Creative Business Cup Catalogue 2015

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16TH-18TH NOVEMBER 2015CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATION AND INVESTMENTS

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WELCOME TO CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP – SPEAKERS AND JURYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

NATIONAL WINNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INNOVATION CHALLENGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1

ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2

CULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8

ICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2

SMART SUSTAINABLE L IV ING INNOVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INVESTOR’S PITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6

PRIZES AT CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4

NATIONAL PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5

THE CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP IN 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7

PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Rasmus Wiinstedt TscherningEDITOR: Louise Ravn OtteLAYOUT: Mads FrederikPHOTO CREDITS: Kristian Ridder-NielsenPRINT: Mercoprint A/SPrinted November 2015

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CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP is a global movement supported by investors, media, organisations, policy makers, governments and creative entrepreneurs from all over the world. Each year in November, Creative Business Cup selects and celebrates the world’s best creative entrepreneur at The International Finals, an event of the Global Entre-preneur Week. This year, a new initiative – Innovation Challenges – will make sure that creative and innovative startups within specific sectors are celebrated as well. Innovation Challenges gives corporations the opportunity to access the innovative potential of startups from all over the world.

Creative Business Cup is unique and helps entrepreneurs from creative industries grow their businesses globally. Its network and mar-ketplace allow creative entrepreneurs to scale their business concepts, connect with investors and partners and boost their potential.

Society must constantly find new ways to solve its pressing chal-lenges. Creative entrepreneurs contribute to innovation not only in the creative industries but in all industries. Traditional industries become more competitive when collaborating with creative companies. The goal of Creative Business Cup is to lift the entire ecosystem for creative entrepreneurs.

Creative Business Cup empowers entrepreneurs in the creative in-dustries, connects them to investors and global markets and strengthens

their innovative capabilities to the benefit of industry and society by:

Support ing creat ive star tups wi th bus iness devel-opment and internat ional market access

• Improved access to finance through investor readiness initiatives• Global networking with startups, investors, companies and govern-

mental entities• Capacity building of entrepreneurship organisations• Strengthened regional collaboration• Offering innovation partnerships and training to businesses• Development of accelerators

Ult imately , Creat ive Bus iness Cup is about change, empowerment and support ing entrepre-neurs around the wor ld .

WEB SITE: www.creativebusinesscup.comEVENT SITE: www.connect.creativebusinesscup.comFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/creativebusinesscupTWITTER: @cbc_cup - #creativebusinesscup

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUPWELCOME TO CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP 2015AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, great people of countries from all around the world meet these days in Copenhagen to strengthen entrepreneur-ship and business development within the creative industries. It is still a part of the world of today’s agenda, as the possibilities for growth, job creation, and innovation are yet to be realized.

This year, it is even more profitable to be a part of Creative Business Cup for both entrepreneurs and investors. The new initiative, Innova-tion Challenges – challenges within a specific field – gives the possibili-ties for startups who wish to pitch their ideas for large corporations.

With Creative Business Cup, we try to create and encourage a great, international network as we aim to strengthen internalization, access to finance and empowerment of creative entrepreneurs worldwide.

Together with my team, I would like to thank our partners, startups and investor for making Creative Business Cup possible. Thank you.

I wish everyone a great Creative Business Cup 2015!

Rasmus Wiinstedt TscherningManaging Director, Creative Business Cup

Christian Stadil, Danish top business man. Photo by Kristian Ridder-Nielsen.

http://www.creativebusinesscup.com

http://www.connect.creativebusinesscup.com


SPEAKERS AND JURYS SPEAKERS AND JURYS

JAVIER ECHARRI (Belgium), LDS Partners, Founder and Partner

JORDI SELLAS (Spain), Catalan Institute for Cultural Studies, General Director

LARS IVERSEN (Norway), Springfellow Intenational, Senior Business Adviser and Partner

LUCIA SEEL (Austria), International Innovation Expert on Clusters and Creative Industries

MAGNUS SCHEVING (Iceland), LazyTown Entertainment, Director, Actor and Producer

MARC WORTH (United Kingdom), Stylus, Chairman and CEO

MEI TONG (China), Hopu Investments, Executive director

PIERS CURRIE (United Kingdom), Aberdeen Asset Management

RUFUS GIFFORD (USA), the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark

SIMONA MASCHI (Italy), CIID, Co-founder and Director

SOHA HOHNECKER (France), Microsoft, Regional Program Manager

STIVEN KERESTEGIAN GANDARILLAS (Chile), LEGO, Senior Manager

STEN PETERS (Denmark), Deloitte, Partner

TORSTEN B. JAKOBSEN (Denmark), Nordic Foodworks, Founding Partner

TORSTEN KOLIND (Denmark), YouNoodle, Co-founder and CEO

YULI TAMIR (Israel), Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, President

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP – SPEAKERS AND JURYS

AMY COSPER (USA), The Entrepreneur Magazine, Vice-president and Editor-in-chief

ANDERS HOFFMANN (Denmark) The Danish Business Authority, Deputy Director General

ANNIKEN FJELBERG (Norway), 657 Norge, Co-founder and Director

BARBARA STACHER (Austria), European Commission

BO KOCH-CHRISTENSEN (Denmark), Optiteam, Impact Investor

CARL CHRISTIAN EBBESEN (Denmark), Mayor for Culture & Leisure

CHRISTIAN STADIL (Denmark), Thornico A/S, Owner

CHRISTOPHER LINDINGER (Austria), Ars Electronica Futurelab, Co-director

DANE STANGLER (USA), Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Vice President, Research and Policy

DAVID ROSE (USA), GUST, Founder and CEO

FRANK JENSEN (Denmark), City of Copenhagen, Lord Mayor

H.R.H. PRINCE JOACHIM OF DENMARK (Denmark)

HALLA TOMASDOTTIR (Iceland), Sisters Capital, Founder and Lead Partner

HARRY BARRAZA (Colombia), Arla Foods, Head of Open Innovation

HÅKON NORDKVIST (Sweden), IKEA, Head of Sustainability Innovation


COMPETITORS

BLUETHUMBAUSTRALIA

CONTACT: Edward Hartley / [email protected]: www.bluethumb.com.auFIELD: Art and crafts

ABOUT: Bluethumb is Australia’s leading online art platform and is a concept, which had its origin in a decision to marry the best of art and technology. Our service builds a bridge between those who are inter-ested in art and those who love to create art. We erase the limitations of physical space, making the internet a gallery for Australia’s artistic talents.

Bluethumb makes it easier to be an artist. Along with the exposure to art collectors that comes with the hundreds of thousands of visits we get a month from across the web and from our apps, we make it easy to

sell art online. And for artists, sign up is free. We also make it easier to be an art lover. We only accept art that is truly original, we offer secure SSL credit card transactions and PayPal, and our 7-day money back guarantee means that you can buy with complete confidence.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Bluethumb are pioneers disrupting the traditional art gallery system by giving Australian artists a platform to sell their work directly from the studio to the collector. Unlike other online galleries, we connect artists with art lovers on an equal platform. Any artist can exhibit and sell on our site, so we have some of the best well-established artists exhibiting alongside emerging artists.

Technology and innovation is our absolute focus. In 2014, The Bluethumb – art unearthed app was awarded Best Shopping App at the Australian Mobile & App Design Awards and won a 2014 International W3 Gold award.

COMPETITORS

BLITABAUSTRIA

CONTACT: Kristina Tsvetanova / [email protected]: www.blitab.comFIELD: Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: BLITAB is the world’s first tablet for blind and visually im-paired people. BLITAB is a next generation affordable and multi-func-tional device for Braille reading and writing that displays one whole page of Braille text, without any mechanical elements. Our BLITAB team invented this exponential technology and method used and it opens a completely new world. In addition, it has not been used until now in this market niche and is already in patent procedure. For the

first time blind people can confidently go to the park, read their favorite e-books, chat with friends and navigate back to their homes. As a new combination of innovative technology and creative design, it offers millions of blind and visually impaired persons the possibility to be independent at work, in school and at home.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: BLITAB USP is based on three aspects: Technology – the smart innovative technology we have developed opens fundamentally new ways of moving material. Thus, for the first time we produced cost effective Braille dots without any mechanical elements. It is our absolutely own IP with huge scalability in the consumer electronics sector. Team – BLITAB interdisciplinary team consists of highly motivated and experienced experts in all areas, securing a successful market entry. Business Model – was the iPad Apple´s great innovation? No! That is why our business model includes

not only selling the device but also selling cloud based software service.

NATIONAL WINNERS

National Winner 2013 from Saudi Arabia, May Taibah, founder of An Automatic Arabic Coffee Maker + Ready Coffee blends. (Photo by Kristian Ridder-Nielsen)

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.bluethumb.com.au


http://www.blitab.com


COMPETITORS COMPETITORS

LAIKACHILE

CONTACT: Camila Ávalos / [email protected]: www.laika.socialFIELD: Publishing, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Laika is the first free mobile app that solves the problem of abandoned dogs in Latin America and the world. Laika integrates dog adoption thanks to our NGO partners and helps to find the right dog compatible with the owner’s lifestyle. We believe that for each owner there is a perfect dog, and for each dog there is a perfect owner. Furthermore, to eradicate the negative cycle of abandon-ment, we include dog administration in our platform for the dog care through food, vaccine, walk reminders, medical records, and more. The application also allows peo-

ple to educate themselves and be informed about pet related news, tips, events based on responsible ownership, and adoption stories.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: There is no other application that integrates dog adoption, responsible pet ownership and owner education. Our value and strategy focus on promoting private and public pet-related entities, giving a different space that will commit people and simultaneously provide monitoring of the problem. Laika will be launched for mobile devices. Furthermore, we are creating a web administrator that strengthens the work of pet NGOs, giving them a tool to manage adoptions, dogs, owners and volunteers. From there, we will generate strategic alliances with pet brands, hoping they will take part in the problem of abandoned dogs.

ARTHESISBULGARIA

CONTACT: Georgi Chipov / [email protected]: www.arthesiscovers.comFIELD: Design, Fashion

ABOUT: We make beautiful prosthetic cov-ers for leg amputees. People with artificial limbs do not like how their prosthesis looks. The problem for the amputees is similar to our problem with clothes. If we wear something that we do not like, we will not feel comfortable. When we feel confident, we can achieve more.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We started with 3D printed products, but we found they are very expensive. This is why we found a way to make cheaper prosthetic covers with predefined designs and sizes. The cost is also reimbursable in many countries, even in Bulgaria.

TOONYOUBELGIUM

CONTACT: Alexandre Touret / [email protected]: www.toonyou.comFIELD: Film, video and photography, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Toonyou is a platform giving the power to families to custom-ize TV Cartoon Series for kids. Users upload their portrait pictures, and our customization tool will generate more than 100 expressions with only one portrait, to broadcast a real TV series, with the real dad, the real mom and the real kid in it. Its first awarded series “My Dream Jobs” of 70 episodes enables kids to discover all kind of jobs, but with their parents playing the main role. The cartoon series will be broadcast on national TV (FR, BE, UK, USA, KR)

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Toonyou, through its app and website, gives access to the first customized series. Parents can feel secure as the content is educative, awarded, Child Psychiatrist approved, and features themselves. As a business, in the same area (app + website) it connects the content, the merchandise and a unique offer: to watch, learn and consume based on a family experience.

CONTACT: Ebrahim Hameed Ali / [email protected]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFePn9w92s&feature=youtu.beFIELD: Advertising

ABOUT: Our main products are green projects that support 1) sustainability by means of dealing with gardens by providing tumblers (rotating composters) and 2) farms by providing suitable composting systems. Taking into consideration the hot climate and using modern-ized methods, we also produce sprouted barley grass for (a) feeding animals and (b) providing healthy food supplement for humans. This comes in three products: barley juice, barley grass powder and wheat grass powder.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We are the first company in Bahrain to provide composting systems, as we help to convert or-

ganic waste into compost fertilizers. The hot climate in the Kingdom of Bahrain results in shortage of water supplies, but by using our methods we can retain water in order to provide our local farmers with fertilizers and soil amendments. Our business focuses on green conservation and environmental sustainability.

NATURE PATH “SAVING POLLUTION”BAHRAIN


http://www.laika.social


http://www.toonyou.com



NDEY FATUCYPRUS

CONTACT: Ndey Fatou Ceesay / [email protected]: www.noir.boutiqueFIELD: Fashion

ABOUT: NDEY FATU is an exclusive handcraft fashion brand. Our clothes are for women looking for ethnic luxury. We use free hand embroidery to produce unique garments, offering bespoke pieces to individuals who seek high-end tailored style. For centuries, Africa has designed garments using embroidery, beading, draping, folding and patchwork. NDEY FATU elaborates on these techniques by infusing them with stylish fabrics that allow us to shape silhouettes with the modernity of current trends. NDEY FATU produces handmade luxury made of the very best materials and created by the most accomplished craftspeople in manual free-hand embroidery and hand beading. The clothes we produce all have contemporary cuts and are then sent to the atelier to be embroidered and beaded. No more than fifteen pieces of any particular design are ever made.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The unique selling point of NDEY FATU is that we are experts in African Manual Embroidering, an art that has been perfected for centuries in Sub-Saharan Africa but never used on contempory materials such as cotton etc. It is a technique that has been trapped in African fashion because it was always used traditionally. Through experimentation we found that almost any type

of fabric can be embroidered manually, given the proper stabilizer. As this technique is a manual process and not digital, any pattern created using free-motion machine embroidery is unique. It cannot be exactly reproduced, unlike computerised embroidery.

CHUMMUNITYCROATIA

CONTACT: Jelena Ribic / [email protected]: www.chummunity.comFIELD: Publishing, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Imagine all untold stories, imagine a place where you can find a writer to write yours and imagine that every writer in the world has a job. That is what we do. We are Chummunity, an online marketplace

that connects anyone who wants to tell a story with writers who can bring it to life. The final product of their matching is a physical book. Moreover, narrative therapy is known to help people that are dealing with disease, death, loneliness, depression. Our advantage is that we have already established the best possible system in the production process to make this as simple and user friendly as possible for both writers and customers.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Nobody can question that technology is future but we all have to question the humanity of that technology. On one hand we have people who forgot how to share

their emotions, and on the other we have creative people like writers and artist who can’t find their place in the digital era. We use technology as a tool that connects these two groups, and we are making a huge social impact at the same time. There are not many start-ups in Culture, let’s change that!

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL COSTA RICA (FIDCR)COSTA RICA

CONTACT: Alfredo Enciso / [email protected]: www.fidcr.comFIELD: Design, Fashion, Gastronomy, Leisure activities, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: The International Design Festival Costa Rica [FIDCR] is more than just a conference: It’s a three-day creative experience full of

talks, workshops, exhibitions, parties, design fairs, and other cultural activities throughout the city, all of them aiming to inspire the young creative crowd of Costa Rica and Central America. The FID has been created to become one of the most accessible and democratic events in the world. The Government of Costa Rica has also declared it of Cultur-al and Educational Interest.

