Ten inspiring deep tech scaleups have come out on top in the EIT Digital Challenge 2019 in Brussels. They will share a prize pot of €750k and enter the EIT Digital Accelerator, a World Top Public Business Accelerator. The 10 winners were chosen from 25 finalists across five categories, reflecting EIT Digital’s strategic focus areas: Digital Tech, Digital Cities, Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing and Digital Finance.
“This is not your usual competition where just the winners count,” explained Chahab Nastar, Chief Innovation Officer at EIT Digital. “The 25 finalists have been carefully selected; they are all winners in the sense that they all have evidence of growth potential. We now welcome them into the EIT Digital Accelerator and will give them dedicated pan European support for customer acquisition and fundraising. We want them to become large dominant companies in their respective markets”.
Digital Industry:
1st place: Oculavis (DE) – Remote Service Platform with customizable service apps, AR and AI applications
2nd place: Wonderflow (NL) – Helps brands extract actionable insights from customer feedback
Digital Tech
1st place: R3 (DE) – High-performance wireless technology for mission-critical industrial applications
2nd place: QuoScient (DE) – Fully automated cybersecurity platform to manage operative processes
Digital Wellbeing:
1st place: Mecuris (DE) – Platform for customizable and 3D-printed prosthetics and orthotics
2nd place: SidekickHealth (IS)- Digital therapeutics platform to prevent and manage chronic diseases
Digital Cities:
1st place: CERBAIR (FR) – Drone detection and neutralisation via radio frequency
2nd place: LORIOT (CH) – Secure and scalable long-range infrastructure provider for IoT
Digital Finance:
1st place: Zelros (FR) – AI and Machine Learning technology, helping insurances increase sales efficiency
2nd place: Minna Technologies (SE) – Subscription management platform for retail banks
