As published earlier in autumn, H2020 ENTRANCE project has launched its 1st Open Competition in search of innovative solutions with a potential to revolutionize the European transport and mobility sectors.
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The goal of the ENTRANCE Open Competition was to attract and connect innovators, buyers and investors.
Winners of the competition are going to:
– receive personalised funding advice from the heart of the ENTRANCE ecosystem suitable for funding from 100.000 up to 10.000.000 euro,
– get the opportunity to pitch their innovative solution during upcoming ENTRANCE events in the future, and
– get the opportunity to demonstrate their solution to dozens of potential funders and partners on the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform.
With so many great and innovative ideas, it was difficult for the jury to make a final selection. Therefore the jury expresses gratitude to all participating organisations for their submissions. Five winning organisations have been nevertheless selected in the process. The winners are:
• CONTAI
• SpotVessels GmbH
• Alterkraft
• Last Mile Team S.L.
• PEOPLE
Special congratulations go to CONTAI who won the financial prize of 5.000 euro and a meet and greet with a potential investor!
A big thank goes also to Centrals I Infraestructuras per a la Mobilitat Logistiques SAU (INICI CIMALSA) for sponsoring this monetary prize.
Read below about the winning solutions and watch the videos!
CONTAI – “Imagine a circular and sustainable urban logistics ecosystem, where logistics needs in your city are bound together by a simple, yet elegant platform, like the USB interface. CONTAI has not only imagined this but built such a universal urban logistics interface where everything fits together. CONTAI offers a comprehensive platform for diverse last mile logistics in urban and rural area as vital part of the collaborative Physical Internet.”
1. Solution description on the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform – click HERE!
2. You-tube video – click HERE!
SPOT VESSELS – “SpotVessels is a B2B platform based on intelligent infrastructure, enhancing the performance and shrinking the complexity of inland waterway business, on which companies interested in moving frights on inland waterways can find a fast, convenient, and low-cost solution. We link shippers and carriers directly, providing transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness on the inland waterway markets. Our business model reorganized existing value chains and facilitates more efficient use of resources.”
1. Solution description on the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform – click HERE!
2. You-tube video – click HERE!
ALTERKRAFT – “Alterkraft specializes in the design and development of in-flight and cargo aeronautical equipment based on honeycomb cardboard. This material is extremely innovative because of its incomparable weight compared to the best current technologies made of carbon or composite materials. The benefits are high both in terms of fuel savings and carbon footprint for airlines.”
1. Solution description on the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform – click HERE!
2. You-tube video – click HERE!
LAST MILE TEAM – “Its road transport-specific Artificial Intelligence core enables cities and companies to build, risk and investment-free evaluate Digital Twins of fairer, smarter and greener urban logistics and last mile delivery business models. Its additional modules build an enterprise-level order to cash application capable to manage the selected business model daily operations optimization, track, trace, real-time management and information sharing with all stakeholders. Is built to easily integrate other deep-tech solutions in Cognitive Systems, Big Data & Analytics, Predictive Models, Smart Contracts and other Blockchain applications, etc.”
1. Solution description on the ENTRANCE Matchmaking Platform – click HERE!
2. You-tube video – click HERE!
PEOPLE – “PEOPLE proposes to the world a green solution that concerns all of us. It combines lightweight technology, IoT and Advanced Analytics that will revolutionize the standards of global freight transport by: saving 205 million trees; reducing by 65 million tons CO2 emissions annually; saving over 20,5 billion litres of fossil fuel yearly; and moving 40 million tons of cargo at no additional cost and CO2 emissions every year. Everything that moves consumes energy. All the energy consumed has a cost, a cost for our planet and an economical cost. PEOPLE provides solutions to optimize global movements of goods.”
