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Building Global InnovatorsIUL MITPortugal Caixa Capital Accelerator

Building Global Innovator Accelerator (BGI) is a deep innovation global accelerator based in Lisbon (Portugal) and Cambridge (MA/USA). It stems from a unique collaboration between ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, MIT-Portugal, MIT entities - Martin Trust Centre for Entrepreneurship, Deshpande Center for Innovation and Caixa Capital.

BGI focuses in the creation of global value propositions that are leveraged on technology-based entrepreneurship and marketable innovations. As such, the accelerator selects, supports and directs start-ups and/or spin-outs with up to 5 years, working on 4 market verticals:

Medical Technologies & Health IT

Smart Cities & Industrial Tech

Enterprise IT & Smart Data

Ocean Economy

Every year a batch of 20 co’s is selected to join the accelerator and benefit from expert mentoring amounting to over 1.150h, which includes boot camps in Lisbon (Portugal) and Cambridge (USA). This free of charge in kind support is valued at 1 million €. But that’s not all, about 11 out of the 20 accelerated ventures attracts some form of venture financing (37,1% non-dilutive and 62,9% risk capital sources). And 4 of them are also supported by Caixa Capital, with up to €500.000 in convertible notes.

Results increasing by the day BGI selected and supported 101 ventures during the last 5 editions, within the pool of submissions spanning from 3 continents and 37 countries. 68 are active & growing worldwide in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Spain, Portugal among other geographies, having raised over €27 million in funding mainly from Business Angels and VC’s, resulting in the creation of +200 high tech jobs amounting to +400 jobs.

How does the accelerator work? With part of the Organising team based in Lisbon at ISCTE-IUL and part in Cambridge (USA) at MIT, the batch starts off late July and graduation takes place May the following year. Applications typically run from mid-March to late May, each year.

Unlike any other accelerator in the world, BGI supports its alumni for a period after graduation up to 5 years. This support includes invitation-only events with key ecosystem players, including advisors, customers, investors, among other.

JUndeadline for applicationssubmit @www.mitpor-tugal-bgi.org

March20156th Ed. Launch

JULAnnouncement :20 ventures

aug-oct1-to-1 weeklymentoring meetings

JULe-Teams I

5 day hands on bootcamp and Speed Dating AT iscte-iulevent with investors.

novinvestors’ demo day (idd)

20 ventures live + 4 pitch annoucementat ISCTE-iul/Lisbon

4 caixa capital awardees€100k per venture

nov-jan20161-to-1 weeklymentoring meetings

feb2016investors’ demo day II (idd)

4 live pitches1 caixa capitalawardee - €100k

e-Teams iiI

2 week hands onBootcamp at mit teams Graduation end may

may2016Catalysts Program4 finalists & 4 honorable mentions

investment sessionsbgi alumni

nove-Teams II hands onBootcamp atISCTE-iul/Lisbon

Acceleration

phase I Acceleration

phase II Acceleration

phase III duration: up to 5 years

venture phase

7 reasons that make BGI unique1 The average venture financing per company is 465.7k€ and 48.3% of BGI® companies get funded. BGI® alumni largest round to date was €3.5 million, whereas the smallest was 40k€

2 BGI network of advisers, mentors, catalysts and coaches features well over 200 individuals spanning across 20 countries, from diverse backgrounds technical, marketing, business development, strategy, sales and venture financing

3 BGI network of partners and founders include top Portuguese and international engineering and science universities, angels groups and other institutional and individual investors

4 Every year Caixa Capital provides up to €0.5 million in venture financing to 4 companies;

5 BGI takes no more than 5% post money on a minimum valuation of €1 million in those companies who are awarded the Caixa Capital Awards. Apart from that, BGI does not charge its entrepreneurs

6 BGI provides free of charge (FoC) office space from a number of international partnering incubators, depending on the best location for individual companies, ranging from 6 to 12 months FoC, depending on location

7 BGI continuously strives to feature one of the smartest network of informal and early stage angel investors in the world, some of whom act primarily as mentors and catalysts to its alumni network

Building Global Innovatorsby the Numbers

49.7% from alreadyincorporated startups

37 countriesPortugal, spain, France, united kingdom,Canada, usa, Belgium, ŁArgentine, germany, Belarus, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, ŁIndia, Italy, Mexico, Czech Republic, Russia, South Korea, Greece,ŁBangladesh, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Maldivas, Nigeria, Poland, Romenia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela.

515 Applications

1,872 globalpreneurs SENT

5 editions

1,150 hours of coaching and mentoring per edition

>16x economic leverage

68 (Ed5) Active Ventures67,3% Survival Rate

€500,000Caixa Capital Investment

>200 HIGHLY QUALIFIEDJOBS CREATED

13 bootcampsiscTe-iul, lisbon - portugalAND miT, massachussets - usa

62.9% VENTURE CAPITAL and business angels

>€ 27 millionSECURED FINANCING

101 Accelerated ventures

1st Ed. Alumni 2nd Ed. Alumni 3rd Ed. Alumni 4th Ed. Alumni

Active

1 Cell2B 10 AlphaSIP 24 BSIM2 38 Avalingua

2 Ecoticket 11 Blueworks 25 BePetly 39 Bike Emotion

3 Movvo 12 eu-PA 26 Cardiocare 40 eSolidar

4 Plux 13 Hole19 27 D-Orbit 41 Endeavour Lab

5 Regenear 14 IsGreen 28 faces.in 42 Expertus

6 SDSIL (PV Solutions) 15 Law4All 29 Fidesys 43 Glucowise

7 TreatU 16 MediaOmics 30 HybPAT 44 Meshapp

8 Waydip 17 Metablue 31 i2d 45 Moviq

9 Weadapt 18 Musikki 32 LikeHack 46 Octodon

19 NetMust 33 Perceived 3D 47 Sensefinity

20 Selftech 34 Unplugg 48 RoPlaVac

21 SunOK 35 Veniam 49 Smartfreez

22 Watt Intelligent Solutions 36 You Be Q 50 Software with Emotion

23 wi-GO 37 Watgrid

Defunct

Acellera Therapeutics Actual Sun Scootzz Cucco

Emove All-Desk Educed

Not incorporated

iFood Tech Cyclotech GoClapp 2Izzy

Aromase Eunoia TradeDare

Mumu.fm Strato Power

Aires

Zombie

AbbanLabs One Care Cerebro-AP Paymel

Fytozimus RetroSim The Smart Tangue

Move Mile

Building Global Innovators

Team HeadlineGreen Chemicals from our Oceans.

