As FOCUS is an acceleration programme of four months duration, the theme will change at every new batch/season. The first batch started on 2nd October 2017 with six startups and ends on 2nd February 2018. Discover the startups in this article!
2Hire
Tagline: Connecting vehicles.
Website: 2hire.io
Country: Italy
Product: The device 2Hire turns your vehicle into a connected car through its OBD port. It also enhances fleet management by collecting and exploiting the data flow straight from the vehicles.
CGon
Tagline: We allow cities to breathe, clean air.
Website: cgon.co.uk
Country: United Kingdom
Product: CGON manufactures a range of hydrogen fuel additive systems designed to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, increase fuel efficiency and keep diesel particulate filters clean.
Innov-Plus
Tagline: Vision in Motion. Keep your eyes on the road with Toucango.
Website: innov-plus.com
Country: France
Product: Innov+ designs innovative face-tracking technologies at man’s service. The company develops in particular Toucango, a smart driver’s vigilance assistance solution. It aims at reducing car accidents due to drowsiness and distraction at the wheel.
Newron Motors
Tagline: We design, co-manufacture and sell a high-end electric motorcycle.
Website: Coming soon
Country: France
Product: Newron motors develops a new range of high-end electric and connected motorcycle. By developing new technologies, they change the way of riding. Newron is the new Tesla, as if Tesla has made its own motorbike.
Seadataquest
Tagline: High-tech solutions for the subsea projects.
Website: coming soon
Country: France
Product: Seadataquest develops high tech solutions, in particular a first submarine drone, for the subsea projects with the aim of serving clients with data acquisition and management.
Teleretail
Tagline: Logistics Automation.
Website: teleretail.com
Country: Switzerland/Germany
Product: TeleRetail automates regional logistics to save millions of users billions of hours while minimising the ecological footprint of transportation. Its Logistics Automation Platform combines almost any mode of transport – Including couriers, taxis, drones, and self-driving transporters. Its Self-Driving Transporters automate city logistics as well as intra-logistics for industrial clients. Combined, the company’s technologies reduce the space, cost and energy requirements of local logistics up to 90% – thereby significantly improving the quality of life on planet earth.
Some key figures about FOCUS:
- 700+ international startups screened
- 100+ qualified applications
- 18 pre-selected projects
- Six selected startups
- Three international startups
- Three French startups
- A mix of hardware and software-focused startups
- One seaborne startup
- Three fully fledged vehicles
- Three embedded systems to be integrated in current and future vehicles.