Three French start-ups selected among the twenty finalists of the EIT Digital Challenge 2021

1 septembre 2021

As part of the eighth edition of the EIT Digital Challenge which focuses on deep tech companies, twenty start-ups were chosen to participate in the final of the competition. All of these companies cover a wide range of topics and offer innovative services or products using sophisticated technologies. Among these start-ups from ten European countries, three are French: Cibiltech, Connecting Food and Flowlity.

A competition to support the winners in the development of their start-up

For the past eight years, the EIT Digital Challenge has been looking at deep tech companies and offering them the chance to take part in a competition to win the grand prize: a full year of support and guidance from the EIT Digital Accelerator worth €50,000 for the three winning companies, as well as €100,000 in funding for the grand prize winner.

For this 2021 edition, the finalists were selected from 409 applicants from 10 different European countries. Each of these companies has, on average, reached a turnover of one million euros, managed to raise nearly 4 million euros and employs 27 people. It is worth noting that 45% of the finalist start-ups were created or are run by women.

The winners will be announced at a final online event on September 21, during which the finalists will speak in front of a panel of experts. Three French start-ups have been selected to defend the colours of French innovation: Cibiltech, Connecting Food and Flowlity.

The list of twenty start-ups selected for the EIT Digital Challenge 2021 final

Below is the complete list of start-ups that will have the chance to present their service and/or product to the EIT Digital Challenge 2021 jury:

2021.AI (Denmark) – Provides regulatory excellence for AI, with a comprehensive solution for AI governance, risk management and compliance (GRC).
Axial 3D (UK) – Simplifies specialized surgery and provides automated, data-rich 3D medical visualizations of surgery.
Bdeo Technologies (Spain) – Transforms the traditional insurance underwriting and claims workflow by digitizing and automating the process with artificial intelligence.
BrainCreators (The Netherlands) – Transforms manual visual inspections into large-scale automated turnkey solutions.
CARDO AI (Italy) – Helps institutional investors manage private credit through AI-based technology.
Chargetrip (The Netherlands) – Facilitates driving and charging of any electric vehicle for individuals and fleets through a SaaS platform based on the smart EV Routing API.
Cibiltech (France) – Develops digital predictive medicine technologies for transplants to improve patients’ quality of life.
COMPREDICT (Germany) – Generates information on vehicle reliability and fleet utilization through AI-based virtual sensors for 2-18 wheelers.
Connecting Food (France) – Makes food systems more transparent through blockchain technology.
Cubbit (Italy) – Transforms underutilized network edge computing resources into a next-generation BtoB cloud service: Zero Trust encryption, twice as cost-effective and ten times greener.
CYSEC (Switzerland) – Secures IT environments by guaranteeing the integrity and confidentiality of cloud or edge data.
Flowlity (France) – Helps organizations and their ecosystems reduce uncertainty, waste and foster growth.
Insert Coin (Sweden) – Provides a cloud-based API to gamify any digital product and increase user retention, engagement, motivation and loyalty.
Nais (Poland) – Improves the workplace through intelligent assessment and data collection.
Nect (Germany) – Develops a highly convertible, remotely usable identity verification solution using Robo-Ident, an AI-powered, patent-pending technology.
Neurocast (Netherlands) – Deploys a passive patient monitoring solution that improves medical care.
Park Here (Germany) – Provides a platform to more efficiently leverage parking spaces and connect them to mobility services to accelerate and optimize seamless mobility in cities.
Psious (Spain) – Provides a virtual reality therapy platform for mental health professionals
SmartMile (Netherlands) – Builds a global network of parcel machines to optimize the last mile and make delivery sustainable.
Vuframe (Germany) – Enables employees and customers to digitally and intelligently view their products on any device through a code-free 3D platform.