WHAT MAKES THE BUSINESS UNIQUE: The Festival is giving our audience a complete creative experience, loaded with education and inspiration, and at a very accessible price. Each year, we bring the best creative minds from around the globe to share their experiences and stories to the Central American crowd. The FID is also the only multidisciplinary design event in Latin America. This gives the event a powerful and rich content, which results in a highly diverse audience, propitiating the creation of new connections - and ideas - between the participants.

WENDY’S CHOICECHINA

CONTACT: Sally Hao / [email protected]: www.wendyshoice.cnFIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Wendy’s Choice is a company that, through a mobile e-com-merce platform, promotes high quality lifestyle concepts, products and O2O services from around the world to Chinese urban female consum-ers who are married and well educated and have significantly higher disposable income than their peers have.

To our customers, we are opinion leaders in tasteful and quality house-hold products; to our business partners, we are a powerful branding and communication platform to influence consumers and to lead the trend of healthy and quality living.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: There is no company like Wendy’s Choice in China. Wendy’s Choice targets middle to higher class urban female consumers with a desire for quality and tasteful life.

In China, low price seeking customers in e-Commerce platform create the demand for millions of fake products. Wendy’s Choice not only presents authentic, sustainable and high quality products, it also gives Chinese consumers a window to see the pathway to innovative lifestyles around the world. In addition, Wendy’s Choice is mobile and up to date. It is with our customers a few steps away to support them when making quality choices for stylish living.


http://www.noir.boutique


http://www.chummunity.com


http://www.fidcr.com


http://www.wendyshoice.cn



MONOKINI 2.0 – TÄRÄHTÄNEET ÄMMÄTFINLAND

CONTACT: Katriina Haikala / [email protected]: www.monokini2.comFIELD: Design, Fashion

ABOUT: Monokini 2.0 is a women’s beachwear and accessory line for women with only one breast. Monokini 2.0 beachwear line offers suita-ble, stylish, high-end designer swimwear for millions of single-breasted women all around the world. Three years ago we received a letter from a woman who has gone through breast cancer: “As a single-breasted woman I cannot find anything but uncomfortable bathing suits. All the bathing suits in the market require the usage of prosthesis and make me look like someone I am not.”

Tärähtäneet ämmät / Nutty Tarts Oy Ltd is a Helsinki-based art and design company developing a portfolio of empowering women’s wear for various global women target groups. First project, Hairy Underwear (www.hairyunderwear.com) is in the pre-commercial production phase. Next project in the pipeline is Monokini 2.0 (www.monokini2.com). Monokini 2.0 is about to develop from an art project to a commercial project.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Monokini 2.0’s ambition is to produce beachwear that embraces the diversity of beauty and em-powers women to accept themselves as they are. Monokini 2.0 products solve a real problem and carry a story of courageous, strong women. All items are crafted from premium quality materials from European sup-pliers and produced in Europe by carefully selected manufacturers who, just like us, insist on the highest quality and ethics. The pre-commercial phase of Monokini 2.0 has been covered widely in leading international

publications from Huffington Post / USA / Canada / UK to The Times of India and Libération / France.

CLEARCOMMFAROE ISLANDS

CONTACT: Pol Andrias Larsen / [email protected]: www.beak.foFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: ClearComm seeks to improve the communication and day-to-day activity planning for people with autism (users) and the people around them, specifically parents and employees (helpers) in institu-tions where people with autism live and work. This is made possible with an app and a website where employees or parents can set up and manage the user’s daily schedule. Additionally, all images used in the schedule are available as picture communication symbols (PCS) inside the app. There are two versions of ClearComm. ClearComm Home is for individual users, where most often the parents are the helpers – this is for iOS devices. ClearComm for institutions allows multiple helpers to manage multiple users. Both allow for planning far into the future, and both contain PCS based communication. Later, institutions will be able to cooperate with the users, as users use different institutions throughout their day, such as home, school, work, etc.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Not many picture based schedule apps exist, and many of them are complicated and do not include picture communication. ClearComm makes it easy for helpers or parents to plan several weeks in just a few minutes. Being able to communicate within the same app as the schedule is in, is unique, in

that no other app that we know of can do the same. The planned future development for institutions to work together, allowing the users to have a single schedule for their entire day, is completely new. There is, to our knowledge, no app, program or website that allows this at present.

SORRY AS A SERVICEESTONIA

CONTACT: Indrek Poldvee / [email protected]: www.sorryasaservice.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: CRM software integration that enables customer support agents to dispatch physical, personalized apologies with one click.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The key uniqueness is the CRM integration that is connected with local apology partners’ network in Europe - chocolate producers, restaurants and flower shops through which companies can dispatch personalized apologies quickly and cost efficiently. Our strength is in the personalization, because we always add a handwritten card.

DXTR TACTILEDENMARK

CONTACT: Kenneth Madsen / [email protected]: www.playdxtr.comFIELD: Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Toys and games

ABOUT: Smart connected and magnetic building-blocks embedded with light and sensors (Kubits) connect to an application on a smart device. As a toy for children, playDXTR bridges the void between virtual and real play. As a parent you can subscribe to access detailed insights into the development and history of your child, in the same way you’d subscribe to an Endomondo, just much more valuable insights!

Bringing playDXTR into the classroom empowers teachers to react on realtime actionable data on the development of their pupils aged K12, allowing for Adaptive Learning in a way unimaginable without state of the art technology and digital manufacturing, delivered at an affordable price. playDXTR is part hardware (think gamestation) with starter-sets of 27 Kubits and a basestation, part gaming platform and personal trainer for the children, part tracking, analytic and personal assistant for parents and teachers alike.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: An extreme focus on leveraging exponential technologies, building an exponential organi-sation. playDXTR brings big data into play, which transcends real and virtual play and brings a whole new dimension to Cognitive Training and Assessment; breaking free from just tapping the screen and really putting Big Data into play. This versatile platform finds synergies wherever data can be collected on performance and where training is valuable. We start out strong in edTech and gaming, but the reach is far greater, into serious gaming, neurological diseases, early diagnostics and neuro-rehabilitation. The games, activities, and data collected are basically the same.


http://www.monokini2.com


http://www.beak.fo


http://www.sorryasaservice.com


http://www.playdxtr.com



BLINKERISRAEL

CONTACT: Ron Cohen / [email protected]: www.shenkar.ac.ilFIELD: Design, Leisure activities

ABOUT: The genesis of Blinker derives from a need to increase the visibility of the bike rider (be it motorcycle or bicycle) especially in urban traffic environment where moving vehicles are positioned in close proximity to one another. We added the ability to indicate the rider’s intentions mainly in two scenarios: lane departure and brake or descend. The value of Blinker lies in its ability to contribute to a safer driving environment for both the person wearing the helmet as well

as for the drivers around him/her. By signaling the rider’s intentions, Blinker contributed to the rider´s safety by preventing accidents from happening. Allow Bike riders to merge in a convenient and safe way into the urban traffic.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Blinker products improve the safety of urban bicycle and motorbike commuters and their surroundings. Blinker technology introduces a fully autonomous Advance Driver Assistance System (ADAS) to a market segment untapped by the automotive industry. Blinker is offered as add-on to the bike rider´s existing helmet (Personal Protective Equipment). As such, it dramatically reduces the Entry-level/Access-price to Blinker technology.

SPARK INSPIRATIONGREECE

CONTACT: Theodora Kapsali / [email protected]: www.spark.toolsFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Spark is a cloud-based multiplatform game engine that allows anyone to make any type of game they want, with or without coding. Our product offers the user a unique framework that doesn’t get any more complicated than it needs to be, so the beginner will be able to

use the drag-and-drop interface and have the same options as the more advanced users. As a new user, you will be able to use your program-ming skills to bring your idea to fruition using our very own program-ming language which is versatile and similar to popular languages like javascript, C#, etc.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Non-coders are no longer limited to making a 2D game – 3D and multiplayer are possible without writing codes.

Exporting with Spark is just a simple click away – Spark compiles natively, and performance is no longer compromised as wrappers are removed from the equation.

Spark is on the cloud so it can be used from any device or computer through the browser as an EaaS (Engine-as-a-Service) and allows the possibility of live collaboration, among other things.

Through your personal dashboard you will be able to create a blog, integrate your social media, and more.

LIGHT INSTRUMENTSGERMANY

CONTACT: Martin Fischbock / [email protected]: www.light-instruments.deFIELD: Design, Film, Video and photography, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Where there is light, there is creativity. The EDGE creates creativity with light, making every surface and shape in our world come alive.

We as the Light - Instruments® company from Germany take the responsibility to create a new and revolutionary tool, allowing everyone to play, work and communicate with light. Simple, effective and fun. We developed the EDGE-system. It is a combination of a user-friend-ly tablet app and the first server in the world specializing in projection mapping. Controlled via an amazing, intuitive interface and using a projection technique allowing the user to place any kind of multimedia content (pictures, videos, streams, information, emotions) everywhere with a simple projector, we allow the user to see what the projector can illuminate, offering full access to the user´s output. It does away with technical difficulties and costs and gives a highly attractive form of interacting with a community in real life.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The EDGE is easy and fast. It’s affordable and scalable. Visual installations are no longer limited to monitors. The user explores the full potential of a projector and cre-ates visual attraction for every kind of venture. We are planning to build a network around the EDGE. The main idea is to integrate the system in the highly scalable digital signage market. We call it the EDGE DS. We offer a completely new life in affordable multimedia installations. It’s time for the next level of projection.

AMC-XI™ / ONE SCIENCE SOLUTION INC.GABON

CONTACT: Arthur Ndong Ovono / [email protected]: www.apjagabon.orgFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: AMC-Xi is a Business Management Software integrated in real time: sales, customer account, suppliers, immobilizations, Human Resource Management, Stock Management, Maintenance Management, Project Management, Credits and Creances, Strategic Management and specific transactions by type of business.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: In this concept, the user no longer needs to be a specialist in accounting, but simply an ordinary keypad user. AMC-Xi allows the entrepreneur to make his day-to-day operations and automatically generates the accounting logs, the annual tax return and declaration wages with a click.


http://www.shenkar.ac.il


http://www.spark.tools


http://www.light-instruments.de


http://www.apjagabon.org



SAFARI TALESKENYA

CONTACT: Richard Wanjohi / [email protected]: www.safaritales.mobiFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Safari Tales is a story telling and narrative mobile application for children to access colorful interactive African stories and narratives.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Safari Tales is the only mobile application catering to the developing world by providing children aged 10 and below with digitized and interactive African nar-ratives as supplementary reading material to improve reading skills.

SMART LIFEGUARDJORDAN

CONTACT: Naser Mohammad Al-Badareen / [email protected]: www.smartlifeguard.comFIELD: Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Smart LifeGuard is a device used for swimming pools with the purpose of protecting children below the age of 10, preventing them from drowning.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The value proposition is that Smart LifeGuard can prevent the drowning of children without the use of wearables. It operates through sensors that are placed around the pool (outside of it) with a net at the bottom that will rise and save people from falling in.

MAKI & MPHOJAPAN

CONTACT: Maki Nakata / [email protected]: www.makiandmpho.comFIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Fashion, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Maki & Mpho connects Africa’s creative talents and business-es to the global market by creating a lifestyle brand that features original textile prints as well as fashion and interior design products developed by African designers, using digital media that promote Africa’s creative businesses. Our philosophy is the African renaissance: It is time for Af-

ricans to take ownership of their own culture and bring it to the global audience. The project has three pillars:

We develop and market fashion accessories and interior design products using original textile prints that are created by award-winning South African textile designer Mpho Muendane and that are formed and inspired by Africa’s rich and diverse culture;

We license our prints to other designers and companies; and We provide research and consultancy to international companies and organizations that have interests in working with creative sectors in Africa.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Our uniqueness is the founders’ backgrounds reflected in our business approach and brand

identity. Maki, a Tokyo-born entrepreneur with academic and pro-fessional experiences in America, Asia, Europe, and Africa, believes in a business model that connects talents across the globe with a shared vision. Mpho, a US-born East/South African, is a textile designer who was born to refugee parents who left South Africa during the apartheid regime. After apartheid ended, Mpho studied textile design in South Africa until her recent return to the US. Her neo-African aesthetics seen in her textile art offers unique value to the global audience of our brand.

NARRATÉ, LIQUID CULTUREITALY

CONTACT: Adriano Giannini / [email protected]: www.narrateworld.comFIELD: Advertising, Design, Gastronomy, Publishing

ABOUT: Narratè is a food design product, made up of a booklet tied to a teabag – the booklet is written to be read during the fusion time.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: For the consumer, it is a perfect excuse to “waste” time and create value. Business wise, it is a great instrument of corporate storytelling, which keeps the consumer’s atten-tion for five long minutes. Furthermore, it promotes reading and eases the transmission of culture by entertaining.


http://www.safaritales.mobi


http://www.smartlifeguard.com


http://www.makiandmpho.com


http://www.narrateworld.com



ALEGRAWMOLDOVA

CONTACT: Rodica Dumbraveanu Olga Balan / [email protected]: www.alegraw.comFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: We deliver love in a box to your door! Our products are artisan healthy raw vegan sweets (such as chocolate, biscuits, candies, tarts, cakes, etc), raw vegan drinks, raw vegan main courses, raw vegan aperitifs, etc. Our products do not contain preservatives, no soy, no sugar, no flour, gluten, yeast or any other dangerous ingredients and are excellent and healthier substitutes for conventional foods. Raw food diet is considered one of the healthiest diets. Our business encourages a healthy lifestyle, offering unique products - healthier alter-natives to conventional foods. In order to promote this nutrition style, we organize raw gastronomy and nutrition workshops, which increase customer interest in our produces.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Concern for a healthy lifestyle, responsible nutrition and sustainable consumption. A proactive purchaser believes that raw vegan foods have a positive impact on his/her health and are responsible for a healthy lifestyle and well being. We bring both a unique product (as a healthier alternative to conventional foods that are full of refined sugar, gluten, soy and gmos) and an educa-tional base for promoting this type of lifestyle, through our blog and the events we organize. You are what you eat - that is our motto. We want to create a healthier environment by creating a healthier community.

