SmartAgri wins national final of ClimateLaunchpad

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03.07.2015

The Swiss national ClimateLaunchpad finals were held in Basel. Three finalists have qualified for the European Finals of Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition.

Climate-KIC’s ClimateLaunchpad is Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition, organised for the second time in 2015. The mission is to unlock Europe’s cleantech potential that addresses climate change.

The Swiss national finalists have been selected End of June.

After a tough competition with superb ideas and great presentations, the jury was faced with a difficult decision. The winners are:

1st  SmartAgri
2nd RadTherm
3rd  Zero Carbon Building Element

SmartAgri is active in the area of smart farming. The start-up is developing a wireless sensor network based monitor/control system for farm irrigation. Agriculture depends upon the weather condition, and water scarcity has led to great decline in agricultural output leading to poverty. Cultivation land area is declining due to infrastructure development. So the need for more yield in less area while maintaining the fertility of soil has become the major problem for the farmers. If agriculture is looked at individual perspective, farming is getting more and more subject of less interest for young generation due to the problems in due to the problems involved, profitability, scarcity of water, electricity, labor etc. SmartAgri uses WSN technology wireless sensor network) in agriculture which will support in effective utilization of resource (water, fertilizer, pesticide, etc.) at the right location and at the right time.

SmartAgri founder Vijayaragavan Viswanathan (picture) participated also in swissnex India’s Startup Tour Bangalore- 2014, and an interesting article about the company can be found on the website of swissnex India.

ClimateLaunchpad European Finals
The Top-3 of all National Finals get a chance to pitch their idea in front of the review board of Climate-KIC Accelerator. Entrepreneurs who impress them, might gain access to Climate-KIC Accelerator, the 18-month real life business school where great ideas grow into great businesses. The 10 teams selected in the European semi-finals to perform in the Grand Final, will get direct access into Climate-KIC Accelerator without having to pitch to a review board. Besides this, the overall winner of the European Final receives € 10,000, the runner up gets € 5,000 and the idea that comes in third place wins € 2,500.

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