Country of Origin/HeadquartersUSA

Team DescriptionNovel chemicals provide matchless bacterial controls for industry and

healthcare.

Aequor’s chemicals are non-toxic, unlike any known biocide. Companies in

the €456 B biocide market are losing revenues as regulators enforce bans on

biocides that are toxic to the environment and trigger bacterial resistance.

Aequor’s NPV is €2.2 M, based on our portfolio of novel chemicals, robust

IP, €400K raised, team of world-renowned, skilled experts, and signed

agreeements with over 10 high-profile companies jockeying to undertake

proof-of-concept testing.

Investment opportunity: €380K smart money (over 2 years). Aequor will deliver

1 licensee and breakeven in Year 2, €38 M by Year 5, and €150 M by Year 7.

Team: Cynthia Burzell, Ph.D. (Founder, President & Executive V.P. for Research),

Marilyn Bruno, Ph.D., J.D (Co-founder & CEO).

Addressable MarketsSanitizers, Cosmetics, Water Pre-Treatment (Total Size ~ 38.0 Billion €), Clean

Energies

Product CategoryProduct (Chamicals)

Aequor

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineInstantly measure electrical signals produced by an antibody during immune

responses.

Country of Origin/HeadquartersSpain

Team DescriptionAlphaSIP is a medical diagnostic laboratory developing a digital biochip that can

instantly measure the electrical signals produced by an antibody during an immune

response. The chip ASIP allows fast patient diagnostic and monitoring. Based in the

Spanish Business Innovation Centre (CEEI) of Zaragoza, AlphaSIP is also present in

Barcelona, Madrid and Boston.

Addressable MarketsAnalytics (Total Size ~ 21.9 Billion $)

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Device)

alphaSIP

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineIFTTT for Developers and Device Vendors.

Country of Origin/HeadquartersItaly

Team DescriptionAtooma is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:

- Listen to people’s behavior across apps and devices

- Act accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experience

- Analyze the patterns and get the most out of them

We have built a technology that enables developers and device manufactures to turn

device and apps actually context aware through advanced automated use cases.

Atooma – as an IFTTT for developers & vendors - brings together useful connections

between devices and web APIs cooked by an almighty Rules Engine in a way they

can create smart actions like: “If I shake my wrist wearing the smartwatch while

running launch my music playlist”.

Product CategorySoftware-as-a-Service - Internet of Things

Atooma

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineThe Solution for Evaluating and Improving The Learning of Languages.


Team DescriptionAvalingua is a mobile and web application to improve language learning and written

skills. The application automatically assesses and corrects a text, by giving to the

user explained and suggested solutions to the errors and accurate information

about the level of her/his language knowledge.

This information is very useful for students to auto-correction and auto-learning,

for teachers to individually monitor and measure the students’ skills, and, most

important, for managers of education organizations to know the state of the

language knowledge of the students and the effectiveness of the resources invested

in education.

So far, a prototype of Avalingua has been developed as proof of concept, which

reaches 90% accuracy. Cilenis has contacted with the Galician Government to

implement a pilot for Galician students. Avalingua uses last advanced Natural

Language Processing technology to provide a new way to learn, teach and manage

education.

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Application, Web Platform)

Avalingua

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineOnline Community Marketplace for Pet Lovers.


Team DescriptionBePetly is an online community marketplace where pet lovers get together to

obtain and provide personalized care to their pets: pet hosting, sitting, walking,

transportation. BePetly is a disruptive solution that benefits everyone: owners find

family environments for their pets, where they are loved and cared; it’s a convenient

and affordable option that includes comprehensive pet health insurance, carefully

selected pet hosts and a 24h customer service.

Product CategorySoftware (Web Platform, Web Marketplace)

BePetly

3RD ED. BATCH

Team Headlinebikeemotion - Enjoy Freedom

Country of Origin/HeadquartersPortugal

Team Descriptionbikeemotion is a 4th generation bike sharing system that no longer needs docking

stations. The innovative lock and unlock engine is embedded in the bicycle itself. The

device can be unlocked, upon registration, by smart card or mobile phone, allowing

bicycles locking and unlocking in identified places without the need of additional

physical infrastructure.

bikeemotion is being developed by Ubiwhere in cooperation with the Aveiro

University, Ponto.C and Micro l/O. Part of TICE. Mobility project, it is founded by

QREN (a Portuguese NSRF) under the COMPETE program and will receive the total

of €429,066.00 for project development.

Product CategorySoftware (Smart Devices, Embedded Systems)

Product Descriptionbikeemotion is a bikesharing product and management system with GPS location

based locking device, attached to a bicycle. The bicycle can be unlocked by card

or mobile device, upon registration; and only allows to lock or unlock a bicycle in

defined areas.

Bike Emotion

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineExactimage Solutions


Team DescriptionExactimage Solutions develops quantitative image analysis algorithms which are

embodyed in a pipeline of quantitative, accurate, simple, affordable, validated

against clinical outcome and qualified by expert services designed for image-based

assessment of cancer therapy selection biomarkers, which are delivered on a global

scale trough a web platform

Addressable MarketsDiagnostics (Total Size: ~13.0 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Algorithms, Medical Technologies)

Bio Image Diagnostics

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineInnovative Solutions to Support Clinical & Research Decisions in Ophthalmology.


