DMS Investors Day – An opportunity to connect European talent through exciting pitches
For ten minutes each startup was able to present its solutions and its funding objectives. The startups were assessed on their idea, product-market fit, team and financial strengths. Whilst all the companies had a strong data focus, there was a range of different sectors and backgrounds represented. However, there could only be one winner! The selected startups were (by running order): Infinite Foundry, Yosh AI, Ester, Onalytics, Vay AI, Builtrix, Advanced Infrastructure, Tykn, Arete Med Tech, Sensegrass, Heuristik, SDX Network. This event had the collaboration of a featured Jury panel of experts, who listened and guided and evaluated our startups. This jury consisted of Marguerita Volpe (Research & Innovation, Zabala), Michael Hopf (Venture Developer, DB Systel GmbH), Marcel van der Heijden (Partner Deep Tech, Speed Invest) and Andrew Macadam (Managing Director, Western Europe, Microsoft for Startups). Each expert shared their insights and discussed what requirements are necessary to successfully build and grow a startup in Europe. The event concluded with a moment of deliberation before the victorious startup was crowned. It wasn’t easy to make a decision. The jury remarked it was a fantastic competition. Diversity always makes it more challenging to pick a winner. But they finally found the one: Advanced Infrastructure; a team of data scientists and energy experts that want to make the energy system as integrated as the telecom industry. There were a couple of points that really stood out in the decision for this startup: the strength and background of the team, how they add value to so many different industries rather than being just with one particular area (total addressable market), and their clear exit strategy. Also, there was a special mention to Arete Medical Technologies, for developing a fantastic solution and concept. Arete is a need-driven company that produces personalised hardware and software solutions for the management of chronic diseases. Its motivation and energy come from the potential for helping people with chronic conditions, either directly or by giving new powers to healthcare professionals. However, investor matchmaking at Data Market Services does not run for only a single day. If you are interested in meeting with any of our startups, reach out to us at hello@datamarketservices.eu and we will connect you to some awesome founders! Thank you for the effort and energy. Our gratitude to everyone who participated and helped in making this an impressive event! Organised by: Zabala Innovation Consultancy, TNW, Spinlab, Spherik Accelerator, Brightpixel and Ogilvy.
Keywords
startups, growth, investors, virtual event, dms accelerator, ec project, H2020