ACTIVE FRAGRANCESLUXEMBOURG

CONTACT: Philippe Briot / [email protected]: www.essentialfactory.comFIELD: Art and crafts, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: It was a nice straight road in the countryside; the sky was blue on a light spring day. The car speed was within the allowed limit. A few seconds later, the car was in a ditch. When the paramedics found the badly injured car occupants, they wondered: what happened? Lack of vigilance during driving is the cause of many car accidents on roads every year. It ranks fifth in the root causes of road fatalities, after drink driving and speed, and it impacts everyone. Some essential oils have demonstrated an impact on concentration and stress management. Single oils have specific impacts on behavior and have been studied for many years. Essential Factory develops active fragrances composed of essential oils that maintain car drivers’ focus and help them to deal with stress during tricky or emergency situations. Active fragrances are diffused as a perfume.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Essential oils interact directly with our brain. Their effect is various, from calming to focusing and helping to concentrate. Research experiments show that inhaling low doses of essential oils has an effect on emotional states of mind, on the autonomous nervous system, and on brain electrical activity. Road

fatalities are a serious concern for society. Each year, around 2200 lives* are lost within the EU due to driver’s distraction. Its direct cost* to EU society (fatal crashes, injury crashes and damaged property) is estimat-ed to be over 12 billion euros. (*) Year 2013, excluding mobile phone related accidents – sources: NHT-SA, NCSA, FARS, EU Mobility & Transport Directorate

CITYBIRDSLITHUANIA

CONTACT: Ignas Survila / [email protected]: www.citybirds.lt/demoFIELD: Design

ABOUT: Citybirds is a company that designs, develops and sells eco-vehicles. The product “PIGEON” may be folded by a one-time pushing of a foot – after folding it is compact and streamline-formed, thus making it comfortable in use. Moreover, when folded PIGEON perfectly fits to a shoulder and a consumer can carry it easily. The main

philosophy was to reject all the unnecessary details and leave just the essence of it. That’s why PIGEON is composed of only three essential parts: Vertical, horizontal and folding, rotating part. Therefore, the gen-eral construction of the product became lighter and PIGEON became one of the lightest scooters on the market. Finally, PIGEON is not just a scooter, it is a user-friendly fashion object, design, and comfortability brand.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Our main philosophy is that every detail in the project should be significant and important. That is why we are slightly pernickety and detail-focused in every case we are working on. Moreover, everything in our product – graphic design, marketing, engineering, communicating, branding - plays a

very important role in our business and we are picky in all the different situations. Thinking globally, including user and ecological points of view in every case, gives us the energy to create and be innovative. User-friendliness and comfortability are the key points.

MOSESLATVIA

CONTACT: KRISTAPS / [email protected]: www.connection.codesFIELD: Leisure activities, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: The underlying magic of our product is our interactive solution MOSES that allows you to interact with fountains using our technology and software. By just moving your hands, you regulate the water flow.

The MOSES solution brings second life to existing fountains, which were great projects when made 5 years ago, but nowadays lack interac-

tion as well as responsiveness. The Internet of everything dictates the rules of nowadays entertainment – and we are dictated, too. There is more than 10 billion euro market in fountain industry and the market is steady.

Smart cities are investing more and more to attract more visitors. Shopping malls invest more to attract visitors – interactive technologies and the internet of everything are already must-haves today!

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The fountain costs range from 100,000 Euro to 5 million and more.

Our solution costs are maximum 10% of the fountain budget. There-fore, the profit is attractive – even a small investment generates twice the value of fountain costs. This solution is easy to scale to any new fountain and those no older than 5 years. We give second life to great

fountains around the world – we believe this is an inevitable trend.


http://www.alegraw.com


http://www.essentialfactory.com


http://www.citybirds.lt/demo


http://www.connection.codes



UBIRDSPOLAND

CONTACT: Paweł Karczewski / [email protected]: www.ubirds.euFIELD: Art and crafts, Fashion, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: We are making a world’s first smart strap that can turn any watch into a smart watch just by simply replacing a band. We call it “Unique” because in uBirds the user is the designer of a strap, using a creator that we placed on our website (www.ubirds.eu/creator). We hide all the electronics needed in a strap and provide all the features that

smartwatch offers. The whole system works with an attached application that is also fully customizable. Additionally we will develop SDK so the developers from all over the world can write their features for unique bands. We are in a patent pending status with this solution.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Two things: 1. B2B – Our solution DOES NOT CHANGE THE MANUFACTUR-ING PROCESS of traditional straps. We just replace a piece of material for electronics that are already built into a strap. 2. B2C – We produce 100 % personalized straps. The customer is the designer of the strap using our strap creator. There are hundreds of possibilities. Because of this, all of the work is unique.

KARAOKE SMARTPERU

CONTACT: Carlos Montesinos / [email protected]: www.karaokesmart.coFIELD: Advertising, Leisure activities, Music, Radio and tv, Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Toys and games, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Karaoke Smart revolutionizes the experience of singing karaoke, making it interactive, competitive and social. Karaoke Smart is getting attention because of its new approach to the karaoke experience. At home, people use their smartphones to search and add songs to the Smart TV creating a common playlist, attaching dedicational features to the songs that will be displayed on the TV when the song starts. During the singing experience, everyone can throw stickers from the devices to be displayed in real time as tomatoes, roses, etc. At the end of the singing experience everyone will receive a notification to score the performer – your friends become your judges! Karaoke Smart is avail-able for LG SmartTV in 9 countries in South America and launched in Central America and Mexico in August 2015. Samsung, other platforms and setup boxes will be launched by Oct 2015.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: KARAOKE SMART is a multiplatform app that revolutionizes the experience of singing kara-oke, making it interactive, competitive and social. It allows interaction between platforms requesting songs from the smartphone to be added

to a list, sending dedications and assigning scores to the performers. You can search your favorite songs or choose them according to your mood. Create your playlists with your friends for any time. Take full control of the content and play it on your Smartphone, Smart TV or Web browser. Our business model is the freemium model, based on subscriptions and sponsorship for free users.

PODWALKNORWAY

CONTACT: Åsmund Sollihøgda / [email protected]: www.podwalk.orgFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: An app for site specific podcasts. When visiting a city, instead of taking the tourist-bus or following the guide holding that flag, you can browse nearby podwalks, plug in your headphones and start explor-

ing. Walks can be specific, like the history of NYC’s West Village told through the voices of beat poets and folk singers. You can travel in time when listening to Sherlock Holmes stories in London´s Baker Street. Your commuting bus can become your own personal tourist bus. And if you’re visiting a museum, just take the podwalk. The app knows where you are and matches the story to your location seamlessly. Stories can be located anywhere in the world, streets and parks, on mountain trails and in basement of old castles.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With Podwalk guided tours are given a much needed technical refresh. Today museums are

paying tons of money for their own custom apps or can’t afford any audio-guides at all. Tourist organizations lack the ability to commu-nicate at locations other than their local offices. By combining the successful format of podcasts (25% annual growth in listeners world-wide) with location aware technologies that exist on any smartphone, content creators are given a brand new tool for communication. The app is free and our professional clients subscribe for a 1/10 of the cost of creating their own technology.

MOOR”S SURFBOARDSMOROCCO

CONTACT: Camile Said-Eddine / [email protected]: www.moors-surfboards.comFIELD: Design, Fashion

ABOUT: MOOR”S surfboards is a brand specialised in surfing equip-ment, heading towards a lifestyle brand. MOOR”S is the first Moroccan surf brand, it is now starting to export to Europe, Hawaii, California, South America and soon Bali. The brand ethos is to bring surfers from different cultures together and to challenge the status quo by offering un-matched product design, innovation and functionalities in products and style.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: First brand using re-usable packaging, strong innovation, new and young dynamic brand in an environment controlled by large multinationals – a brand concept based on ethnic cultures.


http://www.ubirds.eu


http://www.karaokesmart.co


http://www.podwalk.org


http://www.moors-surfboards.com



BOAT INTELLIGENTSAUDI ARABIA

CONTACT: Abdulaziz M. Shamaki / [email protected]: www.cbcgcc.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Boat Intelligent is an intelligent backhoe boat that runs on solar energy in the coastal zones and at sea. It contains an auxiliary turbine to move the boat to the places the one sailing the boat wants to go to and contains several assisting tools and devices to achieve the necessary goals. The most important one – sonar – is usually used under water.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: It is a small size and innovative product!

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY SHUSHARUSSIA

CONTACT: Vasily Perfiliev / [email protected]: www.shusha-toys.ru/en/FIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Leisure activities, Toys and games

ABOUT: ‘Shusha’ is not just a collection of toys and games in a product line, but also a brand. It shapes the world of the child and benefits the organisation of children’s time with the help of toys, books, games that develop, educate, entertain and encourage creativity. The guide through this world can be both parents and professional educators. Our toys are intentionally of a minimalist design, in a figurative language that is based on examples of the avantgarde art of the 1920s. We offer children simple forms and elements that they can do, using and developing the potentials of their imagination. Shusha is not only a children´s toys brand but also an instrument for shaping children’s environment in the city (building children’s playgrounds in the city parks). We have developed great toys for the Garage studio (popular cultural place in Moscow), moreover we create playgrounds in the city.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The originality of the project lies in the diversity of our customers: kindergardens, children’s educational institutions, clubs, museums and designer shops, as well as parents who buy our toys for their children. The project is unique in

the synthesis of various kinds of interaction with the child and the use of different communication tools. We are forming a new niche in the market for children’s products: a niche educational, developmental and environmental and a tools niche combine with quality design that, at the same time, intersects with a design field niche. We offer traditional materials and contemporary principles of game.

RENDERSTREETROMANIA

CONTACT: Marius Iatan / [email protected]: www.render.stFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: RenderStreet is an online render farm for 3D projects (computer generated images). The service offers 3D artists a way to significantly speed up their rendering process, the speed gain being in some cases over 100 times. This allows our customers to better focus on the creative part of the process and on faster delivery and turnaround times, and it allows them to meet their deadlines. All this helps them build better relationships and meet their clients’ expectations.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: At the moment Render-Street is the only multi-cloud render farm operating in the market. Our custom-built platform has been designed from the start to work in the cloud and currently operates on four major public clouds: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and Softlayer. Working in the cloud enables RenderStreet to access vast hardware resources – hundreds of high performance serv-ers. All this is done for the benefit of the clients, who can render their projects on top of the line hardware and gain precious time. The main benefits are: performance, consistency, optimized operational costs, permanent access to top hardware.

MISS CANPORTUGAL

CONTACT: Tiago Soares Ribeiro / [email protected]: www.miss-can.comFIELD: Design, Gastronomy

ABOUT: Miss Can was born from the wish to create a business linked to the canning industry inspired by a family tradition that began 100 years ago. More than canned food, Miss Can is a great Portuguese experience, combining tradition, culture and gastronomy packed in a fresh and cool image. “From Portugal with Love”, there are five packs

available; each with three cans with a high quality selection of canned fish. Inside each pack, you will find three gastronomic suggestions for each can as well as some historical curiosities about Portugal according to Miss Can personally. For example, inside MISS CAN HOT, discover where the word “sayonara” comes from, how spices were worth gold in the epic age of the Discoveries, and many more spicy curiosities of our country.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Miss Can recovered a family heritage: high quality selection of canned fish produced by experts in processes revealing the best Portugal to offer. The project contains original and fancy packaging; Miss Can is glamorous with her hair full of stars and a mystic side almost resembling a mermaid. Each

pack has three cans. Three packs together make a big Miss! Inside each pack you will find gastronomic suggestions and historical curiosities about Portugal. Our selling point is Piaggio, a motorized tricycle, at the top of a Lisbon hill. We are opening a charming restaurant offering great experienc-es with Miss Can products.


http://www.cbcgcc.com


http://www.shusha-toys.ru/en/


http://www.render.st


http://www.miss-can.com



CODARICASWEDEN

CONTACT: Sanna Nilsson / [email protected]: www.codarica.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Toys and games

ABOUT: Codarica creates seriously fun coding games that teach kids the basics of programming and technology. Our first app CodeQuest is available for iOS devices and introduces kids to HTML and CSS. Our second product will teach kids about game development and is to be launched in December 2015.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We focus a lot on mak-ing sure that we create products that the kids themselves would like to play and engage themselves with. The educational value will be stronger

if their engagement degree is higher, thus we conduct a lot of research to make sure we create games and apps that kids love. We know they love storytelling, visual characters, and game mechanics - so we utilize that to create a technical interest in kids early on! We are also backed by Disney, and who doesn’t know better how to entertain kids than the largest kids company?

SQUIZRSPAIN

CONTACT: Raul Orejas / [email protected]: www.squizr.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Squizr is an online learning tool that allows users to transform any content into an interactive quiz. Users can create, play and share educational minigames developing and enhanc-ing their enthusiasm for learning.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We make game creation simple. Our easy-to-use game creation tool allows students from almost any age to turn any topic into an interactive quiz just by filling in a form, in only two minutes and without coding. Squizr offers a new and unique double methodology for education: learning by creating + learning by playing. We mix co-creation tools with gamification dynamics (rankings, badges and challenges) to make learning a much more efficient, engaging and compelling experience so that students improve their results and teachers can measure this improvement with our tailor-made performance dashboard.

ICEBLINK DIGITAL, INCSOUTH KOREA

CONTACT: Jong Jun Lee / [email protected]: www.iceblinkdigital.comFIELD: Art and crafts, Music

ABOUT: We offer an app builder called GemmaLib. With this app builder one can create musical apps at ease and much faster than ever before. And one can easily share app creations through the Gemma app. This app offers a market place section where users can download all

kinds of musical apps (instruments, games, educational apps etc.). And they can also use these apps within the Gemma app. Currently, there are four apps available in the Gemma app store, but since the app builder is extremely easy to use we expect to offer around 50 music apps by the end of 2015.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Unlike other solutions, GemmaLib, our app builder, is for free – it is extremely flexible and constantly growing, and GemmaLib app creations can be shared with smart devices (iPad etc.) as well as with other people around the world through our market place. Users only have to create an app once and it will work on iOS, Android and Windows. Moreover, they can even

monetize their app creations through our market place. This market place is the first centralized distribution hub for musical apps. In addition, no other music creation application in the App Store provides a platform which is populated by user-generated apps.

WEATHER POINT 2.0SERBIA

CONTACT: Milos Acimovic / [email protected]: www.mindlabsolutions.comFIELD: Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Weather Point is the world’s smallest weather station. It is an individual keychain weather station. It measures temperature, humidity, UV, atmospheric pressure and ambient light meter on your mobile device.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We usually rely on weather forecasts and apps - the truth is that those temperature values come from weather stations that can easily be dozens of miles away. That means they are not always correct. Nothing beats measuring

the values yourself right where you are. With Weather Point 2.0 you’ll have your own personal weather station that can fit in the palm of your hand! That’s some great news to a lot of people, especially if you like outdoor activities such as hiking, cycling, agriculture, sports, adventures - because you don’t need the Internet connection.


http://www.codarica.com


http://www.squizr.com


http://www.iceblinkdigital.com


http://www.mindlabsolutions.com



LOUJEE – ARABIC SMART TOYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CONTACT: Lojain Jibawi / [email protected]: www.loujee.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing, toys and Games

ABOUT: Loujee is a plush toy that interacts with children verbally by inserting an iPhone/iPad into the toy. Loujee converses with children through Arabic voice recognition – it speaks and understands both standard Arabic and dialects, with a very high level of accuracy allowing children to have a truly conversational experience while they play. Both entertaining and educational, Loujee turns learning into playtime with hundreds of stories, jokes, riddles and other age-appropriate activities for Arabic speaking kids aged 5-9.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Loujee is the only toy that speaks and understands both standard and dialectic Arabic. The technology we have developed is the only technology that can under-stand standard and dialectical Arabic and work offline.

