piosphere challenge 2019

piosphere is an initiative promoted by the German-Spanish Chamber of Commerce (AHK) with the goal of fostering the German-Spanish startup ecosystem by connecting Spanish startups with German corporates and investors and providing help in accessing new markets and finding business opportunities

And the winners of the piosphere challenge 2019 are......

Due to great quality of the finalists the jury decided to granttwo first prizes to the following startups (ex aequo)

NEWRALERS (Challenger: Rödl & Partner)

  • Finalist of the challenge presented by Rödl & Partner.
  • The startup created a cognitive engine of knowledge management that is scalable and connectable. The tool is able to extract all relevant information and knowledge from all types of documents, emulating the thought process, with neuro-inspired algorithmic processing units developed by
  • + info: http://www.newralers.com/es-es/

CleverPy (Challenger: Siemens)

  • Finalist of the challenge presented by Siemens. T
  • The startup has developed a mobile application (MindAPP) compatible with Siemens IoT MindSphere platform. This application takes industrial process data and exploits them through an algorithm based on artificial intelligence trained to predict possible future performance variations.
  • + info: https://cleverpy.com/

 We also want to mention the startups that were finalists in the other category:

  • Biofy for BASF
  • bookline for MAKRO
  • Hello! for Stihl

about piosphere | about the piosphere award | piosphere award calendar 2019 | past editions 

piosphere is an initiative promoted by the German-Spanish Chamber of Commerce (AHK) with the goal of fostering the German-Spanish startup ecosystem by:

  • connecting Spanish startups with German corporates and investors
  • providing help in accessing new markets and finding business opportunities

piosphere will celebrate its 4th piosphere award in 2019 selecting the most innovative startup in different categories sponsored and defined by corporate partners, such as:

  • Sustainability & CleanTech
  • Hospitality & FoodTech
  • LegalTech
  • Data, Industrial solutions & Industry 4.0
  • Digitalization

Startups should have a deep technological background.

The finalist of each category will be selected by the corporate partner and get a real challenge to solve. The challenges will be defined by the respective corporate partner of the category.

The finalist of each category will pitch in a final competition for the piosphere award 2019.

The winner will get a prize of 3.000€ and will attend the RuhrSummit 2019 in autumn 2019 (incl. flights and accommodations for one person).

Challenger #1: BASF - #Sostenibilidad

Desafío: start-ups que entren dentro del ámbito de inversión del fondo, especialmente sostenibilidad.

Pitch BASF:

See full Pitch (spanish - Youtube)

Downloads:

BASF Challenge Presentation (*pdf)

Start-up Entries:

Please submit entries vía email or weTransfer (see contact section below)

Challenger #2: Makro - #Gastronomía

Desafío: Soluciones que permitan tomar decisiones de manera más inteligente, basadas en métricas. Soluciones que permitan entrar al detalle de los escandallos y optimizar stock y mermas. Las prioridades del hostelero son: Más facturación, reducir coste, disponer de más tiempo

Video Teaser Makro

Pitch Makro:

See full Pitch (spanish - Youtube)

Downloads:

Makro Challenge Presentation (*pdf)

Start-up Entries:

Please submit entries vía email or weTransfer (see contact section below)

Challenger #3: Rödl & Partner - #LegalTech

Desafío: sistema que utilice la Inteligencia Artificial para facilitar el tratamiento diario de cantidades ingentes de datos

Video Roedl & Partner

Pitch Rödl & Partner:

See full Pitch (spanish - Youtube)

Downloads:

Rödl & Partner Challenge Presentation (*pdf)

Start-up Entries:

Please submit entries vía email or weTransfer (see contact section below)

Challenger #4: SIEMENS - #Datos

Desafío: - Las máquinas y sistemas suministran millones de datos útiles. El reto es ser capaz de descifrarlos y ofrecer información valiosa para mejorar el rendimiento de un proceso industrial o de un proceso de negocio

Video Siemens

Pitch Siemens:

See full Pitch (spanish - Youtube)

Downloads:

Siemens Challenge One Pager (*pdf)

Siemens Challenge Presentation (*pdf)

Siemens Corporate Presentation (*pdf)

Start-up Entries:

Please submit entries vía email or weTransfer (see contact section below)

Challenger #5: STIHL - #Distribución

Desafío: soluciones para combinar canales de distribución tradicionales con nuevos canales digitales

Video Stihl

Pitch STIHL:

See full Pitch (spanish - Youtube)

Downloads:

Stihl Challenge Presentation (*pdf)

Start-up Entries:

Please submit entries vía email or weTransfer (see contact section below)

  • 5th March 2019 | Reverse pitch – Corporate partner presentation

  • 6th March 2019 | Startup registration period open

  • 10th May 2019 | Startup registration deadline

  • 23th May 2019 | Finalists of each category announced

  • 30th May 2019 | Finalists pitches in Madrid

  • 6th June 2019 | Award ceremony in Madrid

Startup application

We kindly ask all startups to send their presentation by email (max. 10MB) or by weTransfer. Please befind below the contact details:

German-Spanish Chamber of Commerce

piosphere award winner 2018: CookingData

CookingData: https://www.cookingdata.es

Peter Gries (CEO Makro Spain), Javier González Pareja (CEO Robert Bosch Spain), Eva Rodríguez (CEO CookingData) and Walther von Plettenberg (CEO AHK Spain)

piosphere award winner 2017: Syneidis

Syneidis: http://www.syneidis.com

Carsten Hoffmann (CEO Lufthansa Ibérica), Peter Tempel (German Ambassador in Spain), Frederic Thenault (CEO Syneidis) and Rosa García (CEO Siemens Spain)

piosphere award winner 2016: Momit

Momit: https://www.momit.com

Miguel Sánchez (CEO Momit) and Peter Tempel (German Ambassador in Spain)