Three diverse startups pass Venture Kick stage 2!
12.03.2018
Congratulations to Foldaway (IT, electronics, mechanics), Rebels Technologies (gig economy, mobile) and Voluma Medical (Medtech), who each take home CHF 20,000 and are now preparing for the grand final!
 The team from Foldaway (L-R): Jamie Paik, Marco Salerno and Stefano Mintchev
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 The team from Rebels Technologies (L-R): Simon Hofer and Jurij Besednjak
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 Volumina Medical: Amélie Béduer
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Foldaway (EPFL) IT, electronics, mechanics
Foldaway aims to develop ultra-portable and low cost origami haptic interfaces. Foldaway interfaces allow the user to experience an advanced level of interaction with the virtual world that is based on the sense of touch. The current device has three degrees of freedom and can interact with human fingers by tracking their motion and providing force, stiffness and texture perception. One of the enabling technologies behind this innovative interface is a layer by layer origami manufacturing technique to produce high precision, low cost, complex 3D mechanisms.
Rebels Technologies (HSG) gig economy, mobile
Rebels is a platform that makes life more efficient. It enables short term peer-to-peer “missions” for students around the globe and allows cashless transactions for missions including rewards. The missions are displayed on a map, so users can always see what’s going on around them. They can get stuff done, get paid and connect. It’s a social platform with the potential of becoming “The Uber for everything”. Machine learning is used to make requests for the users as relevant as possible.
Volumina Medical (EPFL) Medtech
Volumina Medical develops a medical device delivered sterile, ready to be used by plastic surgeons aiming at reconstructing soft tissue volumes for patients needing to regain shape and function of soft tissues damaged after cancer, accident or malformation.
Foldaway aims to develop ultra-portable and low cost origami haptic interfaces. Foldaway interfaces allow the user to experience an advanced level of interaction with the virtual world that is based on the sense of touch. The current device has three degrees of freedom and can interact with human fingers by tracking their motion and providing force, stiffness and texture perception. One of the enabling technologies behind this innovative interface is a layer by layer origami manufacturing technique to produce high precision, low cost, complex 3D mechanisms.
Rebels Technologies (HSG) gig economy, mobile
Rebels is a platform that makes life more efficient. It enables short term peer-to-peer “missions” for students around the globe and allows cashless transactions for missions including rewards. The missions are displayed on a map, so users can always see what’s going on around them. They can get stuff done, get paid and connect. It’s a social platform with the potential of becoming “The Uber for everything”. Machine learning is used to make requests for the users as relevant as possible.
Volumina Medical (EPFL) Medtech
Volumina Medical develops a medical device delivered sterile, ready to be used by plastic surgeons aiming at reconstructing soft tissue volumes for patients needing to regain shape and function of soft tissues damaged after cancer, accident or malformation.