NERDWORKINGTURKEY

CONTACT: Erdem Dilbaz / [email protected]: www.nerdworking.orgFIELD: Advertising, Architecture, Art and crafts, Design, Film, Video and photography, Software, computer games and electronic pub-lishing, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Our idea is to develop technologies and concepts for marketing and event indus-tries, scenographies for opening ceremonies or launches, visual mapping performances for public spaces at international light festivals, providing brainwave controlled games, body controlled systems and light installations for marketing industry.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We have 60 nerds around the world - we give them any particular concept, and they work in a collaborative way to create site-specific works for every new project. Most of our interactive installations provide an experience to the audience rather than a sheer description of conventional advertising projects. Our own capital provides all materials for the R&D process. We provide whatever our nerd wants/needs.

DIGITALMANIA – BE MY BABYTUNESIA

CONTACT: Chema Damak / [email protected]: www.digitalmaniastudio.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Be my Baby is a game where the player takes care of a baby, feeds it, cleans it and plays with it.

The “parent” has the ability to choose the features of his or her baby, such as hairstyle, eye color, and clothes. The baby has a Health indicator (food, hygiene and sleep) and Happiness indicator, all of which decreas-es over time and must be refilled with the actions of the player. To have the best services, players can buy virtual currency and virtual goods. Our game allows players to have one or more babies and to share the baby with other players.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The game “Be my Baby” is the first dating game of its kind. It’s a merge between dating applica-tion and virtual pets, allowing users to send invitations on social media to persons who want to have a baby with him or her. It’s a fremium: free to play, with payable goods.

BLISBY.COMTHAILAND

CONTACT: Phuvadol Thongthavorn / [email protected]: www.blisby.comFIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Fashion, Publishing

ABOUT: Blisby.com is the first and only craft marketplace of its kind in Southeast Asia. We display products from talented artists to craft hobbyists and provide them with the tools to sell online. We are focused on building the Southeast Asian arts and crafts community and to bring these one-of-a-kind products and designs to the world. We also have a growing base of articles meant to educate and inspire. We now have more than 500,000 monthly users.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Blisby.com is unique in that we are a small team of artists that can relate to our customers and we use technology to serve them as they develop their craft, business, or brand. Thailand and the Southeast Asia region is steeped with tradition-al cultural art as well as contemporary arts and crafts. We intend to be the platform and source to deliver these unique products to the world. Furthermore, we interview special new talents and promote them at our web site.


http://www.loujee.com


http://www.nerdworking.org


http://www.digitalmaniastudio.com

http://www.blisby.com



SYNAPSE APPSUSA

CONTACT: Corey Walker / [email protected]: www.synapseapps.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Synapse Apps is a mobile app-based education company run by speech/language pathologists (SLPs). We provide affordable and alternative ways of improving English language learning and language facility that reinvigorates excitement for learning, promotes family interaction, and fills voids often left by our education systems. Our ap-proach utilizes a “language rich” approach that simultaneously improves critical and creative thinking. Our apps are appropriate for individuals with delays/disorders, Dual Language Learners (DLLs), or typically de-veloping students that want “jump starts” and/or additional challenges.

We are well known as Pocket SLP within the speech therapy profes-sion. We have created 20 mobile apps over the past 5 years, of which 14 are currently available for download. Our apps have been downloaded nearly 245,000 times worldwide and produced nearly $1 million in sales. Building upon our reputation, we are now poised to move our company to a new level of products and wider markets.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Most educational apps focus on rudimentary reading or mathematics. While these are important areas, few app companies are producing content that lays the foundation for meeting the educational standards children are

expected to meet. A good command of language is at the very core of understanding, processing, and retelling information. Since SLPs run our company, we approach education in a scientifically unique way that gives us a distinct competitive advantage. We use an educational scaffolding framework employing the formal, scientifically-grounded building blocks of language acquisition and mastery to accelerate learn-ing for people of all abilities and backgrounds.

MAKERCLUBUNITED KINGDOM

CONTACT: Simon Riley / [email protected]: www.makerclub.orgFIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Toys and games

ABOUT: MakerClub make 3D printed robotics projects for kids, teaching coding, electronics and product design. We also run cutting edge digital workshops teaching a range of technologies, from creating video games to virtual reality, as well as running courses with our own robotics projects.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We have developed our own microcontroller, based on the Arduino chip, which talks over Bluetooth to our learning platform via our mobile app. This technology, when coupled with 3D printing, allows us to teach coding and product design in a way never before possible and will allow our community to create and share their own designs.

THE CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INNOVATION CHALLENGES are sector specific challenges that strive to solve existing problems and encourage creative entrepreneurs to tackle future challenges. Each In-novation Challenge will have its own pitching session, jury deliberation and prize, and most importantly, each Innovation Challenge presents startups with the opportunity to unravel global future challenges and contribute to solving problems within the creative sector. Innovation Challenges gives corporations the opportunity to access the innovative potential of startups from all over the world.

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INNOVATION CHALLENGESCREATIVE BUSINESS CUP IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE NEW INIT IAT IVE – CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INNOVATION CHALLENGES .

Rokoko, the Danish National Winner at Creative Business Cup 2013. Photo by Kristian Ridder-Nielsen.


http://www.synapseapps.com


http://www.makerclub.org


ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE

CIRKULARIUM – FOOD LOOPDENMARK

CONTACT: Jonatan Marcussen / [email protected]: www.mejlgadelab.dkFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: “Cirkularium – Food Loop” is an educational learning laboratory for circular processes in urban environments that aim at challenging consumers’ relationship to food and redefining the concept of waste. It’s an open eco-system and symbiosis centre where visitors can learn about the advantages of sustainable waste management through workshops and events. Here, the consumer is directly involved in circular processes whereby organic waste from local cafés is reused as compost and as food for hydroponic and aquaponic systems. Gourmet mushrooms are grown in coffee grounds, fish is served in local restau-rants, and visitors can pick their own herbs in the URTe café.

The Latin Quarter in Aarhus has been selected as the location for the project due to the area’s vibrant gastronomic milieu with numerous restaurants and cafes. The Food Loop-project is very locally rooted and is being carried out by small-scale entrepreneurs and local individuals.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Located in the heart of Aarhus’ Latin Quarter, the project will bring food production and cultivation into an urban context. Production methods such as aqua-

ponics and hydroponics are examples of the future of urban farming. By integrating circular processes into its design, Cirkularium allows the visitors to get close to the roots of their food and provides them with an experience that demonstrates the benefits of resource recycling on a 1:1 scale.

Established in collaboration with residents and local businesses, the project shows how interest groups can support the development of new economically sustainable models.

ModeratorTORSTEN B. JAKOBSEN (Denmark), Nordic Foodworks, Founding Partner

MARTIN BREGNBALLE (Denmark), NORDIC FOODWORKS, Partner

MATTHEW WALKER (UK), ARLA FOODS, Senior Director, Global Growth Platforms

MIKKEL MAARBJERG (Denmark), KIRK+MAARBJERG, Partner

TRINE MØRKHOLT MEYER (Denmark), Coop Danmark A/S, Team Manager Product Innovation

BUONO VENDINGITAL IEN

CONTAKT: Alberto / [email protected]: www.buonovending.comFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: Buono Vending is an innovative start-up founded in December 2014. It designs, manufactures and markets innovative packaging and vending systems for the automatic vending of traditional

handmade hard ice cream. Buono Vending systems will allow artisanal ice cream makers, diary producers and new entrepreneurs to sell freshly made products in new locations, 24 hours a day, to multiply their selling points with limited investments, and to reach and interact with their own customers in an innovative and original way; as a matter of fact our system consist of a packaging machine which can process any kind of ice-cream, and a number of highly customizable, interactive vending machines capable to deliver 1, 2 or 3 serves of ice-cream in stylish cups, complete with a choice of up to 8 toppings.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Putting together a smart portioning & packaging solution with a flexible automatic vending system, we have created a new and unique breed of “ice-cream points of sale” suitable to replace or implement the traditional parlors and ice-cream chariots, with several additional advantages.

SCAN’BUYDENMARK

CONTACT: Michal Mikulasik / [email protected]: www.scanbuy.mdhandmade.com/conceptdescription.pdfFIELD: Design, Gastronomy, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: A concept design of a minimum viable product for supermar-kets, which consists of a combination of new technologies – a mobile application connected with the principle of a self-service checkout, where customers are able to do their shopping using mobile device and earn reward points for buying organic/ecological and almost expired products.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Combining existing technologies and trends, attracting people to buy quality food or food that would be thrown away.

ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGEARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE JURY MEMBERS


http://www.mejlgadelab.dk


http://www.buonovending.com


http://www.scanbuy.mdhandmade.com/conceptdescription.pdf


ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGEARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE

MISS CANPORTUGAL

CONTACT: Tiago Soares Ribeiro / [email protected]: www.miss-can.comFIELD: Design, Gastronomy

ABOUT: Miss Can was born from the wish to create a business linked to the canning industry inspired by a family tradition that began 100 years ago. More than canned food, Miss Can is a great Portuguese experience, combining tradition, culture and gastronomy packed in a

fresh and cool image. “From Portugal with Love”, there are five packs available; each with three cans with a high quality selection of canned fish. Inside each pack, you will find three gastronomic suggestions for each can as well as some historical curiosities about Portugal according to Miss Can personally. For example, inside MISS CAN HOT, discover where the word “sayonara” comes from, how spices were worth gold in the epic age of the Discoveries, and many more spicy curiosities of our country.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Miss Can recovered a family heritage: high quality selection of canned fish produced by experts in processes revealing the best Portugal to offer. The project

contains original and fancy packaging; Miss Can is glamorous with her hair full of stars and a mystic side almost resembling a mermaid. Each pack has three cans. Three packs together make a big Miss! Inside each pack you will find gastronomic suggestions and historical curiosities about Portugal. Our selling point is Piaggio, a motorized tricycle, at the top of a Lisbon hill. We are opening a charming restaurant offering great experiences with Miss Can products.

MICROGUTLUXEMBOURG

CONTACT: Dr. Pranjul Shah / [email protected]: www.lcsb.luFIELD: Design

ABOUT: A state of the art model of the human gastrointestinal tract allowing food companies to test their healthy and nutritional products.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: A patent pending solution biomimetic gut which for the first time allows personalized evaluation of your diet and diet driven changes in your gut flora which may be essential for maintaining your health as well as for the treat-ment and prevention of a number of life-style diseases, such as obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, cancer, among others.

NARRATÉ, LIQUID CULTUREITALY

CONTACT: Adriano Giannini / [email protected]: www.narrateworld.comFIELD: Advertising, Design, Gastronomy, Publishing

ABOUT: Narratè is a food design product, made up of a booklet tied to a teabag – the booklet is written to be read during the fusion time.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: For the consumer, it is a perfect excuse to “waste” time and create value. Business wise, it is a great instrument of corporate storytelling, which keeps the consumer’s attention for five long minutes. Furthermore, it promotes reading and eases the transmission of culture by entertaining.

”Creative Business Cup motivated us to adopt and apply creativity, as an approach to every aspect of our business development of the company. Creative Business Cup makes people aware of the world’s most creative projects, challenges them to offer the best of their business and let them find out new aspects of the industry” – National Winner 2013, Ana Burica, co-founder of Teddy the Guardian. (Photo by Kristian Ridder-Nielsen)


http://www.miss-can.com


http://www.lcsb.lu


http://www.narrateworld.com


CULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGE CULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGE

MAKERCLUBUNITED KINGDOM

CONTACT: Simon Riley / [email protected]: www.makerclub.orgFIELD: Art and crafts, Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Toys and games

ABOUT: MakerClub make 3D printed robotics projects for kids, teaching coding, electronics and product design. We also run cutting edge digital workshops teach-ing a range of technologies from creating video games to virtual reality, as well as running courses with our own robotics projects.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We have developed our own microcontroller, based on the Arduino chip, which talks over Bluetooth to our learning platform via our mobile app. This technology, when coupled with 3D printing, allows us to teach coding and product design in a way never before possible and will allow our community to create and share their own designs.

GARDEN OF IDEASUNITED KINGDOM

CONTACT: Simon Elliott / [email protected]: www.gardenofideas.orgFIELD: Architecture, Art and crafts, Design, Film, Video and photogra-phy, Gastronomy, Leisure activities, Music, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Garden of Ideas (GOI) is a 21st Century interpretation of the historic pleasure gardens of the UK. It will be a new space for the arts, where visitors will be transported through massive immersive art installations created by the world’s best artists, film-makers and theatre companies. GOI takes the form of a hill shaped garden. Exploring the slopes of the garden, visitors will discover entrances to the installations within.

GOI is being brought forward by Simon Elliott of Ahh...Arts Ignit-ing Minds alongside a world-class, award-winning consulting team who between them have delivered the Eden Project, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The project was recently exhibited at the UK GREAT Festival of Creativity in Shanghai. Thrilling, playful and totally unprecedented, GOI brings thought-provoking, experien-tial art to a mass entertainment platform – a Pleasure Garden for the 21st century! A new profit making international Theme Park Pleasure Garden brand.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Garden of Ideas offers the audience artistic experiences that are currently not available on

the market through an exciting, multi-sensory cultural resort and installation space. Visitors will spend the full day at the garden, moving around and interacting with contemporary artist-led works and theme park style technology. GOI is a green, sustainable platform that will transcend class boundaries and ultimately reinvest in the arts industry. We have already attracted the interest of award-winning international artists not normally associated with traditional theme park models, as the opportunity to exhibit at GOI would be career defining for artists and performers. International excellence.

CARDBOARD TOWN OF CARDBOARDIALATVIA

CONTACT: Sergej Korsakov / [email protected]: www.cardboardia.infoFIELD: Architecture, Art and crafts, Design, Leisure activities, Toys and games, Visual and performing parts

ABOUT: Cardboardia – how to build your ideal world!Imagine you could step out of your normal life and become a character

in your own story. How would you make it? Whether you would like to be an artist or an entrepreneur (performer), to be fully immersed or to visit for a while, Cardboardia gives you the tools to build a community or participate in a totally unique creative experiment. We are building towns from cardboard together with local communities. Our towns are sized usually from 500 to 3000 square meters, where people can work and have fun from between one week until a whole month. In advance we openly call for projects in the field of creative economy, and applicants may try realizing their ideas. We have our own currency and bureaucratic and political system. Citizens of Cardboard Town can cooperate to develop life in Cardboard Town. Cardboard Town is best for children.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Children and adults can materialise their dreams together! And when it be-comes very real, they can discuss it, then develop, then try again. You start in Cardboard Town but you develop around your life! It is very important that child and adults can earn real money in Cardboard Town through active participation and creativity.

CULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGECULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGE JURY MEMBERS

ModeratorANNIKEN FJELBERG (Norway), 657 Norge, Co-founder and Director

ERLING VALVIK (Norway), Cultiva Foundation, CEO

BJØRN FREDHEIM (Norway), Editor of “Barn I Byen” (Kids in the city)

INGEBJØRG BORGEMYR (Norway), Cultiva Foundation, Office manager


http://www.makerclub.org


http://www.gardenofideas.org


http://www.cardboardia.info


HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPS HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPS

MICROGUTLUXEMBOURG

CONTACT: Dr. Pranjul Shah / [email protected]: www.lcsb.luFIELD: Design

ABOUT: A state of the art model of the human gastrointestinal tract allowing food companies to test their healthy and nutritional products.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSI-NESS UNIQUE: A patent pending solution biomimetic gut which for the first time allows personalized evaluation of your diet and diet driv-en changes in your gut flora which may be essential for maintaining your health as well as for the treatment and prevention of a number of life-style diseases like obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, cancer, among others.

UP SEEISRAEL

CONTACT: Debby Elnatan / [email protected]: www.fireflyfriends.com/upseeFIELD: Design

ABOUT: Firefly Upsee is a mobility device that lets children with mo-tor impairment stand upright and walk with the help of an adult. The adult and child are attached via double harnesses and double sandals, enabling them to take steps together simultaneously while both of their

hands are free to play or carry out other tasks. In addition to helping children learn to use their legs, the Upsee harness helps children with mobility impairments participate in family and community activities, giving them the gift of an active childhood. Flying a kite, petting a dog, playing soccer and fishing are just a few of the activities that children around the world are doing in the Upsee. I have licenced Firefly Upsee to Leckey Design, a N. Ireland Rehabilitation Company selling globally. We collaborate to bring the Upsee to the global market.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: I am the end user, inventor and entrepreneur. My son, Rotem, was born with cerebral palsy. At age two, Rotem’s therapists told me that he didn’t know what

his legs were for. I began attaching Rotem to me in various configurations that would enable us to walk together. With my final prototype ready, I travelled to Leckey Designs in N. Ireland. Following a period of evaluations and negotiations, we embarked upon a successful collaboration culminating in the viral launch on April 7, 2014. Unexpected volumes of orders crashed the Firefly website as parents around the world ordered an Upsee.

CLEARCOMMFAROE ISLANDS

CONTACT: Pol Andrias Larsen / [email protected]: www.beak.foFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: ClearComm seeks to improve the communication and day-to-day activity planning for people with autism (users) and the people around them, specifically parents and employees (helpers) in institutions where people with autism live and work. This is made possible with an app and a website where employees or parents can set up and manage the user’s daily schedule. Additionally, all images used in the schedule are available as picture communication symbols (PCS) inside the app. There are two versions of ClearComm. ClearComm Home is for individual users, where most often the parents are the helpers – this is for iOS devices. ClearComm for institutions allows multiple helpers to manage multiple users. Both allow for planning far into the future, and both contain PCS based communication. Later, institutions will be able to cooperate with the users, as users use different institutions through-out their day, such as home, school, work, etc.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Not many picture based schedule apps exist, and many of them are complicated and do not include picture communication. ClearComm makes it easy for helpers or parents to plan several weeks in just a few minutes. Being able to

communicate within the same app as the schedule is in, is unique, in that no other app that we know of can do the same. The planned future development for institutions to work together, allowing the users to have a single schedule for their entire day, is completely new. There is, to our knowledge, no app, program or website that allows this at present.

Moderator:LARS IVERSEN (Norway), Frogleap, Founder and CEO

MEI WEN (China), Startup guru from Stockholm/Beijing

MARTIJN BLOOM (The Netherlands), Investor

RUNE SYLOW (Denmark), Novo Nordisk A/S, Director, Strategic Sourcing

SUSSI BIANCO (Denmark), Welfare Innovasjon

HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGEHEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE JURY MEMBERS


http://www.lcsb.lu


http://www.fireflyfriends.com/upsee


http://www.beak.fo


HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPS HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPS

TOLDBYSWEDEN

CONTACT: Martin Odh / [email protected]: www.toldby.meFIELD: Radio and tv

ABOUT: ToldBy is a user generated audio-based mo-bile platform for people going through a life altering change, be it diabetes, breast cancer, alcoholism or mental disorder. In this application we will use diabetes as the example. The platform consists of narratives told by experienced diabetics. The group was interviewed using a template developed by psychologists (CBT) and problem own-ers. The content is structured to follow the specific crisis reaction that a newly diagnosed person goes through. The purpose is to support the user in his/her acceptance of the diagnosis and, subsequently reaching reorientation. This is an important goal, especially for diabetics because with a well treated diagnosis come a lowered risk of complications, less unnecessary suffering and less cost for society. The platform works as an app where the user easily reaches professional support from relevant persons at any given time.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The ToldBy method is built on the narrated experiences of problem owners. Why? Because we all need to share difficult experiences. Listening to someone who has gone through what you are going through gives a feeling of context and

a motivation to succeed. This method is widely used, but not in a digital, scalable way. ToldBy uses technology that allows users to search all the content for one specific experience, making the platform relevant at all times. The users can also upload their own experiences to the platform, making them available to others.

DOCTOR GUMMYPORTUGAL

CONTACT: Nuno Adriano Santos / [email protected]: www.doctorgummy.comFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: In the constant search for solutions to the prob-lems of society in which we live and always with a vision of sustainability, a group of researchers has developed a new project that focuses on health issues. No child likes un-pleasant drugs, but children need and love treatment. The solution that the team arrived at points to the production of healthy gums, lollipops and chocolates – no sugar, no gluten, no lactose, no artificial colors and preservatives – and combine these with the active ingredient of the drugs in question, using them as excipients.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The idea combines business with pleasure by creating a drug produc-tion line in the form of “candies”. We have registered three national patents on this model as well as an international patent, which will allow their subsequent licensing in the pharmaceutical sector industries.

KIDZLEARNMATETUNISIA

CONTACT: Mohamed Amine Khiari / [email protected]: www.kidzlearnmate.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: KidzLearnMate is a mobile solution based on mobile tablets especially for children. This solution package offers multiple activities founded on strategies and processes selected from different therapy

approaches and psychology standards. It also provides caretakers with various data that will help them in the decision making process. Our mission is basically to teach kids whether they have disabilities or not, how to handle by themselves everyday simple activities such as dressing, eating, drinking, cleaning, sleeping, etc. Inside the application, they find more interactive games arranged by levels, to make them more com-fortable identifying objects in their daily environment such as: doors, windows, chairs, pencils, and of course shapes, colors and even other concepts related to numbers and time like day and night and seasons. Furthermore, we also work on tempo and audio effects combined with signals that stimulate their thinking.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Our solution based on gamification offers itself as an attractive way to help children better enjoy the therapy session and to open up more aspects with the caretaker. Also, our solution provides all the resources in the local dialect and can be adapted and customized by caretakers.

”There are, this week, over 35.000 events happening in 140 countries. There are about 5 that are marquee premier events, and this is one of them!” – Tom Ruhe, Former Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Kaufmann Foundation, USA. (Photo by Kristian Ridder-Nielsen)


http://www.toldby.me


http://www.doctorgummy.com


http://www.kidzlearnmate.com


ICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPSICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGE STARTUPS

NEO SCORESBELGIUM

CONTACT: Bart Van der Roost / [email protected]: www.neoscores.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: neoScores® is a web application where you can safely and legally use digital sheet music. neoScores®› digital sheet music will auto-matically adjust itself to the screen of your smartphone, tablet, computer or smart TV, and it works on all operating systems (Android, iOS, ...). neoScores® was founded in July 2013 by profes-sional musicians with a passion for new media. In 2014, neoScores® won the Foxconn Prize at the Startup Na-tions Summit. neoScores® is also part of the European Tech All Stars and is supported by iMinds and Startit@KBC.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The neoScores® web app provides numerous features that will make a musician´s life easier: creating and sharing annotations, transposing in a single click, a metro-nome function, a tuning device, and many more.

BLITABAUSTRIA


ABOUT: BLITAB is the world’s first tablet for blind and visually im-paired people. BLITAB is a next generation affordable and multi-func-tional device for Braille reading and writing that displays one whole page of Braille text, without any mechanical elements. Our BLITAB team invented this exponential technology and method used and it opens a completely new world. In addition, it has not been used until

now in this market niche and is already in patent procedure. For the first time blind people can confidently go to the park, read their favorite e-books, chat with friends and navigate back to their homes. As a new combination of innovative technology and creative design, it offers millions of blind and visually impaired persons the possibility to be independent at work, in school and at home.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: BLITAB USP is based on three aspects: Technology – the smart innovative technology we have developed opens fundamentally new ways of moving material. Thus, for the first time we produced cost effective Braille dots without any mechanical elements. It is our absolutely own IP with huge scalability in the consumer electronics sector. Team – BLITAB interdisciplinary team consists of highly motivated and experienced experts in all areas,

securing a successful market entry. Business Model – was the iPad Apple´s great innovation? No! That is why our business model includes not only selling the device but also selling cloud based software service.

ICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGEICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGE JURY MEMBERS

Moderator:MARGARET MULLIGAN (Belgium), European Business Network and Innovation Center (EBN), Project Manager

JAVIER ECHARRI (Belgium), LDS Partners, Founder and partner

HALLA TOMASDOTTIR (Iceland), Sisters Capital, Founder and Lead Partner

JULIANE SCHULZ (Germany), Media Deals, Member of the Board

PHILIPPE VANRIE (Belgium), European Business Network and Innovation Center (EBN), CEO

EBAN Member

LASSE MÄKELÄ (Finland), Investor LTD, CEO

DARIO MAZZELLA (Italy), META Group SRL, Project Manager

TORSTEN KOLIND (Denmark), YouNoodle, Co-founder and CEO

MANUEL SABIDO (Spain), Caribu, N-Screens and NativeAD, Partner

MIKKEL HOLM JENSEN (Denmark/USA), Prehype, Partner


http://www.neoscores.com





GLARIFYGERMANY

CONTACT: Felix Haas / [email protected]: www.glarify.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Glarify is a location based platform for galleries, artists and art-lovers. On Glarify, you can discover interesting new artists, port-folios, opening receptions and exhibitions in your local art scene. In a unique way artists and galleries can present their artworks for free in a portfolio combined with a location on a map. To promote themselves or to highlight an exhibition, they can spend a small amount of money. Our goal is one day to have every single artist and every single gallery represented on this platform and to provide them with a powerful marketing tool. Glarify – find art near you.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Glarify is a social network and the melting pot for all kinds of people who create art, love art and show art - no matter what style. It is not only for established top galleries in Berlin, London, New York, but it is built for the large amount of all the other galleries and single artists who want to become more famous. Artists, galleries and institutions can create a portfolio for free and share the location in an integrated Google map where the works in question can be seen live on-site. Many artists who are not represented in a gallery also have the chance to share their location, be it the café next door, a local bar, their own studio or the garage. They

can market themselves with the help of Glarify to a locally targeted audience and can track exactly how many views an artwork, a show or their own profile attracted, how many contact requests they received, etc. It is planned to create a microcosm for “AdWords” like marketing tools. Such an announcement platform for hyper-local art news, but still with a worldwide focus, in combination with these self-marketing tools is currently not available on the market. Art needs an audience on-site. Emotions only arise in front of the artwork.

BEEMGEEGERMANY

CONTACT: Olaf Bryan Wielk / [email protected]: www.beemgee.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Beemgee is a browser-based plot-outlining software that helps authors grow stories out of ideas. Before an author can write the first sentence on a blank page, there must be at least a vague idea of what happens and to whom, of character and plot. Beemgee is a plot-out-lining tool that also helps authors develop their characters. It is unique and innovative because it is web-based SaaS that allows collaboration is based on a graph database focuses purely on plot-outlining and charac-

ter development provides visualisations of plots is not tied to any single medium or genre Beemgee helps media companies evaluate, work on and trade stories.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Beemgee is the first web-based SaaS focussing on plot-outlining: users can collaborate and need never send or carry project files around or install updates. Unlike other professional solutions, Beemgee has Natural User Interface and is very easy to use, even for people with no storytelling experience. There is a powerful but discreet tutorial func-tion. Because Beemgee concentrates on plot-outlining and character de-velopment, Beemgee has a greater range of in-depth functions Beemgee uniquely arranges plot-events on a horizontal timeline. Zoom out for structural views of the entire story, or zoom in to work on a sequence. Highlight and filter according to the categories you want to work on.

Beemgee uses graph database technology Neo4j. Currently, there is no easy-to-use web-based software specialized in plot outlining and character development on the market that helps the author of any medi-um and level of expertise with this essential part of the creative process. Existing plot-outlining programs tend to be for screenwriters, need to be installed, and have other core functions (e.g. Celtx or Final Draft).

DXTR TACTILEDENMARK


ABOUT: Smart connected and magnetic building-blocks embedded with light and sensors (Kubits) connect to an application on a smart device. As a toy for children, playDXTR bridges the void between virtual and real play. As a parent you can subscribe to access detailed insights into the development and history of your child, in the same way you’d subscribe to an Endomondo, just much more valuable insights!

Bringing playDXTR into the classroom empowers teachers to react on realtime actionable data on the development of their pupils aged K12, allowing for Adaptive Learning in a way unimaginable without state of the art technology and digital manufacturing, delivered at an affordable price. playDXTR is part hardware (think gamestation) with starter-sets of 27 Kubits and a basestation, part gaming platform and personal trainer for the children, part tracking, analytic and personal assistant for parents and teachers alike.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: An extreme focus on leveraging exponential technologies, building an exponential organi-sation. playDXTR brings big data into play, which transcends real and virtual play and brings a whole new dimension to Cognitive Training and Assessment; breaking free from just tapping the screen and really putting Big Data into play. This versatile platform finds synergies wherever data can be collected on performance and where training is valuable. We start out strong in edTech and gaming, but the reach is far greater, into serious gaming, neurological diseases, early diagnostics and neuro-rehabilitation. The games, activities, and data collected are basically the same.

