CHF 40,000 for an AI-Powered insurance platform, a risk analysis co-pilot software, and an AI-powered virtual fitting room
26.06.2025
Humbrela, Reshape Systems, and Vestir were selected in the second financial and entrepreneurial support stage of Venture Kick. Their projects offer a platform that simplifies insurance policy and warranty management; develop an innovative software solution that enhances the risk analysis process for complex technical systems; and create an AI-powered virtual fitting room where shoppers can see clothes in 3D video form, based on their true likeness.
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 Humbrela: CEO Semchs Zaidi
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 Reshape: Co-Founders Dr. Andrea Apollonio and Dr. Thomas Cartier-Michaud
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 Vestir AI: CEO Joanne Filbin
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Humbrela: Insurance is Complex, Humbrela makes it Simple
Understanding, managing, and optimizing the increasing number of insurance and warranty policies as life goes on, whether purchased directly or through brokers, can be overwhelming. It’s easy to feel lost with the jargon, clauses, and various offerings.
Since inception, CEO Semchs Zaidi, CTO Gael Beron, COO Guillaume Spay, and Legal Counsel Saral El-Abshihy, together with data scientists and developers, have been focused on developing a platform that simplifies insurance policy and warranty management. Leveraging AI smart agents, ML, and NLP, Humbrela acts as a personalized insurance buddy, bridging the gap between consumers, brokers, and insurance companies. By providing a data-driven experience, Humbrela delivers actionable insights that enhance decision-making and streamline processes across the insurance ecosystem.
The Venture Kick funds will enable Humbrela to finalize its MVP and conduct its first live-scale testing.
Reshape: Enhancing Risk Analysis for Complex Systems
Today, complex systems such as smartphones, autonomous cars, and drones are ubiquitous in our daily lives. As their use grows and their complexity increases, producers and consumers need to ensure that these systems meet the highest standards of reliability and safety. Increasing market expectations are also pushing complex systems towards shorter development cycles and reduced engineering costs.
Reshape System, a CERN spin-off, is tackling these challenges with an innovative software solution that enhances the risk analysis process for complex technical systems. The product acts as a risk analysis co-pilot, leveraging generative AI to take care of the most arduous and error-prone tasks in the risk analysis process and assisting specialized engineers and domain experts. The result is faster and cheaper time-to-market of products for companies across a range of sectors (e.g., automotive, aerospace), with improved reliability, whatever the context and level of risk. The founding team is composed of Dr. Andrea Apollonio (PhD at CERN) and Dr. Thomas Cartier-Michaud (PhD at CEA Cadarache), bringing more than 10 years of expertise in industrial risk analysis methods and AI.
The Venture Kick funds will allow further development of the proprietary AI models of Reshape Systems.
Vestir AI: Recreating the In-Store Fitting Room Experience, Online
Most people don’t look like fashion models on retailer websites, but this is who we base our buying decisions on. This means we make the wrong choices and have to send things back. 30% of all clothes bought online are returned. It costs the EU fashion industry EUR 36bn annually and releases 750k tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in the UK alone.
Vestir is an AI-powered virtual fitting room where shoppers can see clothes in 3D video form, based on their true likeness. As their avatar moves, the fabric moves. They see their own body, face & skin tone, with their natural movement.
Founded by Joanne Filbin, an experienced entrepreneur. Vestir is partnering with the ETH AI Center on an 18-month project to perfect the science, funded through an Innosuisse Implementation Partner project.
The Venture Kick funds will be used to forge pan-European Retailer partnerships to build a solution that is truly fit for purpose.
Understanding, managing, and optimizing the increasing number of insurance and warranty policies as life goes on, whether purchased directly or through brokers, can be overwhelming. It’s easy to feel lost with the jargon, clauses, and various offerings.
Since inception, CEO Semchs Zaidi, CTO Gael Beron, COO Guillaume Spay, and Legal Counsel Saral El-Abshihy, together with data scientists and developers, have been focused on developing a platform that simplifies insurance policy and warranty management. Leveraging AI smart agents, ML, and NLP, Humbrela acts as a personalized insurance buddy, bridging the gap between consumers, brokers, and insurance companies. By providing a data-driven experience, Humbrela delivers actionable insights that enhance decision-making and streamline processes across the insurance ecosystem.
The Venture Kick funds will enable Humbrela to finalize its MVP and conduct its first live-scale testing.
Reshape: Enhancing Risk Analysis for Complex Systems
Today, complex systems such as smartphones, autonomous cars, and drones are ubiquitous in our daily lives. As their use grows and their complexity increases, producers and consumers need to ensure that these systems meet the highest standards of reliability and safety. Increasing market expectations are also pushing complex systems towards shorter development cycles and reduced engineering costs.
Reshape System, a CERN spin-off, is tackling these challenges with an innovative software solution that enhances the risk analysis process for complex technical systems. The product acts as a risk analysis co-pilot, leveraging generative AI to take care of the most arduous and error-prone tasks in the risk analysis process and assisting specialized engineers and domain experts. The result is faster and cheaper time-to-market of products for companies across a range of sectors (e.g., automotive, aerospace), with improved reliability, whatever the context and level of risk. The founding team is composed of Dr. Andrea Apollonio (PhD at CERN) and Dr. Thomas Cartier-Michaud (PhD at CEA Cadarache), bringing more than 10 years of expertise in industrial risk analysis methods and AI.
The Venture Kick funds will allow further development of the proprietary AI models of Reshape Systems.
Vestir AI: Recreating the In-Store Fitting Room Experience, Online
Most people don’t look like fashion models on retailer websites, but this is who we base our buying decisions on. This means we make the wrong choices and have to send things back. 30% of all clothes bought online are returned. It costs the EU fashion industry EUR 36bn annually and releases 750k tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in the UK alone.
Vestir is an AI-powered virtual fitting room where shoppers can see clothes in 3D video form, based on their true likeness. As their avatar moves, the fabric moves. They see their own body, face & skin tone, with their natural movement.
Founded by Joanne Filbin, an experienced entrepreneur. Vestir is partnering with the ETH AI Center on an 18-month project to perfect the science, funded through an Innosuisse Implementation Partner project.
The Venture Kick funds will be used to forge pan-European Retailer partnerships to build a solution that is truly fit for purpose.