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Fit 4 Start #8: applications are open
08-01-2019
Following the success of the previous edition, which included nearly 230 applications from 38 different countries, the next season of the Fit 4 Start programme will once again reward the most innovative projects in information and communication technologies. The countdown has begun, ideas and projects can be submitted before 28 January 2019.
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Evvos wins best European agritech start-up award
22-11-2018
Luxembourg start-up Evvos is one of 18 companies that were recognised as the best start-ups in Europe. Evvos won the StartUp Europe Award in the category “agritech” for its innovative solution enabling farmers to measure environmental parameters to support planting, irrigation and harvesting using remote sensors.
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Technology innovation for better health
22-10-2018
The development of new health technologies, often based on an innovative use of ICT, has the potential to improve healthcare in general as well as to create economic benefits and growth. Developing this sector is a priority for Luxembourg, and the country is implementing multiple initiatives with this as their objective.
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Fit 4 Start: new participants and Graduates revealed
05-10-2018
On Thursday 4 October, more than 300 start-ups and leading players in the start-up ecosystem responded to Luxinnovation's invitation to attend the Fit 4 Start Selection & Graduation Day, an event dedicated to inspiring start-ups in the fields of ICT and health technologies.
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Fit 4 Start Selection & Graduation Day: more than 60 ICT and HealthTech start-ups in the spotlight
17-09-2018
A day full of fresh ideas and innovative projects; inspiring start-ups in the fields of ICT and Health Technologies present themselves. The next Fit 4 Start Selection & Graduation Day will take place on Thursday 4 October 2018 at Kinepolis Kirchberg and will allow the audience to discover 62 innovative start-ups.
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Understanding the real estate market with Houser
23-08-2018
Luxinnovation spoke with the founders of Houser, a start-up of the very first Fit 4 Start edition in 2015. Houser is a real-estate data analytics company whose mission is to become the trusted source of professional real-estate information.
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Fit 4 Start: “Paying attention to the needs of each start-up”
08-08-2018
Luxinnovation is currently inviting ICT and health tech start-ups to apply to the next edition of the acceleration programme Fit 4 Start that will support 15 promising start-ups with launching their businesses successfully in Luxembourg.
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Fit 4 Start: A customer discovery journey
18-07-2018
Fit 4 Start offers ICT and health tech start-ups pre-seed funding and 16 intense weeks of coaching to help them avoid pitfalls and maximise their chances of success. The main mission of programme coach Michel Blumenthal is to support participants with gaining an in-depth understanding of the real needs of their clients and using this knowledge to build sustainable business models.
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MyMedBot a virtual companion for patients with a life-threatening chronic condition
16-07-2018
MyMedBot is a virtual personal assistant which empowers young people who live with a life-threatening chronic condition to fully live their life without fear. Through our mobile application, a MyMedBot user can pre-emptively setup an emergency plan and have the peace of mind that the right people will know how to help when they need to – no matter if in a classroom or on a night out.
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Place your ads at the right time with Metri
16-07-2018
Metri allows companies to save money and increase conversions by showing the right ads at the right time.
Companies can use triggers like weather data, stock market data, or website activity to automatically pause/un-pause ads or increase/decrease bids.
For example, a food delivery company could show more ads on a rainy day or show more “buy bitcoins” ads when the price of Bitcoin is low.
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Salonkee brings beauty salons into the digital future
16-07-2018
Salonkee is disrupting the hair- and beauty sector by digitalising hairdressers, masseurs and beauty salons with innovative and highly effective software solutions. We provide salons with anything from online bookings, automated appointment reminders, a smart digital calendar, a point-of-sale and stock management, bringing them into the future and making them much more competitive as opposed to “old-fashioned” pen & paper salons.
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ICT and health tech start-ups: Apply now for Fit 4 Start
09-07-2018
Are you launching a start-up and determined to succeed? Luxembourg’s acceleration programme Fit 4 Start offers you intensive coaching, attractive pre-seed funding and access to key networks. The next edition will accept 10 start-ups in the field of ICT and another 5 specialising in health technologies.
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Inkspired, a platform for the creative writing community
06-07-2018
Inkspired is a digital platform for emerging writers and readers, where users can read, write and publish creative stories and book series.
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Univize helps students to find the right university
06-07-2018
Univize is an online platform that helps students find the right university. On Univize, prospective university students can connect with current university students and ask all their questions. This way they are able to get insider information on topics such as course load, cost of living or nightlife, which is nearly impossible to find out otherwise. In return, university students are rewarded for guiding and helping other students.