INSPIRELICZECH REPUBLIC

CONTACT: Karel Smejkal / [email protected]: www.inspireli.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: INSPIRELI is a global social network for architects and de-signers based on photos. We also organize an international competition for young talents of architecture and design, INSPIRELI AWARDS, with a jury of top architects from six continents.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: INSPIRELI is the first global social network for architects and designers. We focus on architects, photos, and students and cooperate with universities and top architects worldwide.


http://www.glarify.com





http://www.inspireli.com



PODWALKNORWAY




WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With Podwalk guided tours are given a much needed technical refresh. Today museums are paying tons of money for their own custom apps or can’t afford any au-dio-guides at all. Tourist organizations lack the ability to communicate at locations other than their local offices. By combining the successful format of podcasts (25% annual growth in listeners worldwide) with location aware technologies that exist on any smartphone, content creators are given a brand new tool for communication. The app is free and our professional clients subscribe for a 1/10 of the cost of creating their own technology.

ACTIVE FRAGRANCESLUXEMBOURG

CONTACT: Philippe Briot / [email protected]: www.essentialfactory.comFIELD: Art and crafts; Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: It was a nice straight road in the countryside; the sky was blue on a light spring day. The car speed was within the allowed limit. A few seconds later, the car was in a ditch. When the paramedics found the badly injured car occupants, they wondered: what happened? Lack of vigilance during driving is the cause of many car accidents on roads every year. It ranks fifth in the root causes of road fatalities, after drink driving and speed, and it impacts everyone. Some essential oils have demonstrated an impact on concentration and stress management. Single oils have specific impacts on behavior and have been studied for many years. Essential Factory develops active fragrances composed of essential oils that maintain car drivers’ focus and help them to deal with stress during tricky or emergency situations. Active fragrances are diffused as a perfume.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Essential oils interact directly with our brain. Their effect is various, from calming to focusing and helping to concentrate. Research experiments show that inhaling low doses of essential oils has an effect on emotional states of mind, on the autonomous nervous system, and on brain electrical activity. Road

fatalities are a serious concern for society. Each year, around 2200 lives* are lost within the EU due to driver’s distraction. Its direct cost* to EU society (fatal crashes, injury crashes and damaged property) is estimat-ed to be over 12 billion euros. (*) Year 2013, excluding mobile phone related accidents – sources: NHTSA, NCSA, FARS, EU Mobility & Transport Directorate

BOTTLE-UPITALYCONTACT: Francesco Farnetani / [email protected]: www.bottle-up.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Bottle-Up is the 1st e-platform where both business and consumer clients can create unique bottles of Italian wine & beer with special labels in only 5 clicks. A premium and unique service is ensured by giving emphasis to Italian prime wineries & breweries and emerging label designers. Bottle-Up intends to offer an innovative user experience thanks to: The first easy-to-use Bottle Creator tool. 5 actions in 5 clicks and clear description and final preview of the bottle: Bottle • Wine • Label • Capsule • Packaging. Suggesting small Italian wineries and breweries accompanied by special copyright artworks

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Complete customization service: each bottle is tailored on client needs, every customer becomes a “Designer & Wine Maker” of his or her own bottles. Wiki-bottle attes-tation: we add extra value to each bottle by providing detailed informa-tion about a) components of the customized bottles, b) wine producer and designer of the label selected. Our competitive advantages are the following: Exclusive agreements with wineries, breweries and label artists. In particular through these agreements with producers, we guarantee the quality & traceability of the products as well as a flexible business model.

Expertise and Network: We love the wine world. We have more than ten years´ experience in the wine industry. We have been working with the best Italian producers, with whom we have built sound and long-lasting commercial relations. Innovative user experience in and commitment to wine & beer online purchase: We enable our customers to shape niche productions following their personal creativity, needs and desires.Our vision is to revolutionize the online sales of Italian wines & beers through an active and direct interaction with the end customers: the Bottle-Up software, with its responsive interface, represents the break-through toward the innovation of the wine & spirits industry.

VERTICOMICSITALY

CONTACT: Mirko Liveri / [email protected]: www.verticomics.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: We have developed an app in publishing industry. Verticomics App is made to read comics in a new way, thanks to a unique vertical format that optimizes the user´s experience. The reader enjoys a contin-uous scrolling flow. Each day we publish new free content and we have recently launched an in-app store for paid comics.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We are exploiting our unique format that allows users to read on iOS and Android devices. The app is available in both stores. The app uses cloud and device library when downloading and reading both online and offline. The app is entirely developed by an internal team, because it’s the source of our core business. The contents are made by the best Italian publishers.




http://www.essentialfactory.com


http://www.bottle-up.com


http://www.verticomics.com



GOCIETYTHE NETHERLANDS

CONTACT: Frank Verbeek / [email protected]: www.gociety.euFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Gociety enables seniors to connect with more ease to the world around them. It offers intuitive ways to interact with family and friends, informal caregivers and health care professionals, and it

offers seniors approachable access to information and (medical) data monitoring. We facilitate the required care and support through smart applications.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The GoLivePhone and GoLiveAssist are easily accessible and highly affordable solutions for remotely organizing care for the (in)formal caregivers. In addition, the GoLivePhone addresses the specific needs for those users who have less affinity with ICT. Gociety participates in the FiWare Acceleration Programme.

CODARICASWEDEN


ABOUT: Codarica creates seriously fun coding games that teach kids the basics of programming and technol-ogy. Our first app CodeQuest is available for iOS devices and introduce kids to HTML and CSS. Our second product will teach kids about game development and is to be launched in December 2015.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We focus a lot on making sure that we create products that the kids themselves would like to play and engage them-selves with. The educational value will be stronger if their engagement degree is higher, thus we conduct a lot of research to make sure we cre-ate games and apps that kids love. We know they love storytelling, visual characters, and game mechanics - so we utilize that to create a technical interest in kids early on! We are also backed by Disney, and who doesn’t know better how to entertain kids than the largest kids company?

LIZARD APPSTHE NETHERLANDS

CONTACT: Jeremy Raes / [email protected]: www.lizard-apps.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: LizardApps has a proven track record developing software projects for a broad range of clients. We distinguish ourselves with a strong focus on the creative quality of our solutions, ease of use, design and scalability.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Even though we place a strong emphasis on code quality and reusability, we commence all our projects from the perspective of the end user, taking a product design approach. We create custom software solutions for our clients at competitive investment rates. This results in highly tailored programs that amplify the client’s unique workflow. At the basis of our solutions are the following in-house developed frameworks:Indoor Positioning System (IPS)Decision Support FrameworkInteractive dashboards

CUICUI STUDIOSSPAIN

CONTACT: Norman Suarez / [email protected]: www.cuicuistudios.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: CuiCui Studios is a company focused on creating interactive games and tales for mobile devices. Our aim is to use technology to create educational and recreational products, giving importance to psycho-ped-agogical aspects that help in the education of the new generations and can help adults monitor the evolution of the users of our apps. At the same time we provide adults with some interesting data about the intelligences and skills developed by users through an interface for parents and teachers.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: There is a variety of elements that give us some advantages versus our competitors: Pedagogical design: Games are planned with an educational goal, and they can be evaluated. It is not a videogame only for entertainment. Multiple Intelligences: As we have previously pointed out, no one else is working with this methodology in mobile devices. This lets us detect patterns and categorize exercises.

Analytics: Results appear for every activity. Results obtained by different users can be compared, and that gives a lot of information to parents and teachers.

Creation of a saga: Our characters will be our brand, and kids can easily create an emotional bond with them. Our market is focused on

generating more games and more stories with the same characters. If one of them becomes the most popular one, we can create more tales or mini games or even create a saga with his or her own adventures.Multi-device: Our mid-term plan is to expand our business to consoles, TV sets or PCs. This is interesting not only for increasing the audience, but also for monitoring the scores regardless of the device they use.


http://www.gociety.eu




http://www.lizard-apps.com


http://www.cuicuistudios.com


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CIRKULARIUM – FOOD LOOPDENMARK

CONTACT: Jonatan Marcussen / [email protected]: www.mejlgadelab.dkFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: “Cirkularium – Food Loop” is an educational learning laboratory for circular processes in urban environments that aim at challenging consumers’ relationship to food and redefining the concept of waste. It’s an open eco-system and symbiosis centre where visitors can learn about the advantages of sustainable waste management through workshops and events. Here, the consumer is directly involved in circular processes whereby organic waste from local cafés is reused as compost and as food for hydroponic and aquaponic systems. Gourmet mushrooms are grown in coffee grounds, fish is served in local restau-rants, and visitors can pick their own herbs in the URTe café.

The Latin Quarter in Aarhus has been selected as the location for the project due to the area’s vibrant gastronomic milieu with numerous restaurants and cafes. The Food Loop-project is very locally rooted and is being carried out by small-scale entrepreneurs and local individuals.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Located in the heart of Aarhus’ Latin Quarter, the project will bring food production and cultivation into an urban context. Production methods such as aqua-

ponics and hydroponics are examples of the future of urban farming. By integrating circular processes into its design, Cirkularium allows the visitors to get close to the roots of their food and provides them with an experience that demonstrates the benefits of resource recycling on a 1:1 scale.

Established in collaboration with residents and local businesses, the project shows how interest groups can support the development of new economically sustainable models.

MODERATOR

ModeratorLUCIA SEEL (Austria), European and International Innovation Policy

CAMILLA KROGH CHRISTENSEN (Denmark), Lund University, LU OPEN

FILIP POULSEN (Denmark), FOSS, Business Developer, Driver of Radical & Front end innovation

HÅKON NORDKVIST (Sweden), IKEA, Head of Sustainability Innovation

LEWIS HORNE (Australia), Lund University, Social Innovation

MARC WORTH (UK), Founder of WGSN and CEO of Stylus

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INLIFESIZEUNITED KINGDOM

CONTACT: Greg Maguire / [email protected]: www.inlifesize.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Inlifesize are developing the world´s best online character creation service. Founded in 2013 by visual effects and games veteran Greg Maguire, the company addresses the multi-billion dollar gaming, animation and virtual reality markets by providing a simple and effi-

cient solution to the industries content creation needs. What would have taken days to create now takes second for a walking talking character with the Companies SaaS solution. Inlifesize’s growing IP portfolio of character technologies has been behind Academy-Award winning films, episodic television and games since 2006.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Inlifesize are now devel-oping an online SaaS solution to ease the creation of character assets for games, visual effects, episodic television and virtual reality. Inlifesize’s character technology has been proven on multiple projects since 2006. The company acquired the IP of US-based character development com-pany, Zoogloo LLC, founded by Inlifesize CEO Greg Maguire in 2006.

Their clients included Warner Bros., Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and its technology was used on Academy Award-winning and nominated projects such as Happy Feet and Spiderman. Inlife-size also acquired the advanced facial technology IP developed at the University of Ulster by world-leading FACS and psychologists in face and emotion, Dr. Erika Rosenberg, and Greg Maguire. Combining the above technologies provides a clear path to exploitation of many years of research and production proven meth-odologies and services.


http://www.mejlgadelab.dk


http://www.inlifesize.com


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CPH SHELTERDENMARK

CONTACT: Michael Plesner / [email protected]: www.cphshelter.dkFIELD: Architecture, Design

ABOUT: CPH Shelter is a house for people who appreciate simplicity and flexibility. Made out of recycled shipping containers, the CPH shel-ter is mobile and transformable allowing you the freedom to move and

adapt to the opportunities and challenges of the future. Moreover, CPH Shelter is an easy-to-understand icon for people who want a sustainable lifestyle.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We have made the green LEGO of housing - a quality housing product that is mobile, scalable and sustainable. Made out of recycled shipping containers, you can move it across country and transform it in size and form according to your shifting housing needs. This gives people unparalleled freedom. Moreover, building the house of upcycled materials adds a unique story to each of our type houses that people seem to love. Our first showcase

model is made out of a container that has sailed across the world 50 times before being made into a sustainable home.

DAP DESIGNDENMARK

CONTACT: Jeanette Kæseler Mortensen / [email protected]: www.dapdesign.dkFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: DAP Design is an online service for disabled people offering products that give access to ability. Differently abled people are given the opportunity to do things themselves through accessing a wide range of solutions that make them independent from caretakers´ assistance. As a social business it is crucial that DAP Design is for differently abled people and by differently abled people.

The DAP Design process aims at having a renewable product lifecycle, and we re-use, re-design and re-energize existing products alongside collaborating with manufacturers of new products.

In our mobile workshop we have the mobility to move around and engage with our customers, promoting products and collecting knowledge simultaneously. Our entry point to the market is to exchange buttons in a shirt with magnetic clothing mechanism, which is easily managed with one hand and which does not require fine motor skills.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: DAP Design is a service for disabled and manufacturers engaged in user-oriented design. We link manufacturers of products for disabled and disabled, facilitating a useful exchange in the product design process. Our platform of ambas-

sadors and networks in the Scandinavian disabled communities, gives the opportunity to manufacture according to the users’ needs.

DAP Design has societal impact in terms of employment for differently abled people. Simultaneously it relieves caretakers´ workload, along

with less requirement for assistance to get dressed.

CITYBIRDSLITHUANIA

CONTACT: Ignas Survila / [email protected]: www.citybirds.lt/demoFIELD: Design

ABOUT: Citybirds is a company that designs, devel-ops and sells eco-vehicles. The product “PIGEON” may be folded by a one-time pushing of a foot – after folding it is compact and streamline-formed, thus making it comfortable in use. Moreover, when folded PIGEON perfectly fits to a shoulder and a consumer can carry it easily. The main philosophy was to reject all the unnecessary details and leave just the essence of it. That’s why PIGEON is composed of only three essential parts: Vertical, horizontal and folding, rotating part. Therefore, the general construction of the product became lighter and PIGEON became one of the lightest scooters on the market. Finally, PIGEON is not just a scooter; it is a user-friendly fashion object, design, and comfortability brand.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Our main philosophy is that every detail in the project should be significant and important. That is why we are slightly pernickety and detail-focused in every case we are working on. Moreover, everything in our product – graphic design, marketing, engineering, communicating, branding - plays a very impor-

tant role in our business and we are picky in all the different situations. Thinking globally, including user and ecological points of view in every case, gives us the energy to create and be innovative. User-friendliness and comfortability are the key points.

