform generates a unique and secure QR code for each product – its digital identity embedded in packaging. This digital identity is stored in a cloud-based platform and can be used for various use cases (supply chain traceability, customer engagement, anti-counterfeiting, analytics).
Sensoneo (Slovakia)
Sensoneo is a global enterprise-grade smart waste management solutions provider that enables cities and businesses to manage their waste efficiently, lower their environmental footprint, and improve the quality of services.
The solution combines in-house Smart Sensors that monitor waste in real-time with advanced tracking equipment and sophisticated software, providing cities and businesses with digital transformation, automation of critical daily operations, and data-driven decision making.
Martin Basila, co-founder & CEO, says, “We are excited to have won a spot in the EIT Digital Accelerator and to be one of the top 10 companies in the region selected to receive the support of EIT Digital’s access to finance experts. [Sensoneo] are currently in the stage of an investment round, and we can certainly make excellent use of the expertise of the EIT finance experts.”
Velco (France)
Velco promotes sustainable transportation through connectivity. The startup provides connected solutions for electric bikes. Through connectivity, they enhance the end-user mobility experience and increase the performance and margins of mobility professionals (bike manufacturers and fleet managers).
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