ACE presents 6 innovative startups of the Spring ’22 cohort
May 19, 2022The ACE Incubation Program kicked off with six innovative tech and science based startups of VU, UvA, HvA and other universities. In this 10 week program the
startups will get intensive training after which they are ready to spread their wings.
Meet the startups:
DBugIT – VU
Startup Sector: Software
Founders: Marc Went, Robert Jansma, Natalia Silvis, Viktor Bonev, Emil Apostolev,Caesar de Keijzer, Aleksandar Aleksyev
Website: https://dbugit.io/
One-liner: DBugIT is a lively, interactive bug-hunting environment developed forthe course Software Testing at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
Fitee – HvA
Startup Sector: Platform, Fitness
Founders: Nicolae Arhip, Victoria-India Bannister, Philip Biedermann
Website: https://fiteesports.com/
One-liner: A sports platform that offers sustainable sporting plans and activities tohelp expats and foreigners in Amsterdam to find a community of sport minded people.
WeGoZero – UvA
Startup Sector: Platform, Sustainability
Founders: Emilia Berenyi, Stefanie Behrendt
Website: https://www.wegozero.co/zero-waste-map/
One-liner: WeGoZero maps focuses on making an existing zero waste network in Europe visible for millennials.
Panops.ai – VU and UvA
Startup Sector: MedTech, AI
Founders: Balázs Borsos, Julio J. López González, Laura Álvarez, Diego Manjarrés
Website: T.B.A.
One-liner: Panops.ai empower doctors and medical professionals to make better and faster diagnosis and treatment decision by utilizing cutting edge AI technologies.
ACE is the university incubator of UvA and VU and bridges the gap between academic knowledge and entrepreneurship.
About ACE Incubation Program
The ACE Incubation Program consists of 10 weeks of intensive mentoring, goal-setting and growing. Each program consists of 5 program pillars. After 10 weeks, you will be ready to spread your wings. Even so, we guarantee two years of support after completing the program to continuously offer our support. Applications for the Fall Incubation Program will open in June. Stay updated here: www.ace-incubator.nl/incubation-program/
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