Team DescriptionBlueWorks is a company dedicated to the development of innovative solutions to

support clinical and research decisions in Ophthalmology. We act in the fields of

early screening and visual diseases, information integration for improved clinical

workflow an dsupport research through data-mining, remote validation of patient

compliance to therapy

Product CategorySoftware (Analytics)

BlueWorks

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineTeaching Computers How to Design Better Drugs.


Team DescriptionThe success of a drug discovery campaign is only limited by human capacity

to embrace the complexity and meet all requirements behind the design of

effective and safe medicines.

BSIM2 is the first company to explore the interface between cheminformatics

and computational chemistry to developing drugs with tailored pharmacology

for superior clinical efficacy. This is accomplished by bringing together

powerful machine-learning methods and state-of-the-art biomolecular

simulations to tackle affinity, selectivity, safety and overall developability of a

new therapeutic agent.

Currently , we focus on exploring open pharmacology data and our advanced

technologies to develop compounds that target neurodegenerative amyloid

diseases. Ultimately, we want to build a portfolio of novel drugs that answer

rare and unmet medical need.

Addressable MarketsPharmaceuticals (Total Size: ~ 1100.0 Billion $)

Product CategorySoftware (Algorithms, Big Data, Medical Technologies)

BSIM2

3RD ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineHeart Health Tech

Country of Origin/HeadquartersBrazil

Team DescriptionCardioCare is a heart-monitoring product in the final stage, with prototype

developed after 4 years of R&D investments. All the applications and features have

been field tested. It holds patents deposited in Brazil and abroad.

This multifunctional hardware + software single device presents a set of 4

innovations:

- Performs 5 different electrocardiographic exams: ECGs, Holter, Looper and Cardiac

Monitor

- Transmission via Bluetooth

- Cloud Computing and

- Business Model based on a service platform.

This makes CardioCare a game changer in the heart monitoring industry.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Smart Devices, Embedded Systems, Medical Technologies)

CardioCare

3RD ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineGive us the Sun, we’ll do the rest.


Team DescriptionOur company supplies a new type of construction that allows for a self sufficient,

adaptable, flexible and sustainable building. We can supply everything from hotels,

gas stations, commercial buildings, houses and much more.

Addressable MarketsGreen Buildings (Total Size: ~85.0 Billion $), Clean Energy, Renewable Energy,

Construction

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Construction)

Casas em Movimento

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineCell2B is strongly committed to deliver new therapies that tackle immune

and inflammatory unmet clinical needs.


Team DescriptionCell2B is a biotech developer of cell therapies for immune and inflammatory

diseases. It was incorporated in 2011 with technology developed by its

founders and licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

in Boston and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon.

An early clinical study of the technology with seven patients showed that

it was safe and, in three patients already suffering from Graft-versus-

Host-Disease (GvHD), resulted in either complete or partial response. Key

manufacturing and regulatory milestones have been achieved. Orphan

designation has been granted in Europe.

Product CategoryService (Medical Services)

Cell2B

1ST ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineNew Type of High Efficiency Wave Energy Converter (WEC)

Country of Origin/HeadquartersSweden

Team DescriptionCorPower’s Wave Energy Converters deliver five times higher annual energy output

per ton of device compared to previously known wave power. The step-change

improvement in performance and efficiency allows a Cost-of-Energy that can

compete with offshore wind in volume.

Addressable MarketsClean Energies, Renewable Energies

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Energy Converters/Generators)

CorPower Ocean

TRACKAWARDEE 5TH ED.

Team HeadlineClean and Safe Access to Space


Team DescriptionOur mission is to help our clients extend their satellites’ operational life, while

taking care of end-of-life disposal, in order to stop the systematic increase of space

debris concentration, preserve orbits for future space missions, and promote

sustainable access to space.

Addressable MarketsAerospace (Total Size ~190.0 Billion $)

Product CategoryPhysical Product

D-Orbit

TRACKAWARDEE 3RD ED.

Team HeadlineSocial Media for Public Display


Team DescriptionDISPLR aims to make large digital displays a fundamental communication medium

for business venues. Displr is a web platform and a mobile app that enables venues

to create a communication channel that extends from the public displays to the

mobiles devices of visitors.

A key innovation is the ability to create new deployments out-of-the-box. Venue

owners benefit from a wealth of channels that allow them to easily create their

display experience. The other key innovation is the way users can use DISPLR’s

mobile app to gain a window to the same media that is on the display. Users are

no longer just viewers. They can engage with media and even become media

generators.

A disruptive new category of display system that will lead the expansion of the

Digital Signage market to new venue segments that are now ill-served by existing

solutions.

Addressable MarketsDigital Signage (Total Size~ 5.4 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps, Software-as-a-Service)

DISPLR

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineOptimized Scientific Document Writing


Team DescriptiondoDOC is a SaaS collaborative editing word processor, that automatically formats

any document with just 1-click. doDOC is creating a new paradigm: separating the

writing experience from the styling/formatting, which can be automated. Users can

fully focus on content, creating perfectly styled documents with just 1-click, saving

time, money and hassle. But doDOC is more than a formatting tool, it empowers

scientific writers to share their work with others, review and edit documents

collaboratively in a real-time environment. doDOC covers the process of scientific

document writing from end to end. It enables authors to create all the elements

that compose a scientific article in a very intuitive and easy way. Any stakeholder in

the writing process can edit an article at any time, add or correct information very

quickly.

