The commission of experts selected the projects that will participate in the 2024 edition of the Boldbrain Accelerator for early-stage startups. Fifteen of the 20 selected startups come from Switzerland, eleven of them from the Canton of Ticino. They will complete the accelerator programme over the next three months. On 4 December, ten out of the cohort will have the opportunity to pitch their projects at the final.
The expert committee has selected the 20 projects that will participate in the 2024 edition of Boldbrain Startup Challenge for early-stage startups and innovative ideas. A total of 95 applications were submitted and 61 met the criteria of the admission rules.
Once again, the selection process was characterized by the heterogeneity of the projects submitted. The main sectors represented this year include ICT, Medtech, Energy/Cleantech and Fintech/Insurance Tech. In addition to the diversity of the sectors, the selected startups also show a considerable diversity in their stage of development: six are already established as companies, six already have a prototype of their product, three are already active on the market and one is in the selection phase at USI Startup Centre.
The selected startups for the accelerator are:
Sector ICT
ABUPET
Digitalize in a Snap
InfinityGen
Musivo
UNLOCKEDU
Sector Medtech / Pharma
HISOLab – MagRun & Medical Solutions Portfolio
In Virtuo Laboratories
Leather Tracking Tool
Lungs Life Jacket Telemedicine
SheSync
Sector Energy
Fusion Energy with the Polomac
SynthEnergy
Sector Fintech
OffiX – The third place
Sector Agritech
FarmAid
Sector Education
Sector Sport
ReSportApp: Amateur Sports Reimagined
The first meeting of these twenty new entrepreneurial projects will take place on 29 August in the Auditorium of the Suglio Business Center in Manno, the headquarters of the Fondazione Agire. The programme will include various meetings and events, culminating in the final Award Ceremony on 4 December at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano. Only the ten finalists will have the opportunity to present their projects.
(Press release / FR)
Picture: Boldbrain Startup Challenge- Programme Manager Barbara Pin; ZVG
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