Câștigătorul premiului-investiție de 350.000 de euro de la Sporlight Pitch Day a fost anunțat la finalul evenimentului din această seară. Alpha AR dezvoltă o soluție deep tech bazată pe inteligență artificială care permite dezvoltarea de grafică 3D pentru realitate augmentată și realitate virtuală.
Pe locul 3 al competiției a fost RepsMate din România, platformă ce folosește inteligența artificială pentru a transforma vânzările. Pe locul 2, din Macedonia, a fost CodeWell, startiă ce dezvoltă asistenți digitali care automatizează departamente întregi.
Cei 10 finaliști la Spotlight 2021 au fost:
- Brio (România) - SaaS startup providing cloud-based test building and test results assessment tools to educational institutions, teachers, trainers and students.
- Alpha AR (Estonia) - AI-based deep tech solution that makes 3D easy and scalable for AR/VR, NFTs, games and marketing.
- Vatis Tech (România) - Speech recognition infrastructure made accessible for everyone.
- Streams Live (România) - Livestream shopping (live, interactive, sociable video sales).
- CodeWell AI (Macedonia) - Digital Assistants that automate entire departments and take the customer experience to a whole new level.
- Nu Credits (Polonia) - Trade finance platform for SMEs. and providing real-time insights of factory floors.
- iSpeak (Lituania) - The Tik Tok for language learning.
- RepsMate (România) - Conversation intelligence platform that transforms sales and support representatives into top performers.
- Coursy (Estonia) - All-in-one learning platform for effective skills development.
- Konvi (România) - Investment platform enabling partial ownership of alternative assets, starting with luxury watches and fine wine.
Premiul-investiție oferit celui mai bun startup în competiția de la finalul programului Spotlight 2021 a fost sindicalizat de către un grup de investitori alcătuit din: TechAngels, SeedBlink, Growceanu, GapMinder Venture Partners, RocaX, Simple Capital și Transylvania Angels Network (T.A.N.). Suma este oferită ca aport la o viitoare investiție în startup, sub forma unui convertible note.
În total, 42 de echipe au participat la ediția din acest an a programului organizat de How to Web. Echipele participante provin din România, Estonia, Polonia, Letonia, Lituania, Macedonia, Croația, Cehia, Kosovo, Ungaria și Ucraina.
Cele 42 de startup-uri selectate la Spotlight 2021 au fost:
- Vaunt Software (România) - Platform that allows streamline selling & managing residential projects.
- Teamsharq (Polonia) - Cohort-based courses platform for software-based training.
- SOLO Workout (Polonia) - App for tracking workouts and creating personalised training plans.
- Salarium (România) - Fintech solution that helps employees to reach their salaries faster, better, easier.
- Renderro (Polonia) - Cloud desktop for creatives.
- Orgo.space (România) - Integrated platform that helps organisations manage resources and engage its members.
- Octavic (România) - Tracking production processes, quickly identifying bottlenecks
- NRGI.ai (România) - Electricity marketplace helping consumers save money on their electricity costs by choosing a cheaper, greener provider.
- Microtica (Macedonia) - Self-service Cloud infrastructure creation and app deployment in minutes.
- LEGID (Estonia) - AI-powered marketplace for hassle-free legal advice.
- Labbox (Kosovo) - Subscription-based educational service that delivers STEM kits for kids.
- KFactory (România) - Turning factories into smart factories by providing insights on performance, resource utilization and efficiency.
- insbay (Polonia) - Changing product placement on TV into a measurable sales channel.
- FlowOS (România) - Integrative software framework for bundling communication and collaboration functions into coherent ecosystems.
- Drafter AI (Letonia) - Low-code platform enabling product teams to launch web-based products 10X faster.
- Coursy (Estonia) - All-in-one learning platform for effective skills development.
- CodeWell AI (Macedonia) - Digital Assistants that automate entire departments and take the customer experience to a whole new level.
- Charge Network (Lituania) - The AirBnB of EV charging stations.
- Brio (România) - SaaS startup providing cloud-based test building and test results assessment tools to educational institutions, teachers, trainers and students.
- Bidrento (Estonia) - Automated and revenue increasing CRM for rental property management.
- Automizy (Ungaria) - Email marketing software designed to increase email open rates.
- Alpha AR (Estonia) - AI-based deep tech solution that makes 3D easy and scalable for AR/VR, NFTs, games and marketing.
- BeeSage (Letonia) - Beehive monitoring system maximizing honey yield and reducing bee mortality.
- Bitskout (Estonia) - Helping tool for project leaders to get projects done faster.
- CardioMedive (România) - Enabling remote teleconsultation, diagnosis and monitoring of chronic conditions.
- ClientZen (România) - Real time customer experience management platform for B2B.
- Contester (Estonia) - Choice-driven interaction platform to level up digital marketing ROI and sales.
- DGROOPS (Croația) - Booking and management platform for group reservations.
- enty.io (Estonia) - A single control panel for back-office operations for SMEs.
- I'm Fine (România) - Digital solution for psychotherapy.
- iSpeak (Lituania) - The Tik Tok for language learning.
- Konvi (România) - Investment platform enabling partial ownership of alternative assets, starting with luxury watches and fine wine.
- Lawyerd! (Ucraina) - Online platform protecting your online income stream through intellectual property protection.
- Metabeta (România) - Data-driven investment platform for early-stage startups and investors.
- Mileus (Cehia) - Intermodal mobility technology platform for ride-hailing and taxi operators.
- Nu Credits (Polonia) - Trade finance platform for SMEs. and providing real-time insights of factory floors.
- Otium (România) - Habit development platform that aggregates existing content using AI-assisted capabilities.
- RepsMate (România) - Conversation intelligence platform that transforms sales and support representatives into top performers.
- SenseTask (România) - AI-powered platform that automatically extracts relevant data from invoices, forms, receipts and contracts.
- Streams Live (România) - Livestream shopping (live, interactive, sociable video sales).
- Vatis Tech (România) - Speech recognition infrastructure made accessible for everyone.
- WerkNow (Estonia) - Construction labour marketplace.
Spotlight este unul dintre cele mai importante programe dedicate startup-urilor tech early-stage din Europa de Est. Acesta s-a desfășurat exclusiv online până pe 21 noiembrie 2021.
Programul Spotlight este realizat în parteneriat cu Google for Startups, KPMG România, Mastercard România și BRD - Groupe Société Générale, cu suportul eMag, 2Checkout (acum Verifone), Fitbit, Microsoft România, BearingPoint România, Orange România, NN România și Credo Ventures.
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Lansată în 2011 și organizată în cadrul conferinței How to Web, Spotlight este cea mai cunoscută competiție din regiunea Europei de Est adresată startup-urilor din tehnologie care vor să se dezvolte la nivel global.