Meet the latest venture pitch winners
04.11.2014
"Why would someone buy this?" is a question that can stump startup founders as they try to explain their value proposition to a jury. Fortunately for four startups pitching in the first round of venture kick last week, the answers were both compelling and realistic. Congratulations to them!
 The team of Anemomind
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 The two partners of ZuriMED
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 SpectroPlast
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 Lunico
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Bringing real-time performance analysis and auto calibrated true wind estimation to sailors
Anemomind brings real-time performance analysis and auto calibrated true wind estimation to sailors, thereby enabling them to optimize boat trimmings and, ultimately, race results. Anemomind also proposes a platform for data visualization and sharing.
On Nov 2 2014, Swiss skipper Alan Roura started the Route du Rhum sailing challenge with a device developed by the EPFL spin-off in order to evaluate his performance during racing: Watch the EPFL video.
A revolutionary device for surgical knee ligament reconstruction
The likelihood of severe post-operative pain that comes with the use of a highperformance “bone-tendon-bone” (BTB) autograft for knee ligament reconstruction leads many knee surgeons to elect for the less painful, but lower performance “hamstring” tendon autograft. ZuriMED’s device effectively “converts” the less painful tendon graft into a BTB-like autograft (“functional gain, without the pain”).
Lifting 3D fused deposition modeling from simple display models to printed objects with full functionality
SpectroPlast lifts 3D fused deposition modeling from simple display models to printed objects with full functionality.
Online customized leather jackets
LUNICO will offer leather jackets that customers can customize online through a product configurator. The handmade leather jackets are produced in Bolivia. LUNICO is the first provider worldwide offering online individual leather jackets for the mass market.
Anemomind brings real-time performance analysis and auto calibrated true wind estimation to sailors, thereby enabling them to optimize boat trimmings and, ultimately, race results. Anemomind also proposes a platform for data visualization and sharing.
On Nov 2 2014, Swiss skipper Alan Roura started the Route du Rhum sailing challenge with a device developed by the EPFL spin-off in order to evaluate his performance during racing: Watch the EPFL video.
A revolutionary device for surgical knee ligament reconstruction
The likelihood of severe post-operative pain that comes with the use of a highperformance “bone-tendon-bone” (BTB) autograft for knee ligament reconstruction leads many knee surgeons to elect for the less painful, but lower performance “hamstring” tendon autograft. ZuriMED’s device effectively “converts” the less painful tendon graft into a BTB-like autograft (“functional gain, without the pain”).
Lifting 3D fused deposition modeling from simple display models to printed objects with full functionality
SpectroPlast lifts 3D fused deposition modeling from simple display models to printed objects with full functionality.
Online customized leather jackets
LUNICO will offer leather jackets that customers can customize online through a product configurator. The handmade leather jackets are produced in Bolivia. LUNICO is the first provider worldwide offering online individual leather jackets for the mass market.