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Reduce your environmental impact with Hopes
03-07-2018
Hopes provides a range of independent clean energy services allowing its members to reduce their cost and environmental impact. Contributing in the longer term to the development of a self-sufficient local community of users based on the principle of circular and sharing economy.
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Zappy - a breakthrough in computer automation
03-07-2018
Zappy is a breakthrough in computer automation that learns user behaviour by simply observing users at work. Zappy.AI enables its users to spend more time doing what they love to do and less time doing what they have to do.
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A START-UP AWARD FOR VOICE EMOTION RECOGNITION
16-05-2018
The number of voice-controlled services and devices, such as the personal assistants of Google and Amazon, is increasing rapidly. While technologies able to capture and understand voice commands are w...
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Digital opportunities in Luxembourg at ICT Spring
26-04-2018
Over 5,000 key decision makers in the fields of information and communication technologies, finance, banking, web and marketing will meet at ICT Spring in Luxembourg on 15-16 May 2018. Targeting compa...
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2 New Accolades for Fit 4 Start fintech graduate, ume
26-04-2018
This Luxembourg based fintech company, which only recently graduated from Luxinnovation’s demanding Fit 4 Start Fall 2017 programme, just added two more feathers to its award cap by being selected for...
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Meet startup adapti.me at E-Marketing Paris
04-04-2018
Fit 4 Start participant Adapti.me will participate in the E-Marketing fair in Paris from 10 to 12 April. The Luxembourg start-up will present its website personalisation tool to the expert digital mar...
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Fit4Start Results: Three graduates and ten new hopefuls ready for the challenge!
13-03-2018
On March 12, 2018 at the Kinepolis, Kirchberg in Luxembourg, Luxinnovation announced the Autumn 2017 Graduates from the Fit 4 Start programme – Ume solutions, VanHack and SEE MORE. Following ten hours...
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International Award for Technoport
26-02-2018
During the World Incubation Summit 2018, held in Toronto on 22. and 23. February, Technoport was awarded by UBI Global (the organizer of the event) in the category “Europe Top Challenger”....
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Pitch Your Startup competition offers double the prize money
14-02-2018
Pitch your startup (PSYU) is a startup competition taking place during the annual ICTSpring Europe Conference in Luxembourg. Call for startups is open at the moment and you can send in your applicatio...
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Fit 4 Start: raising the bar for start-ups in Luxembourg
13-02-2018
Big news out of Luxinnovation’s start-up team! The call for the Fit 4 Start Spring 2018 edition drew 163 submissions, a record number for the programme. We also want to announce that the Graduation D...
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Take a private online tutorial with Qwerteach
13-02-2018
A growing number of individual teachers have started to teach online, bootstrapping different tools and services providers, to reach more students, save time from commuting, and thus give more lessons...
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Find your top tech talent with VanHack
13-02-2018
Luxinnovation spoke with VanHack CEO Ilya Brotzky How did you first hear about Luxinnovation and our Fit 4 Start programme? My brother in law found the programme on the website lootstrap.com. What was...
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See More with augmented reality
19-01-2018
The company See More Sàrl was created in October 2017 with the help of the Fit 4 Start programme. The objective is to develop and promote an augmented reality application. Used on a smartphone or tablet, this application will integrate 3D models in the real environment (transcribed through the camera) and allow users to have a clear vision of the final project. This can be applied to different market segments: art, construction, marketing, and so on.
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AR24 offers an electronic letter solution
19-01-2018
AR24 makes it possible to send registered letters electronically with an acknowledgement of receipt. The 2015 European eIDAS regulation has opened the market for electronically registered letters, a €3bn/year market that at the moment is served almost only by local post offices. Bootstrapped and with a team of less than 10 people, AR24 has managed to grow its ARR to over €1m and has more than 2,500 recurring customers.
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UME accelerates your due diligence workflow
19-01-2018
ume (‘you-me’) is a Fintech/Regtech that has been designed to respond to the demands of the asset management industry for an effective automated and mutualised framework for the due diligence of fund distributors.
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Calling Luxembourg ICT start-ups for Fit 4 Start: Apply now!
15-01-2018
Great ideas in Luxembourg abound. The country’s attractive and successful acceleration programme for ICT start-ups, Fit 4 Start, is gearing up for 2018. The next edition offers start-ups with innovati...
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