venture kick alumni off to China in September!

18.08.2014

venturelab announced the names of the 10 young, promising entrepreneurs selected to integrate the team of venture leaders China 2014, first edition. The 10 selected entrepreneurs will travel to Shanghai and Beijing in September to boost their understanding and penetration of the Chinese market. Among them, four venture kick alumni.

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Four out of the ten venture leaders China are venture kick alumni.

For Swiss startups, China is a key market to explore. With growing opportunities and exciting market prospects, as well as the necessity to strengthen the visibility of Swiss high-tech in China. The prize offers to 10 carefully selected high potential Swiss startups a 10-day market exploration and business development journey in Shanghai and Beijing, extending the program’s exposure in rising entrepreneurial hubs.

Here are our venture kick alumni:

Yann Tissot, L.E.S.S
L.E.S.S. SA (“Light Efficient SystemS”) has proven itself as a serious alternative to today’s LEDs by delivering ultra-thin, -bright and -uniform lighting systems to their customers. These key assets, offered by its unique fiber technology, allowed L.E.S.S. to successfully enter the market of the industrial vision and of the display backlighting.



Martin Zahnert, Dacuda AG
Dacuda's patented and mass-market proven SLAM Scan® technology enables real-time image stitching over space and time for any handheld device. Applications include smart peripherals (scanner mouse), mobile photography (e.g. LTL Panorama), and 3D object capture.



Wulf Glatz, GreenTEG
greenTEG’s sensor solutions enable high-precision heat flux and radiation measurements in laser power measurements, building physics, and calorimetry. greenTEG’s thermoelectric energy harvesters generate emission-free electricity from temperature differences for a variety of applications like actuators and sensor networks.



Laurent Fabre, eSMART Technologies Sàrl
eSMART offers a solution to understand energy consumption at one glance and control everything around home in one touch. Thanks to one of the world’s smallest SMART power modules, it can be installed in any existing homes without additional wiring or radio emissions.



 

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