Addressable MarketsDocument Preparation (Total Size: ~ 11.0 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Algorithms, Software-as-a-Service)

doDOC



Team DescriptionEndeavour Lab developed the SWORD, a novel and unique motor

rehabilitation system. Designed for an ambulatory and independent use

by Stroke patients, it allows a more intensive and monitored therapy

towards a faster recovery.

The SWORD system empowers the patient with his rehabilitation,

extending the therapeutic footprint to his home and enabling health

institutions to reach more patients while reducing operative costs.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Device)

Endeavour Lab

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineE-commerce powered Fundraising for Charities


Team Descriptionesolidar is a comprehensive social e-commerce marketplace for non-

profits, connecting consumers to non-profit online stores and auctions

around the world.

This allows small non-profits that can’t benefit from large advertising

models to have access to a wide consumer market.

Addressable MarketsSocial Fundraising (Total Size ~ 500.0 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Web Platform, Marketplace)

eSolidar

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineTake Your Life for a Walk


Team DescriptionWe are facing a major social problem due to ageing of population (45M in

UE, 2008). With ageing several chronic conditions appear requiring constant

monitoring. This brings a problem to elders as independency is lost.

In this context we’ve developed the mobile application euPA; a full all-in-one

solution that connects sensors to mobile technology providing a full real

assistance. It contains a full panic response by sending alarms, position and

vital signs to a pre-defined contact.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Smart Devices, Embedded Systems)

eu-PA

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineTesting for a better life


Team DescriptionExpertus - In vivo CAM assays supplies innovative services of in vivo anti-cancer

drug screening using the chicken egg as an alternative animal model.

Product CategoryService (Medical Services)

Product DescriptionExpertus - In vivo CAM assays supplies services of in vivo anti-cancer drug screening

using the chicken egg. This model is not limited by ethical regulations, and compared

to mice, is three times faster and at least 50% cheaper.

Expertus

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineWho’s Around?


Team Descriptionfaces.in is a fast and fun to discover friends nearby. Launched successfully with

Vodafone, faces.in is positioned globally to allow mobile operators get into the game

of social discovery and geo-location as a value-added revenue driver.

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps, Web Platform)

faces.in


Team HeadlineAutonomous Golf Mower


Team DescriptionGolMow is an autonomous system that allows mowing of a surface without an

operator to control the machine. This is an unmanned ground vehicle that is fully

electric and able to move in located outdoors. The traditional lawn mowers are

driven by an operator, moving by fossil fuels and have high costs in maintenance.

Product CategoryProduct (Vehicles)

GolMow

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineNon-invasive Blood Glucose Monitor - helping people with Diabetes manage

their condition.

Country of Origin/HeadquartersPortugal/UK

Team DescriptionDiabetes cannot be controlled without accurate measurement of glucose

levels. GlucoWise is an affordable, non-invasive, glucose-sensing device for

the earlobe. This revolutionary technology allows diabetics to accurately and

continuously monitor their blood sugar levels to better manage their condition.

The glucose readings are instantly displayed on the device or can be

transmitted via Bluetooth to a mobile app, where the patient can manage

data and receive alerts. The data are then securely uploaded to a cloud-based

system, available to the patient or a doctor.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Devices)

GlucoWise

TRACKAWARDEE 4THED.

GRANDAWARDEE 4THED.

Team HeadlineHybrid Modeling Solutions for Process Development, Optimization &

Control.


Team DescriptionPharma Industry spends an average of 15 years to bring a new drug

to patients at a cost of about $1B. HybPAT is a software solution that

supports the PAT initiative (FDA, 2004).

It applies hybrid algorithms, unlike our competitors that use

Multivariate Data Analysis alone. We have achieved reductions of up

to 30% in PPD costs, 50% in times of implementation and a product

increment of up to 300%

Product CategorySoftware (Analytics, Big Data, Software-as-a-Service)

HybPAT

3RD ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineNon degradable is so 20th century


Team DescriptionFor the 137,500 patients who need temporary urological stents that require a

second surgery for stent removal, our product is a biodegradable stent that reduces

bacterial adhesion by 98% and decreases the treatment costs by 60%.

Unlike our competitors’ marketed products, our product is degradable and avoids

the need for a second surgery. HydrUStent will be sold at 180€ each corresponding

to an approximate gross margin of 94%.

The team projects that with an investment in two rounds, 275k and 1,331k, the

payback will be achieved in 2021, with a net present value @20% of 2 M€

Addressable MarketsUreteral Stents (Total Size: ~ 372.0 Million €)

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Instruments)

HydrUSTent

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineDriving Mobility to New Levels of Efficiency


Team DescriptionLiveDrive is devoted to face the challenges of sustainable mobility, focusing on

energy efficiency.

Gathering a group of experts in the areas of mobility management, and transport

energy efficiency and environmental sustainability and also having qualified

resources in planning and parking management, information and communication

technologies, we are able to address all challenges in the field of sustainable

mobility.

We are committed to the growing importance of increasing efficiency of a pillar

sector of any economy, as it is mobility, and to the continuing need to improve life

quality.

Addressable MarketsBig Data (Total Size ~3.0 Billion €)

Product CategoryService (Analytics, Software-as-a-Service, Big Data)

Product Descriptioni2d Technology - intelligence to drive, an integrated telematic

platform for data collection, transmission and processing from

vehicles, and the application of software solutions to provide

services to the vast road transportation community

I2D - Intelligence to Drive

3RD ED. BATCH

TeamHeadlineNever too bright. Never too dark.


Team DescriptionIntelligent LED Lighting System, devised to save lighting energy

in buildings by reducing lighting wattage and usage: ‘just the right

amount of light only when needed’.

Real time information and analysis on sage helps users achieve

further savings. Conceived in 2007, with a provisory pending patent,

development was outsourced. Production started on May 2011.