VISIKONDENMARK

CONTACT: Anders Nejsum / [email protected]: www.visikon.comFIELD: Design, Film, Video and photography, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Visikon helps hospitals reduce patient anxiety by providing a full digital solution with animated visual communication about treat-ment before, during and after surgery. Our narrated animations and services are primarily accessible through a digital platform operating

on the patient´s own devices as well as the hospital staff´s devices. The platform, in Danish named Mit Forløb, supports the patient´s preparation for hospital treatment, thus reducing anxiety throughout the hospital stay as well as strengthening rehabilitation in the patient´s own home afterwards. This saves hospitals from significant costs due to faster discharge of patients as well as less pressure on the hospital’s post-operative resources. While the digital platform is the main product, the solution also includes a variety of analogue material supporting the offline communication with the same visual narratives and easily accessible information. Thus, the digital platform provides one single solution for the hospital´s information to their patients.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We are evidence-based. Years of scientific study back our product and our approach to custom-ers. Our platform is up and running in several Danish hospitals. We have clear results: Reduced length of stay, less personnel hours, fewer inquiries to the hospital and a qualitative leap for patients and their rel-atives. We improve quality of life. Our solution and methods overcome the global challenge of Health Literacy, thus reducing anxiety. Visikon also help save lives of women and newborns in Africa through our Health tool, the “Safe delivery app”, using animations to educate health workers. Developed with the Maternity Foundation.


http://www.cphshelter.dk


http://www.dapdesign.dk


http://www.citybirds.lt/demo


http://www.visikon.com


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UBIRDSPOLAND

CONTACT: Paweł Karczewski / [email protected]: www.ubirds.euFIELD: Art and crafts, Fashion, Software, computer games and elec-tronic publishing

ABOUT: We are making a world’s first smart strap that can turn any watch into a smart watch just by simply replacing a band. We call it “Unique” because in uBirds the user is the designer of a strap, using a creator that we placed on our website (www.ubirds.eu/creator). We hide all the electronics needed in a strap and provide all the features that smartwatch offers. The whole system works with an attached application that is also fully customizable. Additionally we will develop SDK so the

developers from all over the world can write their features for unique bands. We are in a patent pending status with this solution.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Two things: 1. B2B – Our solution DOES NOT CHANGE THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS of traditional straps. We just replace a piece of material for electronics that are already built into a strap. 2. B2C – We produce 100 % personalized straps. The customer is the designer of the strap using our strap creator. There are hundreds of possibilities. Because of this, all of the work is unique.

WEATHER POINT 2.0SERBIA

CONTACT: Milos Acimovic / [email protected]: www.mindlabsolutions.comFIELD: Design, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Weather Point is the world’s smallest weather station. It is an individual keychain weather station. It measures temperature, humidity, UV, atmospheric pressure and ambient light meter on your mobile device.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We usually rely on weather forecasts and apps - the truth is that those temperature values come from weather stations that can easily be dozens of miles away. That means they are not always correct. Nothing beats measuring the values yourself right where you are. With Weather Point 2.0 you’ll have your own personal weather station that can fit in the palm of your hand! That’s some great news to a lot of people, especially if you like outdoor activities such as hiking, cycling, agriculture, sports, adventures - because you don’t need the Internet connection.

GARDEN OF IDEASUNITED KINGDOM

CONTACT: Simon Elliott / [email protected]: www.gardenofideas.orgFIELD: Architecture, Art and crafts, Design, Film, video and photogra-phy, Gastronomy, Leisure activities, Music, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Garden of Ideas (GOI) is a 21st Century interpretation of the historic pleasure gardens of the UK. It will be a new space for the arts, where visitors will be transported through massive immersive art installations created by the world’s best artists, film-makers and theatre companies. GOI takes the form of a hill shaped garden. Exploring the slopes of the garden, visitors will discover entrances to the installations within.GOI is being brought forward by Simon Elliott of Ahh...Arts Igniting Minds alongside a world-class, award-winning consulting team who between them have delivered the Eden Project, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The project was recently exhibited at the UK GREAT Festival of Creativity in Shanghai. Thrilling, playful and totally unprecedented, GOI brings thought-provoking, experien-tial art to a mass entertainment platform – a Pleasure Garden for the 21st century! A new profit making international Theme Park Pleasure Garden brand.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Garden of Ideas offers the audience artistic experiences that are currently not available on

the market through an exciting, multi-sensory cultural resort and installation space. Visitors will spend the full day at the garden, moving around and interacting with contemporary artist-led works and theme park style technology. GOI is a green, sustainable platform that will transcend class boundaries and ultimately reinvest in the arts industry. We have already attracted the interest of award-winning international artists not normally associated with traditional theme park models, as the opportunity to exhibit at GOI would be career defining for artists and performers. International excellence.

TAP4PARKINGPOLAND

CONTACT: Anna Balatska / [email protected]: www.tap4parking.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Tap4Parking provides information on free parking slots in real time mode by converting data from any parking equipment and analyzing video stream in the cloud. A camera of our own production gives possibility to detect slot availability and identify car number. With the T4P app you can find, navigate and pay for parking in a few clicks.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With T4P solution the average parking time of drivers will be reduced to 3-5 minutes, parking accidents will be reduced by 10-15% and therefore towns and cities will become ecological with up to 10 % reductions in CO2 emissions. Parking owners will earn 10 to 30 % more by virtue of integration of totally new, never explored before additional services. Huge parking lots will be able to suggest indoor navigation and easily coordinate entrance\exit (iBeacon technology). Thanks to our camera which can detect slot availability and identify car number, municipali-ties will automatically get info on drivers who skip payment.


http://www.ubirds.eu


http://www.mindlabsolutions.com


http://www.gardenofideas.org


http://www.tap4parking.com


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BLITABAUSTRIA


ABOUT: BLITAB is the world’s first tablet for blind and visually im-paired people. BLITAB is a next generation affordable and multi-func-tional device for Braille reading and writing that displays one whole page of Braille text, without any mechanical elements. Our BLITAB team invented this exponential technology and method used and it opens a completely new world. In addition, it has not been used until

now in this market niche and is already in patent procedure. For the first time blind people can confidently go to the park, read their favorite e-books, chat with friends and navigate back to their homes. As a new combination of innovative technology and creative design, it offers millions of blind and visually impaired persons the possibility to be independent at work, in school and at home.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: BLITAB USP is based on three aspects: Technology – the smart innovative technology we have developed opens fundamentally new ways of moving material. Thus, for the first time we produced cost effective Braille dots without any mechanical elements. It is our absolutely own IP with huge scalability in the consumer electronics sector. Team – BLITAB interdisciplinary team consists of highly motivated and experienced experts in all areas,

securing a successful market entry. Business Model – was the iPad Apple´s great innovation? No! That is why our business model includes not only selling the device but also selling cloud based software service.

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INVESTOR PITCH have both the entrepreneur´s and the investor’s interest in mind. The Challenge have ensured that all submissions for Creative Business Cup, be they Innova-tion Challenge, national competitions or other submissions, have been screened to find the most investable ones. The selected startups will

pitch their business idea before a top professional and international jury. This kind of one-on-one with prominent investors will give the selected startups a great advantage and an opportunity to fund their startup business as well as give investors access to the most investable startups selected by experts in collaboration with Optiteam.

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INVESTOR’S PITCH

MODERATORJAVIER ECHARRI (Belgium), LDS Partners, Founder and partner

CHRISTINA LIAOS (Denmark), British Embassy in Copenhagen, Nordic- Baltic Director of UK Trade & Investment

JAAKKO SALMINEN (Finland), Qpoli Oy, CEO and Chairman for FIBAN

LANCE STEVENS (UK), Bean, Managing director

MANUEL SABIDO (Spain), Caribu, N-Screens and NativeAD, Partner

NICK HAWTIN (Denmark), Capital2Grow, Co-founder and board member

NIKOLAJ NYHOLM (Denmark), Sunstone Capital, Partner

RASMUS BJERNGAARD (Denmark), Northcap, Partner MUSÍGLOTA

CHILE

CONTACT: Ricardo Mansilla / [email protected]: www.musiglota.comFIELD: Music, Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: MUSÍGLOTA is a technological solution that allows us to learn English through music on a mobile device. The App makes learning constant and attractive to students as they interact with their favorite music on a phone or tablet.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We propose innovation in two areas:CONCEPTUAL INNOVATION: MusíGlota proposes a different avenue for learning “significantly, playfully and based on individual taste in music.” This is a major departure from the traditional model of learning English – learning MusíGlota is generated as a “derivative” of the user´s taste of music, being implicit in something as mundane as listening, at any place or time.TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: MusíGlota integrates two types of technologies to give life to its functions, one of them being the mobile application for smartphone and tablet that allows to play the music of each user.




http://www.musiglota.com


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DAP DESIGNDENMARK

CONTACT: Jeanette Kæseler Mortensen / [email protected]: www.dapdesign.dkFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: DAP Design is an online service for disabled people offering products that give access to ability. Differently abled people are given the opportunity to do things themselves through accessing a wide range of solutions that make them independent from caretakers´ assistance. As a social business it is crucial that DAP Design is for differently abled people and by differently abled people.

The DAP Design process aims at having a renewable product lifecy-cle, and we re-use, re-design and re-energize existing products alongside collaborating with manufacturers of new products.

In our mobile workshop we have the mobility to move around and engage with our customers, promoting products and collecting knowledge simultaneously. Our entry point to the market is to exchange buttons in a shirt with magnetic clothing mechanism, which is easily managed with one hand and which does not require fine motor skills.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: DAP Design is a service for disabled and manufacturers engaged in user-oriented design. We link manufacturers of products for disabled and disabled, facilitating a useful exchange in the product design process. Our platform of ambas-sadors and networks in the Scandinavian disabled communities, gives

the opportunity to manufacture according to the users’ needs. DAP Design has societal impact in terms of employment for dif-

ferently abled people. Simultaneously it relieves caretakers´ workload, along with less require-ment for assistance to get dressed.

DXTR TACTILEDENMARK


ABOUT: Smart connected and magnetic building-blocks embedded with light and sensors (Kubits) connect to an application on a smart device. As a toy for children, playDXTR bridges the void between virtual and real play. As a parent you can subscribe to access detailed insights into the development and history of your child, in the same way you’d

subscribe to an Endomondo, just much more valuable insights!Bringing playDXTR into the classroom empowers teachers to react on realtime actionable data on the development of their pupils aged K12, allowing for Adaptive Learning in a way unimaginable without state of the art technology and digital manufacturing, delivered at an affordable price. playDXTR is part hardware (think gamestation) with starter-sets of 27 Kubits and a basestation, part gaming platform and personal trainer for the children, part tracking, analytic and personal assistant for parents and teachers alike.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: An extreme focus on leveraging exponential technologies, building an exponential organi-sation. playDXTR brings big data into play, which transcends real and virtual play and brings a whole new dimension to Cognitive Training

and Assessment; breaking free from just tapping the screen and really putting Big Data into play. This versatile platform finds syn-ergies wherever data can be collected on performance and where training is valuable. We start out strong in edTech and gaming, but the reach is far greater, into serious gaming, neurological diseases, early diagnostics and neuro-rehabilitation. The games, activities, and data collected are basically the same.

LIGHT INSTRUMENTSGERMANY

CONTACT: Martin Fischbock / [email protected]: www.light-instruments.deFIELD: Design, Film, Video and photography, Visual and performing arts

ABOUT: Where there is light, there is creativity. The EDGE creates creativity with light, making every surface and shape in our world come alive.

We as the Light - Instruments® company from Germany take the responsibility to create a new and revolutionary tool, allowing everyone to play, work and communicate with light. Simple, effective and fun.

We developed the EDGE-system. It is a combination of a user-friendly tablet app and the first server in the world specializing in projection mapping. Controlled via an amazing, intuitive interface and using a projection technique allowing the user to place any kind of multimedia content (pictures, videos, streams, information, emotions) everywhere with a simple projector, we allow the user to see what the projector can illuminate, offering full access to the user´s output. It does away with technical difficulties and costs and gives a highly attractive form of interacting with a community in real life.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The EDGE is easy and fast. It’s affordable and scalable. Visual installations are no longer limited to monitors. The user explores the full potential of a projector and cre-ates visual attraction for every kind of venture. We are planning to build a network around the EDGE. The main idea is to integrate the system in the highly scalable digital signage market. We call it the EDGE DS. We

offer a completely new life in afforda-ble multimedia installations. It’s time for the next level of projection.

AUS DESIGN LLCESTONIA

CONTACT: Marko Kiisa / [email protected]: www.upmade.orgFIELD: Design, Fashion

ABOUT: Aus Design has developed an upcycling design and produc-tion method for mass-production with a relevant UPMADE® certificate. This method integrates industrial amounts of leftover textile materials back into design and production cycle. On-site, without any need for down-cycling practises (like recycling, re-fibring etc.) or re-locat-ing materials from the production site. The method is implemented through passing an UPMADE® certification process. We reduce wasted virgin textiles up to 52%, saving up to 88% of energy and 75% of water with each piece of upcycled garment. Not less important is the financial viability of the innovation: there will be up to 10% more production out of the same amount of virgin material with production cost in the range of 60. 115% compared to the original product.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Never before has upcy-cling been achieved in mass-scale production. Upcycling in mass-pro-duction will help to increase material efficiency in fashion and in the textile industry and significantly cut down the negative environmental impacts of the production of any brand.


http://www.dapdesign.dk




http://www.light-instruments.de


http://www.upmade.org



SORRY AS A SERVICEESTONIA

CONTACT: Indrek Poldvee / [email protected]: www.sorryasaservice.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: CRM software integration that enables customer support agents to dispatch physical, personalized apologies with one click.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The key uniqueness is the CRM integration that is connected with local apology partners’ network in Europe - chocolate producers, restaurants and flower shops through which companies can dispatch personalized apologies quickly and cost efficiently. Our strength is in the personalization, because we always add a handwritten card.

PODWALKNORWAY




WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With Podwalk guided tours are given a much needed technical refresh. Today museums are paying tons of money for their own custom apps or can’t afford any au-dio-guides at all. Tourist organizations lack the ability to communicate at locations other than their local offices. By combining the successful format of podcasts (25% annual growth in listeners worldwide) with location aware technologies that exist on any smartphone, content creators are given a brand new tool for communication. The app is free and our professional clients subscribe for a 1/10 of the cost of creating their own technology.

UP SEEISRAEL

CONTACT: Debby Elnatan / [email protected]: www.fireflyfriends.com/upseeFIELD: Design

ABOUT: Firefly Upsee is a mobility device that lets children with mo-tor impairment stand upright and walk with the help of an adult. The adult and child are attached via double harnesses and double sandals, enabling them to take steps together simultaneously while both of their

hands are free to play or carry out other tasks. In addition to helping children learn to use their legs, the Upsee harness helps children with mobility impairments participate in family and community activities, giving them the gift of an active childhood. Flying a kite, petting a dog, playing soccer and fishing are just a few of the activities that children around the world are doing in the Upsee. I have licenced Firefly Upsee to Leckey Design, a N. Ireland Rehabilitation Company selling globally. We collaborate to bring the Upsee to the global market.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: I am the end user, inventor and entrepreneur. My son, Rotem, was born with cerebral palsy. At age two, Rotem’s therapists told me that he didn’t know what

his legs were for. I began attaching Rotem to me in various configurations that would enable us to walk together. With my final prototype ready, I travelled to Leckey Designs in N. Ireland. Following a period of evaluations and negotiations, we embarked upon a successful collaboration culminating in the viral launch on April 7, 2014. Unexpected volumes of orders crashed the Firefly website as parents around the world ordered an Upsee.

