Two great awards for Venture Kick alumnus Obviz
21.05.2015
On May 3, 2015, Venture Kick alumnus Obviz won a prestigious European award for better journalism, the Press for More Award. A week later, the EPFL spin-off won the 20th SICTIC Investor Day in Lausanne.
 Claudiu Musat from Obviz is going to pitch his project on the second stage of Venture Kick soon.
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The Press for More award
‘Difference Day’ - which took place on May 3 in Brussels - aims at putting forward the freedom of speech and of the press as part of our fundamental democratic rights. The event is organized by the Brussels Platform for Journalism together with BOZAR, the Evens Foundation and iMinds, under the patronage of UNESCO.
The award recognizes a European project that contributes to better journalism through the use of technological innovation. The winning project typically stimulates participation, has a strong impact and significant growth potential.
A total of 29 impressive projects from 15 European countries had been submitted for the award. Nevertheless, the jury members unanimously voted for one specific project to receive the ‘Press for More’ award 2015 on May 3. The winner – OBVIZ.com (When it’s not obvious, it’s ObViz) – helps people explore and understand controversies. It addresses the lack of structured information on the internet on controversial subjects using cutting edge artificial intelligence. If you need to make a decision, like vaccinating your child or not, the outcome will be very different depending on what article you happen to read first. Most people don't have an expert that they can just ask, so they need trustworthy information. And that is exactly the role OBVIZ.com has taken up.
SICTIC Investor Day
Organized for the 5th time in Lausanne by web entrepreneur Sébastien Flury (www.startupolic.com) and Swiss ICT Investor Club (www.sictic.ch), SICTIC Investor Day Lausanne gathered more than 60 people at Debiopharm Headquarters.
8 startups from Western Switzerland were selected, among 22 applications, proving once again that internet startup scene in Switzerland is lively. After a presentation of the recently created Swiss ICT Investor Club and Innovation Forum Lausanne, it was time for the 90-seconds pitches. For a change in tech events, there were more women than men among startup presenters: 5 women entrepreneurs pitched the audience! The audience selected SThar (predictive analytics), Xsensio (biochemical wearable devices), Obviz (user engagement) and Tawipay (international money transfers) for the 7 minutes pitches. Xsensio is also a Venture Kick alumnus.
After four highly qualitative pitches, EPFL-based startup and Venture Kick alumnus ObViz was picked as winner of the competition by the jury. Claudiu Musat received a Samsung Galaxy tablet, offered by Innovaud. ObViz helps readers explore and understand controversies and intends to increase user retention and engagement for media producers. A beta version of ObViz is up and running.
Claudiu Musat invited everyone to use and test the platform, to help him and his team improve the tool. The next SICTIC Investor Day Lausanne will take place on 26th of October 2015 at CVCI. Investors can already secure their seat on http://sicticlausanne.eventbrite.com
‘Difference Day’ - which took place on May 3 in Brussels - aims at putting forward the freedom of speech and of the press as part of our fundamental democratic rights. The event is organized by the Brussels Platform for Journalism together with BOZAR, the Evens Foundation and iMinds, under the patronage of UNESCO.
The award recognizes a European project that contributes to better journalism through the use of technological innovation. The winning project typically stimulates participation, has a strong impact and significant growth potential.
A total of 29 impressive projects from 15 European countries had been submitted for the award. Nevertheless, the jury members unanimously voted for one specific project to receive the ‘Press for More’ award 2015 on May 3. The winner – OBVIZ.com (When it’s not obvious, it’s ObViz) – helps people explore and understand controversies. It addresses the lack of structured information on the internet on controversial subjects using cutting edge artificial intelligence. If you need to make a decision, like vaccinating your child or not, the outcome will be very different depending on what article you happen to read first. Most people don't have an expert that they can just ask, so they need trustworthy information. And that is exactly the role OBVIZ.com has taken up.
SICTIC Investor Day
Organized for the 5th time in Lausanne by web entrepreneur Sébastien Flury (www.startupolic.com) and Swiss ICT Investor Club (www.sictic.ch), SICTIC Investor Day Lausanne gathered more than 60 people at Debiopharm Headquarters.
8 startups from Western Switzerland were selected, among 22 applications, proving once again that internet startup scene in Switzerland is lively. After a presentation of the recently created Swiss ICT Investor Club and Innovation Forum Lausanne, it was time for the 90-seconds pitches. For a change in tech events, there were more women than men among startup presenters: 5 women entrepreneurs pitched the audience! The audience selected SThar (predictive analytics), Xsensio (biochemical wearable devices), Obviz (user engagement) and Tawipay (international money transfers) for the 7 minutes pitches. Xsensio is also a Venture Kick alumnus.
After four highly qualitative pitches, EPFL-based startup and Venture Kick alumnus ObViz was picked as winner of the competition by the jury. Claudiu Musat received a Samsung Galaxy tablet, offered by Innovaud. ObViz helps readers explore and understand controversies and intends to increase user retention and engagement for media producers. A beta version of ObViz is up and running.
Claudiu Musat invited everyone to use and test the platform, to help him and his team improve the tool. The next SICTIC Investor Day Lausanne will take place on 26th of October 2015 at CVCI. Investors can already secure their seat on http://sicticlausanne.eventbrite.com