Product CategoryProduct (Physical Product)

Product DescriptionIsGreen light is based on a distributed intelligence network of

controllers that exchange data in real time to assure the system

continuously optimizes lighting, always providing the right amount

of light where and when needed : never too bright, never too dark.

IsGreen light monitors, learns and acts always adapting its operation

to the evolving usage environment.

IsGreen light has a built-in set of rules that specify how the system

operates enabling its adaptation to each situation. These rules can

easily be changed whenever working conditions change, either by the

system as a result of its learning capability or by the system manager

with just a smart-phone.

Easy to install and easy to use, it is autonomous and automatic,

guarantees users comfort and sends operational and monitored data

in real time to the cloud.

IsGreen

TRACKAWARDEE 2ND ED.


Team DescriptionBooking.com, Skyscanner, AirBnB... They all made it possible for us to book

our accommodations and flights through the web at the best price possible,

but there is one sector that is being left out, the tour & activity sector.

They are being left out because they aren’t using the right tools to manage

their business effectively and boost sales.

With iTravey they will be able to manage their business more effectively,

grow online sales and focus on what matters... Their clients.

iTravey is simple and easy to use. With hardly any effort you will be able to

manage your schedule online and have a website and mobile app up and

running with online booking capabilities. But the best part is that you‚Äôll

be part of iTravey network aggregator that will help you boost your online

sales even more.

iTravey, tour and activity management made easy.

Product CategorySoftware (Software-as-a-Service, Web Platform, Analytics)

iTravey

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineWeb Business Platform for the Legal Services Industry


Team DescriptionLaw For All is a web business platform for the legal services industry,

providing an online marketplace for legal providers (lawyers) and legal

users (business and individuals).

Today, business legal needs are global. But hiring international legal

expertise is still a highly expensive and complex process. Law For All

is the first solution to meet the needs of the XXI century legal services

customer by providing on-line, simple, reliable, affordable and global legal

services.


Law For All

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineThe Smartest Social Media Publishing

Country of Origin/HeadquartersRussia

Team DescriptionContent management platform for social media powered by content

recommendations technologies and extended post scheduling and formatting tools.

Addressable MarketsSocial Media Platforms (Total Size: ~ 23.0 Billion $)

Product CategorySoftware (Software-as-a-Service)

Product DescriptionContent management platform for social media that provides social media

managers with engaging content and powerful publishing tools.

LikeHack

3RD ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineMesh Networks that Solve the Problems of Indoor Geolocation

Country of Origin/HeadquartersSweden

Team DescriptionThe patentable Lokkupp - mesh network solves the problems of indoor

geolocation with 40% to 100% better accuracy than traditional solutions.

A number of select verticals will pay for this accuracy as a service while

others will wish to use our technology as a platform on which to launch

new services

Product CategorySoftware (Software-as-a-Service, Analytics, Big Data)

Lokkupp


Team HeadlineHigh performance culture media for the BioPharma industry


Team DescriptionMediaOmics is a pioneer company in cell functional enviromics (CFE), a novel

technology to identify the function of environmental factors in cellular physiology.

We maintain a proprietary database of functional enviromics maps of industrially

relevant cell lines.

We offer best-in-class basal culture media formulations and in silico customization

services for the BioPharma industry.

Addressable MarketsCell Culture Media (Total Size: ~ 3300.0 Million €)

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Technologies)

Product DescriptionPichia-FEM: Ready to use culture medium for Pichia pastoris that increases product

yield by twofold (average) in relation to the market golden standard, the BSM

formulation.

MediaOmics


Team HeadlineLead Generation and Conversion Technology


Team DescriptionMeshApp is a technology engine to easily develop and sustain content aggregation

apps.

In a Marketing perspective, the generated apps will work as marketing

environments, where brands can interact with user communities.

Product CategorySoftware (Algorithms, Mobile Apps)

MeshApp

TRACKAWARDEE 4THED.

Team HeadlineMetablue strives to deliver high quality medical devices that realize

both social and health benefits.


Team DescriptionMetablue Solution was created in 2011 and is based in Oporto. The

company aims to contribute for the progress of diagnosis and research

in healthcare. Right from the beginning, Metablue’s vision has been to

create a project and investment pipeline in order to transfer original

discoveries into commercially relevant applications.

Therefore, Metablue Solution strives to add a relevant value to the

medical devices industry through new technologies and to overcome

the insufficiencies of existing devices and to exceed our customers’

expectations, by delivering high quality products that realize both social

and health benefits. The Otitest (Metablue’s first solution) is a logical

follow-up to the vision adopted by Metablue.

Addressable MarketsMedical Devices (Total Size: ~2.0 Billion €)

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Device)

Metablue

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineMoviq, the revolution in the way you travel


Team DescriptionMoviq is an innovative solution for door-to-door travels. Moviq integrates different

means of transportation, giving the user the opportunity to plan his journey and buy

one single ticket from home to his final destination.

With Moviq you just need to choose your starting point and where you want to

go, then the app will display all the options. With a single click you can select the

solution that fits you better and buy your ticket. No more cash, no more queue at the

counter, no more waste of time at the bus stop. Your ticket is in your smartphone

and you won’t worry anymore.

Addressable MarketsTransportation (Total Size: ~235.0 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps)

Moviq

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineBusiness Analytics for Retail


Team DescriptionMovvo is one of the most innovative Portuguese Companies Founded in 2009, as

Around Knowledge, Movvo rebranded to reflect how our platform works. Our team

put its efforts together to create an innovative technology that can measure the

flow of people in physical spaces.

We developed a product that can answer retailers’ needs and enhance the shopping

experience of our clients’ customers. Movvo has a multidisciplinary team composed

by Software and Hardware Engineers, Data Mining and Marketing Specialists.

