The 20 finalists presented their innovative digital solutions to gender-balanced juries composed of tech specialists, investors, and c-suite level executives of European technology corporations. We want them to become dominant companies in their respective markets.” Five flagship scaleups strengthening the digital future of Europe We now welcome them into the EIT Digital Accelerator and will give them dedicated pan European support for customer acquisition and fundraising. "The jury saw outstanding qualities in the five companies that came on top. They are growing fast and have great potential to become European success stories. “The 20 finalists were selected among 403 submissions, that is, they are the top 5%. “This is not your usual competition where only the top winner counts,” stated Chahab Nastar, Chief Innovation Officer at EIT Digital. In addition to that, first prize winner receives a cash prize of €100,000. The five awarded companies will join the EIT Digital Accelerator that was recognized in 2019 as one of the five World Top Public Business Accelerators and the programme with the best pan-European reach, and as Top 4 European Accelerator brand in the Startup Heatmap Europe report. With average revenues of €1.4M, average funding of €7.6M, and average staff of more than 40, the 2020 laureates are the most mature prize winners in the 7-year history of the Challenge. A testament to EIT Digital’s efforts to support European female entrepreneurs. The companies applied in one of five strategic innovation areas: Digital Tech, Digital Industry, Digital Cities, Digital Finance and Digital Wellbeing.Īlmost 40% of applicants, 55% of the 20 finalists, and 3 out of 5 winners (that is 60%) feature women as founders or C-level executives.
Benoit Keirle Smart Checkout Project Manager Compass Group Challenge Traditional cashing systems involve manual entry by restaurant employees and the average waiting time at the checkout is over 5 minutes. The EIT Digital Challenge targets European digital technology scaleups focused on fast growth of their business in Europe and worldwide. Checkers is a classic board game that comes to life online with 24/7 Games first checkers game 24/7 Checkers. Deepomatic’s platform allows us to industrialize the deployment, but also the day-to-day evolution and life cycle of algorithms. “Our company is only five years old and being named by EIT Digital as best deep tech startup in Europe is really meaningful at this moment - the beginning of our scaleup stage.”Ī record number of 403 scaleups from 32 countries applied, representing a 44% growth as compared to 2019. And yet, compared to chess, checkers is a remarkably democratic contest. Not what you'd call a model of a supportive relationship. There's an opponent and you basically want to kill off as many of his men as it takes to grind him into immobility and ultimate defeat. The other four winners are Icometrix (Belgium), SwipeGuide (Netherlands), Targomo (Germany), and Wishibam (France).Īugustin Marty, CEO and Co-founder of first prize winner Deepomatic, considers the award a huge recognition for the work of his team. Checkers, like most strategy games, is a game of combat. The first prize went to Deepomatic from France.