The winners of season 5 of the Tech4Trust program were revealed at the awards ceremony held on the Unlimitrust campus on Thursday. The season finale of the Trust Valley acceleration program rewarded 6 cybersecurity and digital trust startups chosen from 12 finalists. Among them, 3 Swiss startups shone: BrightSide took first place, iCure came 2nd and Ystorian won the Jury's Coup de Coeur.
After 9 months of hard work by the season 5 cohort, Trust Valley has announced the winners of Tech4Trust 2024. These innovative startups have demonstrated exceptional talent, revolutionary solutions and a passion for technology that guarantees a safer, more trustworthy digital future
Vaud-based Brightside AI won the competition thanks to its pioneering advances in digital trust and security. Second place went to Geneva-based iCure, whose solution is revolutionizing the security of medical data and patient records. The Jury's Prize goes to another Swiss start-up, Ystorian. The company provides comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessments for SMEs.
This year, the third prize, the social impact prize and the hardware prize went to startups from Italy (TrueScreen), Taiwan (Numbers Protocol) and France (Akidaia). Startups interested in the Tech4Trust season 6 acceleration program can now apply.
New Trust Village in Geneva
Trust Valley, an initiative of the Fondation EPFL Innovation Park (FEIP), continues its expansion with the opening of the “Trust Village” Geneva with the Geneva Center for Security Policy and its academic and private partners. Trust Village Geneva is a start-up incubator in the heart of international Geneva, dedicated to digital trust.
Dedicated to digital trust and emerging technologies such as cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, the new Trust Village will also focus on quantum technologies. The new incubator has already begun its mission, with some 15 startup projects involving local and international founders. Trust Village Geneva is offered free of charge to startups for one year, and Trust Valley warmly welcomes new partners to join this dynamic ecosystem.
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