Addressable MarketsRetail (Total Size: ~2.0 Billion €)

Product CategorySoftware (Software-as-a-Service; Embedded Devices)

Movvo

TRACKAWARDEE 1ST ED.

GRANDAWARDEE 1ST ED.

Team HeadlineKnow Your Music


Team DescriptionMusikki is a living music platform that aims to bring together all the World’s musical

knowledge, content and services. Find everything about the artist, album or song;

buy and listen; follow artists and get notified of upcoming releases and shows.

We connect, in real-time, all the musical dots on the Internet giving an order to all

the scattered services out there.

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps; Software-as-a-Service)

Musikki


GRANDAWARDEE 2ND ED.

Team HeadlineSocial network platform connecting artists and cultural organizations

around the world, a LinkedIn for the creative industries.


Team DescriptionMyiArts is a platform that gives the opportunity for creative industries

professionals and organizations to save time and money by connecting with

each other, find job offers, sell art and disseminate their portfolio, projects or

events.

In essence, a LinkedIn for the creative industries, with emphasis on visual

arts (including painting, sculpture and photography), cinema (including all

type of actors) and design, for now.

Addressable MarketsCreative Industries (Total Size: ~ 509.0 Billion $)

Online Marketplaces


MyiArts

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineWe enable Music Licensing Companies and Business Music Users’ empowerment

through the usage of advanced but simple technology.


Team DescriptionNetMuST’s cloud based web platform (SaaS) integrates the Music value-chain

(artists, authors, producers, Music Licensing Companies and Business Music Users)

while the musicBeetle audio identification allows MLC to know the music used

by BMU. MLC distribution of Rights to holders will never be the same fairer and

transparent rights management, collection and distribution will be finally achieved.

We enable MLC and BMU empowerment through the usage of advanced but simple

technology.

Product CategorySoftware-as-a-Service

NetMuST

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlinenuRISE - dose it well!


Team DescriptionWe develop radiation detectors for medical applications, specifically a radiation

dosimeters for brachytherapy.

Addressable MarketsMedical Devices (Total Size: ~350.0 Million €)

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Devices)

nuRISE


Team HeadlineOctodon

Country of Origin/HeadquartersRussia

Team DescriptionOctodon keyboard is fully adjustable pocket mechanical keyboard.

It allows blind 10-finger typing on handheld devices. Several unique

solutions (patent pending) combine good ergonomics with small size and

enable using your smartphone for tasks involving long text input, which

required a full-sized keyboard before.

A novice user can start typing on the Octodon keyboard in just a few

minutes, and achievable typing speed is 400 ch./min. (80WPM) Octodon

keyboard is connected via Bluetooth and works in all applications on any

smartphone on iOs or Android.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Smart Devices)

Product DescriptionThe Octodon keyboard is a physical keyboard initially designed for

handhelds to extend our control over mobile devices. It turns any

smartphone or tablet into a device for hard typing (up to 80WPM),

sophisticated gaming, or even robotic control.

Octodon

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineProviding Information and Managing Parking Lots’ Status.


Team DescriptionParking management companies often lose part of their revenue

because they are not able to monitor efficiently their spaces. Park

Smart, thanks to an innovative video analysis software is able to

monitor the occupation of parking lots in a certain area and to guide

the drivers to the closest available place.

The system uses the physical infrastructure of surveillance cameras,

even the ones already installed and thanks to the help of a specific

software it is able to provide information about the parking lots status

and to manage automatically a various number of tasks

Product CategorySoftware (Algorithms; Software-as-a-Service)

Park Smart

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineEmbedded software for medical endoscopy systems.


Team DescriptionP3D develops real-time image software for improving visualization and guiding the

surgeon during clinical endoscopy. P3D solutions run seamlessly in both new and

legacy endoscopic equipments, providing new and innovative features that push the

limits of hardware and optical design.

Product CategoryProduct (Embedded Products)

Service (Software-as-a-Service)

Product DescriptionPartnering with customers at development stage to offer fully optimized solutions

for visualization and computer aided surgery.

Perceive 3D


Team HeadlineCreating Innovative Solutions for Healthcare, Sports and Scientific Research.


Team DescriptionPLUX aims at bringing the future of healthcare to people’s homes and

daily lives. Every year 1M people in Europe suffer from stroke, 41% of the

population is affected by musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and 1/3 of the

women are affected by urinary incontinence after pregnancy.

These are just a few examples of dysfunctions for which patients are

assisted everyday in physiotherapy clinics. Our bioPLUX clinical system is a

more efficient tool for physical therapy. The EU alone has 25000 clinics, and

through our 5 year business development plan we are targeting the entry in

Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Devices)

Plux


Team Headline“Super-Powered Shelve” that Helps Brands Advertise Efficiently.


Team DescriptionThe PromoClick application started with the idea of aggregating all the supermarket

deals’ information, which is dispersed and available in an unclear way for the

consumer. We got 35.000 registered users in less than 6 months, 3.000 of which use

the app on a weekly basis.

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps)

Promoclick

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineNew cost effective technologies for the photovoltaic industry.


Team DescriptionPV Solutions created SDSIL, a technology capable of bypassing the steps

of highest cost in the silicon solar cell value chain, while preserving the

cell conversion efficiency.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Energy Generators/Converters)

Product DescriptionSolar photovoltaic energy devices and components. A process capable of

both reducing the cost and preserve the quality in silicon solar cells.

PV Solutions

1ST ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineA Pioneer Company in the Tissue Engineering Field


Team DescriptionRegenear’s mission is to develop and commercialize bio-kits to generate 3D cartilage

structures grown from patients’ own cells.

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Devices)

Regenear

1ST ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineRevolutionizing Malaria Vaccination


Team DescriptionRoPlaVac is developing a new strategy for vaccination against malaria,

a deadly disease affecting half of the world’s population, for which there

is no effective vaccine. Our vaccination strategy, supported by the Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation, overcomes the safety limitations of alternative

approaches, offering unprecedented versatility and efficacy.

