Start-ups selected for EPFL Seed Night

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08.04.2015

EPFL Seed Night brings together start-ups, investors, mentors, scientists and general public. The event promotes around 20 start-ups and allows investors and potential mentors to meet them. Eight start-ups have now been selected to pitch at the event.

EPFL Seed Night is an annual event – launched in 2012 by A3 Angels, the original club of EPFL Alumni investors – promoting around 20 start-ups. The 2015 edition will take place at the EPFL Rolex Learning Center, and will enable about 20 young entrepreneurs to present their projects to an audience of connoisseurs. There will be 8 pitches as well as an exhibition area, where ten additional start-ups will display their innovative technologies. The Seed Night 2015 will be preceded by the Startup Champions event, featuring the venture leaders 2015, Sophia Genetics and Lemoptix (acquired by Intel).

Eight start-ups have now been selected for the pitch session at EPFL Seed Night.

Depsys 
DEPsys offers the GridEye solution: an adaptive “real-time” control platform for the management of a low-voltage grid. GridEye is a modular solution comprising smart sensors and actuators that are distributed throughout the power grid and that are programmed to measure, calculate and communicate data from the field.

Ecorobotix
Ecorobotix’ mission is to design, produce and commercialize innovative machines for agriculture based on autonomous robotic technologies, featuring a lower general impact on the environment than current equipment.

eSmart
Reducing energy consumption lies at the heart of eSMART. The service allows electricity, water and heating consumption to be analysed at a glance. This way customers can keep tabs on their energy consumption and costs.

Globaldiagnostix 
Globaldiagstix develops a robust, high-tech and low-cost X-ray device for developing countries. The digital radiography machine should have a tenfold reduction in the Total Cost of Ownership as compared to existing solutions.

Nowyapp
Nowy is an app allowing to interact with people in the same room, metro, at the same party, or on the same street easily. Nowy uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to figure out which friends are around.

Playfulvision
PlayfulVision provides real-time, video-based analytics and statistics for different sports, including volleyball, tennis and equestrian. The statistics reveal what has been impossible to obtain so far, including 3D position of the athlete and the ball.

Scantrust 
The ScanTrust solution protects brand owners and authors from counterfeiting. It is based on a QR code which is integrated into the packaging or directly into the product.

SUN bioscience is a startup project aiming to provide user-friendly and reliable high-throughput technologies at the interface of biology, engineering and IT for complex cell-based assays.

More information about the Seed Night at the website of EPFL Alumni.

More information about the Startup Champions event on the venturelab website.

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