As part of the 4th edition of its Start-Up competition, Enedis has unveiled the 11 winners who will be able to benefit from support from its teams. Every year, Enedis offers this competition to innovative start-ups and SMEs in order to develop and bring out innovative solutions to accelerate the ecological transition, one of the major challenges of our century.

Since 2015, Enedis has been partnering with start-ups and SMEs based in the regions and territories to innovate in areas related to electricity and the ecological transition. Building and deploying innovative services, being more efficient in digital fields, developing new ways of conceiving energy-related professions or offering local and inclusive public services, all in a pleasant environment, these are the challenges of the competition launched by Enedis. Following the 2019-2020 Start-Up competition, with the help of Enedis’ Nord Midi Pyrénées regional management, the EMILY project by the Numix start-up has enabled the professionalisation of workers in key positions (such as public distribution) thanks to a virtual reality tool.

For this 2020-2021 edition of the Start-Up Competition, the jury awarded 11 different prizes associated with five categories, as well as a special prize. All of this in the presence of Sébastien Jumel, Director of Development, Innovation and Digital, and Marianne Laigneau, Chairman of the Management Board. The latter, through her statements, wished to show all the interest of start-ups for innovation and ecological transition:

“The public electricity distribution network that Enedis manages is at the crossroads of many transitions: environmental, technological, digital, economic and societal. Because of our size and our presence in all the territories of France, the innovations we implement are destined to be industrialised on a large scale. The role of start-ups is vital in our ecosystem. We are determined to continue these collaborations to constantly enrich the services we provide to our 37 million customers.”

Among the 37 finalists, here are the 11 2021 winners:

“Trust Revolution” category

• 1st Prize: Voxymore. A solution to improve customer relations by processing the voice and language of customers/advisors using artificial intelligence. A project supported by the Enedis Centre Val de Loire Regional Management.
• 2nd Prize: Zei. A solution to publicise Enedis’ social and CSR actions, to monitor its commitments and to position Enedis in relation to other players. A project supported by the Enedis Provence Alpes du Sud Regional Management.

“Industry Performance” category

• 1st Prize: Okenite Animation. A solution for optimising pruning programmes by injecting LIDAR data and satellite views into a predictive calculation algorithm. A project supported by Enedis Champagne Ardenne Regional Management.
• 2nd Prize: Teria. A solution to enable precise geo-referencing of networks via a smartphone, with an application coupled to a GPS, in white zones. A project supported by Enedis Champagne Ardennes Regional Management

Category “Key partner of the territories

• 1st Prize: Heliocity. A solution for detecting underperformance and anomalies in photovoltaic installations in built-up areas using algorithms. A project supported by the Enedis Alpes Regional Division.
• 2nd Prize: Mob Energy. A solution to optimize the electrical infrastructure of sites. Mob-Energy offers electric car charging robots that are quick to deploy and easy to use. A project supported by the Enedis Sillon Rhodanien regional office.

Technician 3.0″ category

• 1st Prize: Activmotion. A solution that allows technicians to communicate by phone while remaining attentive to their environment thanks to an innovative extra-auricular technology. A project supported by the Enedis Alpes Regional Management.
• 2nd Prize: Mindo. A solution to enable agents to easily report their needs to the operational bases thanks to dedicated forms. A project supported by Enedis Normandy Regional Management.

Category “Objective 0 serious or fatal accidents”.

• 1st Prize: ST37 and Atouts HSE. A solution to identify dangerous situations using the Intelligent Assistant for High Performance Worksites (AI C’Perf), via video analysis, and to communicate them to the agents. A project supported by the Enedis Pyrénées Landes Regional Management.
• 2nd Prize: Teambakery. A solution to support managers in order to animate in a different way the main families of risks and to anchor the messages and individual/collective attitudes towards the management of these risks. A project supported by Enedis Ile de France West Regional Management

Favourite Award

Reverto. Virtual reality solution to improve the way people live together in companies and to fight against sexism and sexual harassment. A project supported by the Enedis Sillon Rhodanien Regional Management.

Translated from Enedis dévoile les lauréats de la 4e édition de son concours Start-Up axé sur la transition écologique