Startups with Ultrathin Sectioning, AI for Micro-Mobility, Automatic Live-Drug Manufacture, and Tech to Keep Aircrafts Flying Win CHF 10,000
18.11.2019
Discover the projects and teams behind Collectome, Roll2Go, Ceidos and IMITec who've each won 10,000 francs, entrepreneurial support, and training from Venture Kick.
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 Collectome, CEO Thomas Templier
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 Roll2Go co-founders' Haitao He, Lukas Ballo, Zhenzhen Wang Huang
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 Ceidos co-founders' Sebastien Walpen and Leonard-Barras
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 IMITec, CEO Christian Dürager
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Collectome: ultra-thin sectioning for biological sample analysis
EPFL researcher Thomas Templier has invented a quicker way to collect thousands of ultra-thin sections for 3D correlative light and electron microscopy. Collectome glues magnetic nanoparticles to samples, to enable their automated retrival after collection. Its innovative collection tech has potential applications in many fields of biotech research. Templier plans to develop his MagCollector prototype and tools, into a sellable device for large-scale operation, and may start a sample preparation service.
venturekick.ch/collectome
Roll2Go: Integrated Data Analytics Platform for Shared Micro-Mobility
Co-founder Lukas Ballo studied spatial development and infrastructure systems at ETH Zurich. Together with Assistant Professor Dr. Haitao He and former business strategy consultant Zhenzhen Wang, the Roll2Go team is developing a platform to help cities deal with shared micro-mobility such as shared bikes and shared e-scooters. Powered by advanced data analytics, their platform makes it possible to monitor micro-mobility operation, enhance its safety, make policies, plan infrastructure, and overall make micro-mobility a long-term success within the urban mobility eco-system.
venturekick.ch/roll2go
Ceidos: Cell Expansion Monitoring Device
Sébastien Walpen and Leonard Barras from the University of Bern developed a "Cell Expansion Monitoring Device" that uses patients' own cells, modified to target the disease, to fight the cancer once reinjected back into the body. This device will be sold to the pharmaceutical industries and will allow them to simplify the production method of these therapies. This will reduce costs and make these revolutionary therapies accessible to as many patients as possible, knowing that currently a therapy costs about 450,000.- for one patient. The team will use Venutre Kick’s support to cover early expenses related to market validation, and refine the product’s technical specifications.
venturekick.ch/Ceidos
IMITec: keeping aircrafts flying
Christian Dürager, researched automated aircraft structure inspection for his doctoral thesis, is developing a remote-controlled inspection device that can be operated at every airport. His startup, IMItec, provides turnkey solutions for aircraft inspection, which help airlines avoid costs of as much as $500,000 when a flight is cancelled due to the lack of a certified airplane engineer to inspect potential damage. IMItec's device, which allows this to be performed remotely, should be certified in 2020 to allow for industrial production.
venturekick.ch/imitec
EPFL researcher Thomas Templier has invented a quicker way to collect thousands of ultra-thin sections for 3D correlative light and electron microscopy. Collectome glues magnetic nanoparticles to samples, to enable their automated retrival after collection. Its innovative collection tech has potential applications in many fields of biotech research. Templier plans to develop his MagCollector prototype and tools, into a sellable device for large-scale operation, and may start a sample preparation service.
venturekick.ch/collectome
Roll2Go: Integrated Data Analytics Platform for Shared Micro-Mobility
Co-founder Lukas Ballo studied spatial development and infrastructure systems at ETH Zurich. Together with Assistant Professor Dr. Haitao He and former business strategy consultant Zhenzhen Wang, the Roll2Go team is developing a platform to help cities deal with shared micro-mobility such as shared bikes and shared e-scooters. Powered by advanced data analytics, their platform makes it possible to monitor micro-mobility operation, enhance its safety, make policies, plan infrastructure, and overall make micro-mobility a long-term success within the urban mobility eco-system.
venturekick.ch/roll2go
Ceidos: Cell Expansion Monitoring Device
Sébastien Walpen and Leonard Barras from the University of Bern developed a "Cell Expansion Monitoring Device" that uses patients' own cells, modified to target the disease, to fight the cancer once reinjected back into the body. This device will be sold to the pharmaceutical industries and will allow them to simplify the production method of these therapies. This will reduce costs and make these revolutionary therapies accessible to as many patients as possible, knowing that currently a therapy costs about 450,000.- for one patient. The team will use Venutre Kick’s support to cover early expenses related to market validation, and refine the product’s technical specifications.
venturekick.ch/Ceidos
IMITec: keeping aircrafts flying
Christian Dürager, researched automated aircraft structure inspection for his doctoral thesis, is developing a remote-controlled inspection device that can be operated at every airport. His startup, IMItec, provides turnkey solutions for aircraft inspection, which help airlines avoid costs of as much as $500,000 when a flight is cancelled due to the lack of a certified airplane engineer to inspect potential damage. IMItec's device, which allows this to be performed remotely, should be certified in 2020 to allow for industrial production.
venturekick.ch/imitec