Thank you!
This year we had to do things a bit differently. We had to cancel the speed meeting event and the Grand Finale. But we did not cancel the competition.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Wistrand Startup Star 2020
Write a three sentence pitch for your event here.
23 April 2020 18:00Ingenjörshuset Citykonferensen
So this year the finalist did their presentations for the jury via digital meetings.
We thank all start-ups that participated in this year edition of Wistrand Startup Star!
Oterlu AI
is the winner of Wistrand Startup Star 2020
"With social interactions continuing to move towards digital platforms, this year’s winner is ready to make an impact in a growing market. With a sound business plan, experienced team and an advanced solution, it is the jury’s belief that Oterlu has all the qualities necessary to succeed in its mission to make all online communities healthy and thriving, as well as building a thriving business in the process."
The Finalists 2020
Winner / Finalist
42% of users have been harassed online when playing a game. 19% of users have stopped playing a game because of harasment. We have built an AI service which helps companys create and maintain healthy and thriving communities. We do this by automatically detecting behaviours such as harassment and grooming on social platforms such as multiplayer games. Through this users are protected and social platforms keep more of their users on the platform.
oterlu.com →First Runner-up / Finalist
Today people with acute heart failure die in line waiting for donor hearts. We solve this problem by developing a disruptive energy link for powering artificial hearts eliminating the need for heart transplantations.
invivopower.com →Second Runner-up / Finalist
WHO has called childhood obesity “one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century.” Much of the problem can be remedied with preventative measures but not completely eliminated. There are effective treatment methods but they require frequent contact between families and treatment providers – which is both difficult and expensive. We have developed a new method based on data collection at home using connected devices. This method has been proven to uphold the best treatment results with quarterly instead of weekly visits. That gives the family a high level of self monitoring and great accessibility to the treating team at the clinic. We currently have a paying pilot clinic up and running in Stockholm with more than 300 active patients and we are about to open two more in the region. But there is an enormous need with more than 150 thousand children with obesity in Sweden and 160 million globally.
provement.io →Finalist
Seafood - our healthiest source of protein. Or is it really? Our increased consumption has led to high levels of antibiotics, mercury and microplastics in our ocean and seafood. Fish farms are collapsing, our ocean is intoxicated and species are on the edge of extinction. So healthy for whom? Not for us and not for the planet. What if we could create seafood that has all the good nutrients and excluded all the bad chemicals, that we also can scale without harming the planet. Hooked offers nutritious vegan seafood alternatives to restaurants and grocery with flexitarian consumers. The plant-based market grows at +20% per year and the few plant-based seafood products that exist are expensive or poor in nutrients. Our first two products are a tuna and a salmon with high protein and omega-3 levels offered to a price in line with farmed fish. 11 restaurant chains want to start a partnership and test our MVP, but there is more to go after. Only the European salmon market is valued at 10 billion USD and our goal is to become the leading vegan seafood company in Europe.
Finalist
I-CONIC is the first mover globally on live computer models from drone video. The fire department arrives to a building completely swallowed by flames and smoke; the field officer cannot get a reasonable overview for tactical decisions. With video streams from a small number of drones, I-CONIC’s software creates a computer model in real-time, with which the field officer can view the fire site from any angle, and also what it looked like minutes ago and from any point of view. I-CONIC’s unique software creates Real-World, Real-Time 4D models. It is equivalent to having a live Google Earth-view, and it will enable products and services to customer segments ranging from Defence and Blue-light Authorities to Computer Gaming, Animated Movies, Sports-TV and the Consumer Market.
i-conicvision.com →Finalist
We want to help equestrian rider’s to communicate better with their horse and thus create a better riding experience for both partners. Riders communicate during riding mainly through their seat and position. That’s why we are developing Rider’s Position Coach, a virtual coach, an app that gives feedback on the rider's seat in real time.
ridersposition.com →
About the competition
Wistrand Startupstar is open for all entries - irrespective of industry - that define themselves as startups. We define it as newly-started companies with growth potential.
This year, Wistrand and SEB partnered up with Connect Sweden, The Park, Transfer Studio and Silicon Vikings to help launch the next Star on the Swedish Startup Scene.
The Winner, a Runner-up and a Second Runner-up will receive amazing prizes designed to help boost their journey to Startup Stardom!
- a gigantic SEK 50,000 prize check and access to a personal banker with SEB,
- legal support from Wistrand worth SEK 60,000,
- a membership at The Park's co-working space in Södermalm,
- a tailored program with Connectto get the startup investment-ready, and
- communication design support from Transfer Studio to help shape creative outcomes for the startup.
The Runner-Up and the Second Runner-Up will receive legal support at an estimated worth of SEK 30,000 and SEK 15,000 respectively.
Our Jury 2020
Anna FandénCorporate manager
Anna is a manager for a team of corporate advisers on SEB Norrmalm, which has the bank's largest corporate team in Sweden. Anna has 20 years of banking experience from several different advisory and managerial positions within SEB and is devoted to work with the corporate retail segment.
Jenny LindbladCEO & Founder
Jenny Lindblad - Pitch coach, Business Advisor and Start-up Mentor. She has coached more than 250 start-ups from all around the world on how to sharpen their pitch. She is the founder of ELIZA Communication, a specialist agency that focuses on creating powerful communication techniques for high-performance individuals, which will bring them success in game-changing situations. Jenny is also Business coach at Connect, Partner at the Keiretsu Forum Nordics and speaking coach for TEDx.
Johan SiwersGeneral Partner and Investment Manager
Johan is a seasoned digital executive with a passion for entrepreneurial game changing technologies, practices and companies. Over the past 20 years+, he has been involved in breaking ground for a wide range of digital ventures within companies like Axel Johnson, Kinnevik, Spray, Schibsted and InterActive Corp (IAC).
From his position as General Partner with RECAPEX, Johan has been investing both time and money behind a wide range of initiatives, with a common thread being digital technologies transforming behavior and industries. Johan has been designated as one of Sweden's top tech investors by DI Digital.
Johan also is board member of Silicon Vikings Stockholm.
Jonas Hombert CEO & Founder
Jonas is a product expert and entrepreneur at heart, having fathered two products surpassing a million users. Currently he’s working on the third as founder & CEO of Opti, a financial technology company that provides semi-automated advice through a mobile application. Being fully independent from the banks, the aim is simple; build the first financial advisor that has no other agenda than the customers. Previously Jonas was co-founder & CEO of JayCut, a web based video editor that was acquired by Blackberry in 2011.
Ólafur SteindórssonPartner
Ólafur Steindórsson specializes in M&A, IT & telecoms as well as general commercial contracts and corporate law matters, with particular focus on acquisitions, investments and start-up financing as well as IT outsourcing. Ólafur also has experience in providing day-today advice for start-up companies.
Therése FolkessonHead of growth capital
Therése is in charge of recruiting new Investors and developing Connect's Investor network. She is also involved in the work of NordicBAN, where Connect is a founding partner together with other Nordic Investor Networks.
As a core member of the Connect team in Stockholm, Therése participates in screening and evaluating 100+ startups yearly applying to the Springboard Investment Readiness program and supports them throughout their work with Connect. She is looking for start-ups that have solid business cases and great potential for secondary business opportunities.
Valeria HedmanCreative Director
Valeria Hedman is an award-winning designer known for producing strong and unique design with a specific focus on user engagement. Valeria’s work often leads a reflective dialogue from new perspectives and knowledge of diversity, equality, innovation and sustainability and she is constantly striving to develop processes and methods for how these can be transferred to the practice of visual communication and design.
