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Neural Concept is a software company that employs deep learning algorithms to transform the industrial engineering process. This allows companies to focus on core strategic design choices, speed up R&D cycles, and reduce computational costs. The company was established in 2018 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

HYDROGRID GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing software solutions for hydro power control and dispatch. The company offers a B2B SaaS platform that enables hydroelectric power plant owners to optimize production planning and align their output with market demand and weather conditions. This intelligent management system significantly increases revenue and renewable energy production while simplifying complex processes such as power trading, grid management, and water management. By doing so, HYDROGRID helps businesses reduce their daily operational workload, enhancing overall efficiency in the hydropower sector.

Fruitcore Robotics specializes in the design and development of robotic systems aimed at automating industrial processes. By integrating intelligent software with advanced mechatronics, the company offers optimized robotic solutions for various applications, including workpiece handling, fitting, assembling, screwing, palletizing, stacking, packaging, and workpiece testing. These systems enable manufacturers to enhance operational efficiency while reducing time and costs associated with production tasks.

Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Neural Concept is a software company that employs deep learning algorithms to transform the industrial engineering process. This allows companies to focus on core strategic design choices, speed up R&D cycles, and reduce computational costs. The company was established in 2018 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

HYDROGRID GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in developing software solutions for hydro power control and dispatch. The company offers a B2B SaaS platform that enables hydroelectric power plant owners to optimize production planning and align their output with market demand and weather conditions. This intelligent management system significantly increases revenue and renewable energy production while simplifying complex processes such as power trading, grid management, and water management. By doing so, HYDROGRID helps businesses reduce their daily operational workload, enhancing overall efficiency in the hydropower sector.

Watttron invents a revolutionary heating system that can heat up surfaces heterogeneously. Watttron develops an innovative heating technology that can be used in various industrial processes. It is superior to current heating systems in many ways and offers a number of advantages. On the following pages, you will find information about possible applications and opportunities. The company is located in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Freital – a technology and start-up center on the outskirts of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony.

SWISSto12 SA, founded in 2011 and based in Renens, Switzerland, specializes in manufacturing and supplying radio frequency (RF) and microwave components and systems. The company offers a variety of antenna products, including horn antennas, airborne antenna arrays, and custom-designed antennas tailored to specific needs. Additionally, SWISSto12 produces waveguide products, filters, and subsystems, employing advanced 3D printing and surface treatment techniques to enhance its offerings. The company is also engaged in developing a WebMCK software solution for material properties extraction. Its innovative manufacturing approaches aim to increase design flexibility while reducing costs, lead times, and weight of components. SWISSto12 serves markets including satellite communications, airborne satellites, and research institutions, with additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Rehovot, Israel. The firm's name reflects its Swiss engineering heritage and expertise in terahertz signal technology.

Neural Concept is a software company that employs deep learning algorithms to transform the industrial engineering process. This allows companies to focus on core strategic design choices, speed up R&D cycles, and reduce computational costs. The company was established in 2018 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Oculyze GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Wildau, Brandenburg, Germany, specializes in the development of smartphone microscopes equipped with integrated image recognition technology. The company utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to transition traditional laboratory image analysis to a cloud-based platform. Oculyze's flagship product, a yeast cell counter, is designed for breweries and wineries, allowing users to capture images through a connected microscope and analyze them in real time using advanced image recognition algorithms. This innovative approach has gained traction among yeast labs globally. Additionally, Oculyze has introduced the MUH product for on-site diagnosis of subclinical endometritis in cows. The company aims to expand its cloud-based image recognition capabilities to various applications, including blood and sperm counts, parasite detection, and asbestos analysis. Oculyze offers solutions as either custom systems for specific applications or through APIs and apps that enhance existing laboratory equipment.

virtualQ GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing innovative call waiting services for call centers and hotlines. The company offers a Call-In and Call-Back solution that effectively eliminates waiting times, balancing excellent customer service with cost efficiency. During peak periods, virtualQ holds the caller's place in line when wait times exceed a specified threshold. Callers receive notifications when it is their turn and are subsequently connected to the next available agent. The virtualQ service is accessible through various platforms, including voice, web, and mobile applications, enhancing the overall customer experience.

Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

BEN Energy offers a software solution that combines data analytics and behavioral psychology to engage utility companies with residential clients. It is designed to enable utility companies to deliver regulatory required energy savings and customer insights. The software uses a small set of initial customer data from utility companies and adds insights to them from all users across its platforms. Its self-learning algorithms then derive personalized, behavioral energy feedback to each customer through its web, mobile, and emailing products. Along with that feedback, the software provides specific recommendations to improve energy efficiency and nudges users to engage in certain actions or invest into a specific efficiency-product or service. The company works with over 25 energy providers in Switzerland and Germany. BEN Energy was founded in 2011 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Aircloak GmbH is a software development company that specializes in fidelity analytics and data masking solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Aircloak's technology enables the safe and legal sharing or monetization of sensitive datasets while ensuring compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Its software facilitates user data analytics and anonymization, making it applicable in various fields such as urban planning, medical research, and the monetization of geological data. The company's automatic, on-demand anonymization capabilities provide financial services organizations and communication providers with secure insights into sensitive data sets, allowing them to leverage valuable information without compromising privacy.

The start-up Fluidic Dynamix is engaged in the design, development and commercialization of fluidic devices, in particular oscillators, for industrial applications, based on the self-created fluidic oscillators-technology platform. Fluidic oscillators are small-scale devices that emit a spatially oscillating jet at high velocity and frequency, up to 20 kHz (20.000 times per second). The core of the innovation of the fluidic oscillator is the ability to impart an oscillation movement to a fluid flow at extremely high frequencies whereby the mixing process is significantly improved. Fluidic oscillators can be used in a wide range of application areas where mixing processes play an important role. The company plans to produce and market these devices in collaboration with strategic partners from selected markets. Due to the founders roots in the combustion field, the company is initially focusing on the automotive field. However development of the device for further industries/applications are already underway.

SWISSto12 SA, founded in 2011 and based in Renens, Switzerland, specializes in manufacturing and supplying radio frequency (RF) and microwave components and systems. The company offers a variety of antenna products, including horn antennas, airborne antenna arrays, and custom-designed antennas tailored to specific needs. Additionally, SWISSto12 produces waveguide products, filters, and subsystems, employing advanced 3D printing and surface treatment techniques to enhance its offerings. The company is also engaged in developing a WebMCK software solution for material properties extraction. Its innovative manufacturing approaches aim to increase design flexibility while reducing costs, lead times, and weight of components. SWISSto12 serves markets including satellite communications, airborne satellites, and research institutions, with additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Rehovot, Israel. The firm's name reflects its Swiss engineering heritage and expertise in terahertz signal technology.

Manufacturer of chemicals intended for environmentally friendly products for the textile industry. The company's technology is based on cellulose chemistry and is used to create products for the worn look, bleached look, and other special dyeing effects, it can also be used as an enzyme booster to decolorize jeans, enabling the textile industry to access tailor-made techniques for manufacturing denim fabrics and denim clothes that are safe, non-toxic, and sustainable.

siOPTICA GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Jena, Germany, specializes in developing display systems that enhance visual privacy. The company provides innovative solutions capable of screening data from unauthorized views, making its technology applicable in various sectors, including banking, payment, automotive, and consumer electronics. siOPTICA's systems can be integrated into any LCD, allowing users to achieve privacy on demand. The firm offers technology licensing, key components, and displays with integrated switchable privacy, addressing the growing need for secure data presentation in environments where confidentiality is paramount.

Operator of a pizza store intended to offer a pizzeria where customers can bake their oven-fresh pizza around the clock. The company's store bakes the pizza at the push of a button using hot air and serves it fresh from the oven, enabling consumers to get freshly baked food easily.

WPX Faserkeramik GmbH, based in Troisdorf, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of high-performance ceramic fiber composite materials, notably WHIPOX. The company develops products for high-temperature applications, focusing on the industrial heat treatment of metals and components within exhaust gas systems for engines and combustion turbines. As a spin-off from the Institute of Materials Research of the German Aerospace Center, WPX Faserkeramik leverages advanced technology to create solutions that endure significant mechanical, thermal, and chemical stresses, particularly in demanding environments such as heat shields and combustion turbine parts. This expertise enables clients to effectively achieve their industrial heat treatment processes.

Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

MyOma operates an online marketplace that specializes in hand-knitted products. The platform is designed to support the elderly by providing them with opportunities for paid work, recognition, and social connections through the creation of these handmade items. By enabling the sale of products knitted by seniors, MyOma not only offers consumers unique, artisanal woolen goods but also fosters a sense of community and purpose among older individuals.