Two promising startups at the 2nd stage of Venture Kick get CHF 20’000 each
14.03.2017
Two great projects and their teams won the second stage of Venture Kick in March 2017: Lumigbo and CoatChecker. They will soon pitch in front of the Venture Kick jury again at the big final, where they might win another CHF 100’000.
 The team of Lumigbo
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 The team of Coatchecker
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Lumigbo (EPFL, Medtech): A technology to build up implants inside the body
Every day, more than 1 million implants are placed into human and animal bodies using open surgery. Lumigbo develops a technology to build up implants inside the body using an access channel of less than half a millimeter in diameter. The procedure can be used for almost any type of implant.
Coatchecker (Zurich University of Applied Sciences - ZHAW, Materials, Chemicals): A new and innovative measuring device to measure the thickness of sealing layers
CoatChecker is a new and innovative measuring device that can measure the thickness of sealing layers, which are widely used in the construction sector. The device uses a new method which significantly improves measuring time and does not destroy the measured layer. It will help construction companies around the world to save time and money.