Skoon Energy & Eddy Grid – Our Seed- and Pre-seed portfolio companies unite for an innovative Energy Hub network launch
These hubs utilize mobile batteries from Skoon's rental marketplace to alleviate grid congestion between bookings. This partnership ensures that these batteries remain active, contributing to grid stability and creating new revenue streams for both battery owners and grid connection owners. As a result, the payback period for mobile battery systems is shortened, enabling owners to invest more rapidly in this essential technology for energy transition.
Read more about this collaboration between Skoon Energy and Eddy Grid here.
Quantware - Released the next generation of ultra-low-noise quantum amplifiers, Cresendo-S
Crescendo-S has improved performance compared to the previous Crescendo, yet less than half its size. The smaller form factor allows fitting of up to six Crescendi into one unit, called Concerto. This makes the amplifiers scalable for the largest systems currently available in the market. Quantware has also increased their production capacity by more than 10 times, so Crescendo-S can efficiently retrieve data from large-scale systems.
Check out Crescendo-S here.
Sparqle - €1.2 million raised and voted as Startup of the Week on MT/Sprout
MT/Sprout has published an article about the entrepreneurial journey of Sparqle so far. The startup was initiated with savings in the spring of 2022, later they received an innovation loan from Rabobank, and now they raised €1.2 million. In addition to Graduate Entrepreneur, a trio of angels have stepped in, including the managing director of Deliveroo Europe, the former cto of Just Eat Takeaway and a founder of Bloomon. Sparqle aims to use the €1.2 million in new funding to accelerate the growth in making inner-city parcel delivery zero-emission as soon as possible.
Read the full article of MT/Sprout here.
OASYS NOW - Announcement of their new healthcare platform: GRIP
On December 1, OASYS NOW unveild GRIP, at the Slush Conference in Helsinki. The plaftorm, developed in collaboration with major healthcare institutions, gives citizens control and insight into their health and patient journey. This tool addresses the challenges faced by patients diagnosed with rare or chronic conditions. The GRIP platform empowers individuals by providing access to up-to-date information on promising new medicines and clinical trials related to their conditions. This way it aims to simplify the trial matching process, boost patient engagement, and expedite medical research.
Read the full article about the launch of GRIP here.
SoundCell - Awarded with the prestigious European Innovation Council Transition Grant of €2.5 million
SoundCell has secured an impressive grant of €2.5 million from the European Innovation Council Transition Grant to fuel their work in developing a diagnostic device that detects antibiotic resistance within hours. This award comes at a pivotal moment for the company, as this allows them to start a three-year program of testing and validating their project “BE-FAST” (Bacterial Eavesdropping for Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing) in a hospital setting, placing their diagnostic devices in a medical environment to positively impact patient’s outcomes by providing reliable and fast antibiotic sensitivity tests.
Besides, SoundCell has received the award of ‘Rising Star’ by the YES!Delft Awards 2023. This award is given to startups from YES!Delft Accelerator program that have shown significant growth by starting their first sales, or pilots and bringing their product to market.
Revolv Space - Named one of the 20 SpaceTech Startups to Watch by StartUs Insights
Revolv Aerospace celebrates their appointment of one of the 20 SpaceTech Startups to watch by StartUs Insights. With their debut product SARA, they offer a groundbreaking solution to double power from solar panels from small satellites. SARA is able to track the sun autonomously and has won several awards in the past. Next to being mentioned on this list, Revolv also secured their first commercial customers, smashing their revenue goals by far.
View the full list of Emerging SpaceTech Startups to Watch (2024) here.
Send AI - Secured the backing of Google’s Gradient Ventures in a seed round of €2.2 million
Send AI, which has recently introduced their new brand name (previously ‘Autopilot’), proudly shares the news that they have secured backing from Google’s Gradient Ventures to help enterprises extract data from complex documents. The company has now raised an additional €2.2 million for this mission in a seed round co-led by Google’s Gradient Ventures and Keen Venture Partners. This seed capital will be utilized to fuel the expansion of their solution.
Read more about Send AI in the article on TechCrunch here.
MEJOR Technologies - Successful first testing round of product ‘FAST’
MEJOR Technologies celebrates a successful first round of testing of their product ‘FAST’ at ‘staatsbosbeheer’ where they deployed their fire-detection drone to detect a real wildfire. This marks a significant milestone for their mission to make early wildfire detection and monitoring possible, saving lives and costs. With their “FAST” detection system, MEJOR aims to offer a full-service integrated solution that will improve preparedness, response times, and efficiency in stopping wildfires. This successful first round of testing is an important step in their journey toward achieving this goal.
Read more about FAST on MEJOR Technologies' website here.
Sensible Healthcare Systems - Sensible joins hands with EU partners to improve access to personal biosensing
Sensible, a medtech company making biosensors that give people more insight into their own biology at a fair price using its unique single-microneedle dermal sensing technology, has attained European funding together with a consortium of two other innovative parties. The funding, totaling €1.1 million, will be used to extend the company's sensor offering to other metabolites that can help solve some of the world's most existential chronic disease challenges.
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