SPARK INSPIRATIONGREECE

CONTACT: Theodora Kapsali / [email protected]: www.spark.toolsFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Spark is a cloud-based multiplatform game engine that allows anyone to make any type of game they want, with or without coding. Our product offers the user a unique framework that doesn’t get any more complicated than it needs to be, so the beginner will be able to

use the drag-and-drop interface and have the same options as the more advanced users. As a new user, you will be able to use your program-ming skills to bring your idea to fruition using our very own program-ming language which is versatile and similar to popular languages like javascript, C#, etc.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: Non-coders are no longer limited to making a 2D game – 3D and mul-tiplayer are possible without writing codes.Exporting with Spark is just a simple click away – Spark compiles natively, and performance is no longer compromised as wrappers are removed from the equation.

Spark is on the cloud so it can be used from any device or computer through the browser as an EaaS (Engine-as-a-Service) and allows the possibility of live collaboration, among other things.Through your personal dashboard you will be able to create a blog, integrate your social media, and more.


http://www.sorryasaservice.com




http://www.fireflyfriends.com/upsee


http://www.spark.tools



SPRANGERPORTUGAL

CONTACT: Nuno Adriano Santos / [email protected]: www.spranger.ptFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: The Spranger technology is an innovative solution that allows to create a new type of headsets (headphones/earphones) that have incorporated a pressure sensor that allows detecting if the headset is in your ear or out. With this technology, it becomes possible to make the earphone automatically send an order to “pause” for the equipment when removed from the ear and resume mode “play” when replaced in the ear. The content may be music or video – any type of equipment or

appliance fits: telephone, mobile phone, computer, tablet, mp3, radio or any other type of software used.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With this technology, it becomes possible to make the earphone automatically send an order to “pause” for the equipment when removed from the ear and resume mode “play” when replaced in the ear. Our intention is not to be pro-ducers or distributors; we intend only to develop innovative solutions for the license of big brands. By registering patents we will try to bar the entry of competitors. If we are successful, other companies will decide to create alternatives to this technology, however, we’re prepared to make constant improvements and assess market requirements, gradual-ly increasing the range of products.

DOCTOR GUMMYPORTUGAL

CONTACT: Nuno Adriano Santos / [email protected]: www.doctorgummy.comFIELD: Gastronomy

ABOUT: In the constant search for solutions to the problems of society in which we live and always with a vision of sustainability, a group of researchers has developed a new project that focuses on health issues. No child likes unpleasant drugs, but children need and love treatment. The solution that the team arrived at points to the production of healthy gums, lollipops and chocolates – no sugar, no gluten, no lactose, no artificial colors and preservatives – and combine these with the active ingredient of the drugs in question, using them as excipients.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: The idea combines business with pleasure by creating a drug production line in the form of “candies”. We have registered three national patents on this model as well as an international patent, which will allow their subsequent licensing in the pharmaceutical sector industries.

TAP4PARKINGPOLAND

CONTACT: Anna Balatska / [email protected]: www.tap4parking.comFIELD: Software, computer games and electronic publishing

ABOUT: Tap4Parking provides information on free parking slots in real time mode by converting data from any parking equipment and analyzing video stream in the cloud. A camera of our own production gives possibility to detect slot availability and identify car number. With the T4P app you can find, navigate and pay for parking in a few clicks.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: With T4P solution the average parking time of drivers will be reduced to 3-5 minutes, parking accidents will be reduced by 10-15% and therefore towns and cities will become ecological with up to 10 % reductions in CO2 emissions. Park-ing owners will earn 10 to 30 % more by virtue of integration of totally new, never explored before additional services. Huge parking lots will be able to suggest indoor navigation and easily coordinate entrance\exit (iBeacon technology). Thanks to our camera which can detect slot availability and identify car number, municipalities will automatically get info on drivers who skip payment.

CODARICASWEDEN


ABOUT: Codarica creates seriously fun coding games that teach kids the basics of programming and technology. Our first app CodeQuest is available for iOS devices and introduce kids to HTML and CSS. Our second product will teach kids about game development and is to be launched in December 2015.

WHAT MAKES THIS BUSINESS UNIQUE: We focus a lot on mak-ing sure that we create products that the kids themselves would like to play and engage themselves with. The educational value will be stronger if their engagement degree is higher, thus we conduct a lot of research to make sure we create games and apps that kids love. We know they love storytelling, visual characters, and game mechanics - so we utilize that to create a technical interest in kids early on! We are also backed by Disney, and who doesn’t know better how to entertain kids than the largest kids company?


http://www.spranger.pt


http://www.doctorgummy.com


http://www.tap4parking.com




PRIZES INDEX

PRIZES AT CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP 2015

NATIONAL PARTNERSA BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS FOR ALL YOUR HELP

COUNTRY NATIONAL PARTNER WEB SITE

Australia QUT Creative Enterprises Australia www.creative3.com.au

Austria Austria Wirtschaftsservice www.awsg.at/Content.Node/innovation-investition/kreativwirtschaft/99818.php

Bahrain Tenmou - Qotuf Al Riyadah www.cbcgcc.com

Belgium START Invest www.start-invest.be

Bulgaria Arthesis www.arthesiscovers.com

Chile Surversion www.surversion.org

China Capital Associates www.capitallaw.cc

Costa Rica Yo Emprendedor www.yoemprendedor.net

Croatia HUMP-CROSBU www.hump-crosbu.hr

Cyprus Industry Disruptors - Game Changers www.industrydisruptors.org

Denmark Center for Kultur- og Oplevelsesøkonomi www.cko.dk

Estonia Loov Eesti/Creative Estonia www.looveesti.ee

Faroe Islands Creative Business Cup Føroyar www.vinnuframi.fo

Finland Creative Finland www.luovasuomi.fi

Gabon Yves Emmanuel ANGO MVELE www.apjagabon.org

Germany RKW Kompetenzzentrum www.rkw-kompetenzzentrum.de

Greece Industry Disruptors Game Changers www.industrydisruptors.org

Israel Shenkar www.shenkar.ac.il

Italy Consorzio Materahub www.materahub.com

Japan 5ive-Planets www.creativebusinesscupjapan.wordpress.com

Jordan Oasis500 www.oasis500.com

Kenya Junior Achievement K www.jakenya.org

Latvia New Entrepreneurs Centre www.juc.lv

Lithuania Nacional Association Of Creative And Cultural Industries www.kurybinioverslotaure.lt

Luxembourg Olivier ZEPHIR www.technoport.lu

Moldova GEN Moldova www.gewmoldova.org

Marocco Start up Maroc www.startupmaroc.org

Norway Innovasjon Norge www.innovasjonnorge.no

Peru HOLOSENS www.holosens.com

Poland STARTER www.inkubatorstarter.pl

Portugal ADDICT - Creative Industries Portugal www.addict.pt

Romania Creative Seeds www.creativeseeds.ro

Russia Creative Industries Agency www.creativeindustries.ru

Saudi Arabia CBC GCC \ Qotuf Al Riyadah www.cbcgcc.com

Serbia Creative Industries Cluster of Vojvodina www.kvik.rs

South Korea D.CAMP www.dcamp.kr

Spain Ministerio de Eduación, Cultura y Deporte www.mecd.gob.es

Sweden Tillväxtverket www.tillvaxtverket.se

Thailand Global Entrepreneurship Thailand www.gethai.org

Tunesia IACE www.iace.tn

Turkey TOBB www.tobb.org

United Arab Emirates Flat6labs Abudhabi - Qotuf Al Riyadah www.cbcgcc.com

United Kingdom Creative England www.creativeengland.co.uk

USA National Creative Network www.nationalcreativitynetwork.org

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP turns the spotlight on new entrepreneur-ial businesses in the creative industries in order to motivate, train and develop the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. This year, participants have the chance to win a wide variety of prizes to help them build their ideas and concepts into sustainable businesses.

This year’s prizes are worth more than € 525,000. Thanks to our fantastic partners and sponsors for providing these outstanding prizes.

WINNERS OF CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP – THE WORLD’S BEST CREATIVE STARTUP• First prize: 15,000 EUR + One year’s full membership in Stylus

valued at around 20,000 EUR• Microsoft Bizspark Plus valued up to 110,000 EUR• Second and third place: One year’s full membership to Stylus valued

at around 20,000 EUR + Microsoft Bizspark Plus valued up to 110,000 EUR

WINNER OF ARLA FOOD INNOVATION CHALLENGE• 10,000 EUR + The possibility to work together with a renowned

international food brand• One year’s full membership to Stylus

WINNER OF CULTIVA PLAY & LEARN INNOVATION CHALLENGE• 10,000 EUR + The possibility to develop and present the concept in

collaboration with Cultiva in Kristiansand, Norway• One year’s full membership to Stylus valued at around 20,000 EUR

WINNER OF ICT ACE CREATIVE INNOVATION CHALLENGE• Incentive of 1,000 EUR + Microsoft Bizspark Plus valued up to

110,000 EUR• One year’s full membership to Stylus valued at around 20,000 EUR

WINNER OF HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE• The Frogleap prize valued at around 20,000 EUR: The winner of the

Health Innovation Challenge will get a 3-month virtual accelerator program with direct access to the best experts and mentors in the e-health industry. Together with the corporate and public partners, the winner will get a unique opportunity to scale up their business.

WINNER OF SMART SUSTAINABLE LIVING INNOVATION CHALLENGE• 1,000 EUR• One year’s full membership to Stylus valued at around 20,000 EUR

THE CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP INVESTOR’S PITCH• A branding workshop sponsored by We are AM valued at 10,000

EUR• One year’s full membership to Stylus valued at around 20,000 EUR

WINNER OF PITCH THE EDITOR• Developed in collaboration with Entrepreneur Magazine. Edi-

tor-in-Chief Amy Cosper will pick one startup story to publish in the pages of Entrepreneur Magazine


CREATIVE BUSINESS CUPTHE CBC TEAM

THE CBC TEAM

RASMUS WIINSTEDT TSCHERNING, Managing DirectorHost & Partnership

KAROLINE HAULUNDInnovation Challenges & Press

KIYA DIONICIO National Winners & Registration

LENA ARNDALJury & Innovation Challenges

LEONARDO RONALD SATRIANational Partners & EU projects

LINDA PEDERSENEvent & Program

LOUISE RAVN OTTEPress & Communication

MARGIT FRØJK LINDPartnership

MIA NEGRUInvestors

NIKOLAJ CHRISTENSENPartnerships

THOMAS KEN CHRISTENSENInnovation Challenges & Technical Support

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP was initiated and has for the past four years been organized by CKO – Center for Cultural and Experience Economy, supported by the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth and the Ministry of Culture. As of September 2015, Creative Business Cup has become a new legal entity, a non-profit association open to membership by stakeholders from around the world, also interested in the aim of Creative Business Cup:

Creat ive Bus iness Cup empowers ent repreneurs in the creat ive industr ies , connects them to investors and g lobal markets and st rengthens the i r innovat ive capabi l i t ies to the benef i t o f industry and soc iety .

Today, Creative Business Cup is much more than just a competition; it is a global all-year initiative supporting entrepreneurs from the creative industries in growing their business ideas or – just as important – as contributors of creative and innovative solutions in other industries and society. The main initiatives in 2016 will be:• Expanding the cross sector innovation initiatives: where startups

help corporation with innovation initiatives. In 2015, startups have joined the Arla Food Innovation Challenge, the Cultiva Play Inno-vation Challenge and innovation challenges in Health, ICT (ACE Creative) and Smart, Sustainable Living. Next year, CBC will add more CBC Innovation Challenges in Education, FinTech, Sports and other sectors!

• Continue strengthening the inter-regional collaboration and ca-pacity-building, through regional investor awareness initiatives and bootcamps in Africa, Americas and Asia, such as the initiative in the Gulf Cooperation States, see www.cbcgcc.com

• Consolidating Creative Business Cup as a membership association, including the members, our national partners, corporations and foundations from around the world in the development and expan-sion of Creative Business Cup, in strengthening the link between entrepreneurship and innovation to the benefit of society, the world!

Creative Business Cup supports the potential for growth among creative entrepreneurs and promotes the innovation-spillover effect to other industries by:• Strengthening the business skills of entrepreneurs within the crea-

tive industries through workshops, mentoring and training.• Building and maintaining a global network of innovative minds and

startups.• Creating a platform for sharing of experiences and business

possibilities among creative entrepreneurs, investors, experts and mentors.

• Facilitating match-making between creative entrepreneurs and other industry sectors.

• Reaching out, motivating and celebrating the entrepreneurs and give them skills to further their business development through the competition: The world championship for creative entrepreneurs.

Creative Business Cup is a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), an initiative supported by the Kauffman Foundation. Being one of the top five events, the Creative Business Cup is actively promoted in more than 150 countries across the globe.

Creative Business Cup CompetitionA whole year’s work of promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness in the creative industries are being done nationally, regionally, and internationally. The core vehicle in CBC is the global competition for creative start-ups – an annual event around which a series of other all-year activities are created. The Creative Business Cup competition organization can be seen in the following figures.

Each spring entrepreneurship organizations around the globe are running national competitions with workshops, boot camps and men-toring schemes to help creative entrepreneurs unleash their potential. Each country selects the five best entrepreneurs, who are then running up for the international competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, to which they are invited.

At the international finals in November (each year) not only nation-al champions but also the national runner-ups, other entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship organizations, policy makers and investors interested in the creative industries are going to Copenhagen to participate in the event. National champions from each country will compete to win the annual title of being the world’s best creative entrepreneur. Other attendees participate in workshops, investor seminars, plenary sessions and a market place demonstrating world the most creative and innova-tive ideas.

The benefits of strengthening entrepreneurial skills in the creative industries are: • Contribution to innovative solutions in society and all other sectors:

Creative entrepreneurs have the ability to find new ways of thinking and address challenges faced by society and within other sectors. Role models demonstrate the power of creative skills.

• Empowerment and social change that transforms people’s lives: Competency building is an important activity in Creative Business Cup. The success stories and role models coming out of the Creative Business Cup competition will inspire and empower other creative individuals to become an entrepreneur themselves.

• Provide quality jobs and reduce poverty: Role models will inspire other potential entrepreneurs, who aspire to develop their own business idea. The development of sustainable business plans with concrete company action plan will contribute for increasing of job creation.

THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND CBC

CONTACT INFORMATION:Rasmus Wiinstedt TscherningE-mail: [email protected]: +45 4632 0030 / M: +45 2840 4668

WEBSITE: Creative Business Cup: www.creativebusinesscup.com

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP IN 2016

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