Following-up on our existing pre-clinical dataset, we are now ready to

initiate clinical trials in humans as well as the development of a second

generation vaccine candidate, and the improvement of a vaccine production

system.

Addressable MarketsHealth and Wellness (Total Size: ~ 4.5 Billion $)

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Products)

RoPlaVac

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineRevolutionizing the way developers search, find and share solution to

their software problems.

Country of Origin/HeadquartersHungary

Team DescriptionSamebug is a platform specialized in software failures (exceptions) that

helps developers to fix bugs.

We want to enable developers to search and reuse bug fixing

knowledge making software development faster and more predictable.

Addressable MarketsProductivity Software (Total Size: ~ 10.0 Billion $)

Enterprise Software


Samebug

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineScalling smart affordable biomaterials for tissue repair to improve patient’s quality

life.


Team DescriptionScale Therapeutics is set to develop and commercialize proprietary medical devices

for regenerative medicine, targeting primarily the bone graft substitutes market

(€1.12 billion in revenue/year). Based on its proprietary dextrin hydrogel technology

(DEXGEL), ST designs superior bone substitutes for clinical practice, allowing

biomaterials companies (customers) enhancing bone regeneration outcomes of core

proprietary biomaterials while easing surgical practice.

Addressable MarketsAdvanced Medical Materials (~ 9 Billion €)

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Products)

Scale Therapeutics

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineSensefinity, The Internet of Things for the Masses.


Team DescriptionSensefinity is a platform to lower the implementation time for projects for

the Internet of Things from months to days. The Internet of Things is a new

era of the Internet where everything physical will be connected, a market

valued at around 280B€ yearly, growing at an average rate of 33%(acc.

Harbor Research).

Sensefinity helps businesses save time and money. By plugging our devices

and registering to the platform projects can immediately start using the

data gathered from their assets. Sensefinity, the Internet of Things for the

Masses.

Addressable MarketsInternet of Things (Total Size: ~ 280.0 Billion $)


Physical Product (Embedded Systems)

Sensefinity

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineDisrupting the microfiltration market to improve human quality of life.


Team DescriptionSmart Separations has developed a revolutionary filtration system that

can be tailored to suit many different applications in the underdeveloped

yet global ~ £48 billion separation/filtration industry.

This device will provide a more controlled, versatile, and low-cost solution

for several industries including blood donations, stem cell research, air

filtration, and even food and drink processing.

We will be initially targeting the blood/stem cell and air purification

markets, all of which have highly inadequate technologies, where we can

create the greatest impact.

Product CategoryPhysical Product

Smart Separations

5TH ED. BATCH


Team DescriptionSmartFreez developed a new high precision freeze-thawing technology that

allows the biopharmaceutical industry to save up to $3 Bn during R&D and

Production processes. It is the only one that delivers consistent freezing results

for volumes up to 1000 lts, avoiding substance degradation.

This allows the industry to accelerate time to market, maximizing sales before

patent expiration and to save manufacturing costs up to 50%.

Product CategoryProduct (Medical Technologies)

SmartFreez

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineSWE helps online retailers understand and adapt to customers in real

time.


Team DescriptionSoftware With Emotion provides tools for retailers to understand, in

real-time, who exactly are their customers through social analytics.

With SWE, the retailer is able to dynamically adapt to each individual

customer in multiple ways such as presenting dynamic discounts

(individualized price differentiation) or be alerted when a VIP

customer is present.

SWE is a per-store subscription service, which combines white label

web and mobile apps, that can be used to provide personalized in-store

experiences to their customers. It requires no hardware and can be

used by any store of any size anywhere all over the world! We help

retailers understand and adapt to their customers!

Product CategorySoftware (Software-as-a-Service, Analytics, Big Data)

Software With Emotion

4TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineCork Solar Oven


Team DescriptionSunOK has been marketing the best solar oven worldwide for 3 years. Sales

have been growing consistently but the consumer trend to adopt natural

materials is being increasingly felt. Consequently we started the design of a

new oven with iconic style and a high proportion of natural materials such as

cork.

Social responsibility will be emphasized by making clear for affluent

customers that sales revenue will contribute for lower cost ovens for poorer

people.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Energy Generators/Converters)

SunOK

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineFirst global Community of Wave Riders


Team DescriptionSurfstoke is the ultimate app for wave riders, combining crowdsourcing

of information, personalized surf reports and competition among users

which results into awesome prizes from brands.

Addressable MarketsDigital Marketing (Total Size: ~ 100 Billion €)

Mobile Apps

Product CategorySoftware (Mobile Apps, Web Platform)

SurfStoke

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineAddressing the tumor microenvironment with targeted

nanotechnologies.


Team DescriptionFounded in 2010, TREAT U develops more effective and safer

nanotechnology-based therapies for cancer patients by targeting the

tumor microenvironment with triggered release of the therapeutic

agents. The company focuses on delivering solutions that increase

therapeutic efficacy and reduce side effects, thereby helping reduce

treatment costs.

Or first product ‚ PEGASEMP, is a proprietary nanotechnology-based

delivery platform with applications in both diagnostics and therapy.

A unique feature of PEGASEMP lies in its ability to target specifically

two populations in the tumor microenvironment ‚ based on a ligand-

receptor interaction with both cancer and tumor blood vessel cells.

Combined with triggered delivery of the payload, this creates new

opportunities in personalized medicine and the pharmaceutical sector.

Addressable MarketsOncology (Total Size: ~ 67.0 Billion $)

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Medical Technologies)

Product DescriptionPEGASEMP is a proprietary nanotechnology-based drug delivery

platform with application in cancer therapy, innovative in the

way that it targets specifically the tumor microenvironment with

programmed delivery of the payload upon cellular internalization.

