Winning ventures of IMD Startup Competition announced

pryvChosen from over 100 applicants over the past months, find below the names of the companies who will work with IMD’s MBA and EMBA classes in 2014.

Augurix Diagnostics (EMBA)
Augurix Diagnostics is active in companion diagnostics devices for gastroenterology, focused mainly on Celiac Disease and IBD, with a dual approach: discrimination and stratification.

Bexplorer (MBA)
Bexplorer will provide unique and authentic customer-focused experiences organizing sports & adventure expeditions to the most iconic destinations on board the sailboat of Mike Horn, "Pangaea".

Bluetector (MBA)
Bluetector focuses on oil extraction from sewage sludge and on niche applications of difficult-to-treat water, such as wastewater from fracking or from liquid waste collection companies.

CashSentinel SA (MBA)
CashSentinel is a fintech startup that developed an innovative payment solution, which is at the crossroads of escrow agents and mobile wallets, to be used initially in used-vehicles transactions.

DahuShaper (MBA)
AlpStory (DahuShaper) develops and manufactures Swiss custom skis for BtoB and BtoC markets, creating a high quality product modeled on their graphic expectations but also a unique life experience, by participating in the conception and manufacturing, through team building workshops, manufacturing classes and other activities.

ENTOMEAL (MBA)
Entomeal, providing an innovative and sustainable source of protein for animal feed

faceshift AG (EMBA)
Faceshift offers unique facial tracking technology for animation content creation and human computer interaction.

Fastree3D SA (MBA)
Fastree3D develops 3D imaging sensors that enable vehicles and machines to recognize and locate fast-moving objects in three dimensions in real-time, enabling safe and intelligent actions such as driving assistance or autonomous navigation.

Future instruments (MBA)
Future instruments is creating digital tools that radically change the way to work, learn, create and communicate.

GIVEWATTS (MBA)
GIVEWATTS, a social enterprise bringing renewable energy solutions to off-grid regions in Africa.

LAGOSTA Sàrl (MBA)
LAGOSTA is an aquaculture/seafood company that focuses on growing and marketing live spiny lobsters.

Livebeats (MBA)
Livebeats is a video portal for live streaming, on-demand and recorded music, a virtual online stage for artists – a hub for the music live streaming business

Luma7 (EMBA)
Luma7 is a place where you can build idea maps automatically and find new concept connections to kick-start your creative process.

Mabimmune (EMBA)
Mabimmune develops human monoclonal antibody therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer and heart attack prevention indications.

Medimaps (EMBA)
Medimaps developed a proprietary unique bone quality digital marker, Trabecular Bone Score, sold for fracture prediction in the context of Osteoporosis diagnosis.

Planik (EMBA)
Planik develops a web-based program for automated employee scheduling, generating employee schedules with a quality and speed that has so far not been possible.

Ply Project (MBA)
Ply Project licenses manufacturers to produce from the flexible and interactive plywood paneling FLEX, a range of creative products.

POWZY (EMBA)
POWZY is a mobile marketing platform for consumer engagement using gamification.

Presspectrum Technologies Ltd. (EMBA)
Presspectrum is a content aggregation and discovery service focused on PICA content (Perspectives, Insights, Context & Analysis) from a wide range of different sources.

Pryv SA (EMBA)
Pryv is a user-centric platform and service enabling you to master & make sense of your digital life - your data, infinite apps & devices - one visual experience.

Re:Meeting (EMBA)
To cover some of the lost time of unproductive or costly meetings, Re:Meeting makes meetings more efficient and more accessible.

ScanTrust (EMBA)
ScanTrust provides to brand owners a software-as-a-service solution to counterfeiting, based on copy-proof QR Codes which are integrated to products and verified by consumers with their mobile phones.

SkyCell / Smart Containers Group(MBA)
SkyCell: Rental Network of a new container developed for the airfreight of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products.

SmartCardia (EMBA)
Cloud based cardiac solution for monitoring and detecting abnormalities, notifying events to doctors and allowing users to manage their heart problems effectively.

SoftWing sàrl (MBA)
Wind and Hybrid propulsion systems for the yachting and shipping industries.

SonoView Acoustic Sensing Technologies (EMBA)
Development and commercialization of 3D ultrasound breast scanners.

UCARES (MBA)
All a matter of balance: UCARES – Underground Compressed Air Renewable Energy Storage

Wadjet AG (MBA)
Wadjet helps its customers by immortalizing their photographs, artwork and designs into aluminium.

Xeltis (EMBA)
Xeltis is a medical device company dedicated to transforming standards of care in heart valve replacement and vascular surgery.