20 Semifinalists from the ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal 2011 Venture Competition have been selected

Sunday, 03 July 2011

The 20 Semifinalists from the innovation and entrepreneurship ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal 2011 Venture Competition have been selected.

The judges for the 2011 Edition of ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Venture Competition have completed the selection of 20 semifinalist teams that will compete for four prizes worth up to a maximum of 1 million Euros (€ 1m) in financial support. The innovative nature of projects, the potential impact of their products and services in the global market and the quality of the teams, were the elements that most distinguished the candidates for second edition of this international technology-based entrepreneurship and the biggest in Portugal. These Semifinalists have communicated great market potential, innovative technology, impactful products or services, and talented teams that can bring their products to an international marketplace.

The 20 semifinalists are,

 Life Sciences and Medical Device Track Semifinalists

  • Alpha SIP – Fast cardiovascular / hematology diagnostic assay
  • Blue Works – Ophthalmology diagnostic and treatment device
  • Cyclotech – Reliable production of a radioisotope for Nuclear medicine diagnostics
  • Media Omics – High performance cell culture media for life-sciences
  • Meta Blue – Household digital Otoscope diagnostics

 Energy and Transportation Track Semifinalists

  • Actual Sun – On site solar radiation data sensing for photoelectric energy monitoring
  • CoolChip – Innovative chip cooling to reduce energy consumption in data centers
  • IS Green – Intelligent LED lighting to replace fluorescent light bulbs
  • Strato Power – Floating, tethered innovative wind power generator
  • Watt IS – Analytics for electricity consumption in smart metering

 IT and Web Track Semifinalists

  • All-desk – On-line realtor for subleting idle office space
  • Eunoia – Disruptive media platform for digital content reselling
  • euPA – Home heath monitoring system and emergency GPS localizer
  • NetMust – Digital music platform for copyrights' revenue assurance
  • OneCare – Remote monitoring of elderly for health assisted living condition

Products and Services Track Finalists

  • GolMow – Robotic, self-guided golf course mowing
  • Hole19 - Golfing social networking smartphone application
  • Law4All – Visualized online access to simple legal information
  • Musikki – Music database search engine
  • wi GO – Robotic-driven shopping cart for disabled people

Additional information:

ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Venture Competition website

www.mitportugal-iei.org

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