Treat U

1ST ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineManaging energy for your comfort.


Team DescriptionWe develop Artificial Intelligence solutions that manage your home for your comfort

and energy efficiency.


Product DescriptionWe provide Artificial Intelligence APIs for our customers to integrate advanced

automation features into their product offering. Our models are optimtized for the

Smart Home, with comfort and energy efficiency.

Unplugg

3RD ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineVeniam


Team DescriptionLeveraging the 1 billion vehicles around the globe, Veniam delivers advanced

networking technology that connects infrastructure, people and moving

things to each other and to the Internet. By turning vehicles into WiFi

hotspots, Veniam greatly expands internet access in crowded urban spaces

and brings terabytes of city data from the physical-world to the cloud.

Veniam’s solutions are also used in controlled spaces, like ports and container

terminals, where they guarantee reliable wireless coverage.

Currently in Porto, Portugal, Veniam has built and deployed the largest

network of connected vehicles in the world, with more than 600 connected

vehicles and 60,000 unique monthly users.

Veniam’s hardware, software and cloud solutions deliver the networking

fabric for the Internet of Moving Things, establishing a platform for a whole

new set of apps and products that people and businesses use every day.

Veniam-connected fleets, cities and controlled spaces can rely on ubiquitous

WiFi while on the move, and have access to large-scale high-resolution data to

respond to real-time transportation needs, address environmental concerns,

adjust waste collection dynamically, and a host of yet to be imagined solutions

for rising urban challenges.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Embedded Systems)

Veniam


GRANDAWARDEE 3RD ED.

Team HeadlineBringing light... thinking smarter...


Team DescriptionWATGRID proposes a smart meter for monitoring the quality of water provided

by water utility companies and, ultimately, an integrated system for smart water

quality metering Scarcity of good-quality water is key concern due to rising

demands and, at the same time, leakage losses from distribution networks that can

amount to 50%. In many parts of the world, poor water quality affects the health of

large number of persons. Therefore, smart water metering is an emerging market

estimated at $20B by 2020 just in Europe. WATGRID’s unique contribution is based on

a patented low-cost and multi-parameters sensor that can work as separate module

or be integrated into a smart water meter.

Addressable MarketsClean Energy (Total Size: ~20 Billion €), Renewable Energy

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Smart Devices, Embedded Devices)

Product DescriptionAn innovative hardware based on fiber optics for liquid quality assessment. The

sensor is complemented with a dedicated software for real time monitoring,

classification and anomaly detection. The same system is also used for water

leakage detection.

WATGRID

TRACKAWARDEE 4THED.


Team DescriptionWatt-IS focuses on providing high value added services to electricity providers that

will contribute towards a better understanding of the consumption patterns on the

residential sector by analyzing data collected by smart meters.

Addressable MarketsEnergy Efficiency (Total Size: ~ 4 Billion $)


Product DescriptionWatt-IS is able to disaggregate electricity consumption into the main appliances of

a household, enabling electricity suppliers to deliver new services and value added

information like targeted energy efficiency measures to the end consumers.

Watt-IS

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineThe way for energy harvesting


Team DescriptionA system to be applied on the floor, that converts the kinetic energy associated to

people/vehicles’ motion into electric energy, every time they move upon its surface.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Energy Converters/Generators)

Waydip


Team HeadlineThe Inclusive Fashion Store


Team DescriptionWeadapt develops and sells inclusive products (garments, aesthetical

prosthetics and rehabilitation devices) resulting from ongoing research

projects since 2005, aimed at the market of people with special needs.

Working closely with Rehabilitation Centers and Disability Institutions we

identify needs/difficulties not properly addressed.

We want to explore this real business opportunity, with a multidisciplinary

and highly qualified team in R&D, through the contribution to the inclusion

of the 600 million people with some type of disability by increasing their

self-esteem, comfort, autonomy and quality of life - Rehabilitation goals with

important impact in national health expenses.

Product CategoryProduct (Consumer Products)

WeAdapt


Team HeadlinePromoting the mobility and improving quality of life


Team Descriptionwi-GO is an autonomous device that is being developed to follow a given

disabled person wherever he/she goes, enabling him/her to carry objects

autonomously and in a dynamic way, avoiding obstacles and hazards.

The prototype, already developed and test, uses the most advanced

image recognition technology wit hthe Sensor Kinect, allowing it to

follow the right person.

wi-GO is unique, and we have filed a patent. The solution can be used in

airports, shopping malls, hospitals, stores, at people’s homes and even

in open space environments. Our preliminary contacts suggest that our

solution could help them improve accessibility, differentiation and thus

an opportunity for increase profitability.

Product CategoryProduct (Vehicles and Robotics)

wi-GO

2ND ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineX-Metrics - Empowering performance


Team DescriptionX-Metrics designs and manufactures wearable devices for any kind of

swimmers, from recreational to professional. We want to improve and

empower training experience giving to anyone the possibility to train like a

pro.

Product CategoryPhysical Product (Embedded Devices)

X-Metrics

5TH ED. BATCH

Team HeadlineCommunication and Social Interaction over 3D Maps


Team DescriptionyoubeQ is Google Earth with buildings 3D adapted to an interface where

through an avatar you have access to information geo located, be in touch

with your network, communicate with other users and institutions, play

games and consume services and products supplied by Companies.

It is a recreation of real life in the cyberspace and being extremely intuitive

it turns easily accessible by any kind user. This platform allows a really

immersive experience. Users may go for shopping, meet people on the

streets or do sightseeing. We are hybridizing the world we know and

creating a new gate to the web.

Product CategorySoftware (Web Platform)

YoubeQ

3RD ED. BATCH

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