The winner announced is AidPlex!

AidPlex manufactures thermoplastic splints for healthcare organizations and professionals to provide their patients a lightweight, reusable and recyclable alternative to conventional solutions. Splinting products are an entry point to the market, however, the company is looking into more innovative solutions in the field of orthopaedics, such as back braces for scoliosis and by integrating IoT technologies onto their products giving the opportunity to doctors to monitor their patients’ status.

The team will participate in an all-expense paid six-day professional international start-up seminar in Israel, called Start Haifa 2018, which will take place from 2-7 December 2018.

Well done AidPlex and good luck!!!

What is the prize?

The winner goes to Israel!

• The winner from Greece will participate in an international start up seminar in Israel, called Start Haifa 2018, which will take place from 2-7 December 2018.

• The prize is a six-day/five nights all expenses paid trip for the winner.

• The winner will participate in a startup delegation of winners like themselves, from selected countries around the world.

• The winner will highly benefit and receive useful experience from the free workshops and lectures, the unique opportunity to meet and visit multinationals, R&D Centers, companies, VCs, networking events and meetups with Israeli startuppers and more mature companies as well as to network and interact with fellow startuppers from around the world.

The companies that apply should be:

Greek startups focusing on technologies that have a social impact in the following categories:

• MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

• DIGITAL HEALTH/ E-HEALTH

• MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES, i.e. alternative fuels for shipping, waste solutions for shipping, energy solutions for shipping, navigation and logistic solutions for shipping, etc.

• AUTONOMOUS PUBLIC TRANSPORT, in terms of buses, trams, metro, trains etc.

• URBAN CYBER i.e. solutions safeguarding critical urban infrastructure

Who can apply?

We are looking for innovative and strong tech-oriented companies that have a positive impact in bettering the lives of people; startups that are solving real problems; companies that have a high potentiality of attracting interest and create positive discussions around their product or service.

Eligible companies to apply must have the following characteristics:

• Any Greek startup company dealing in tech industries such as medical equipment, digital health/e-health, maritime technologies, autonomous public transport or urban cyber.

• The startup must have a working prototype for product or service in one of the above categories to present, preferably with a proven track record.

• The participants/applicants have to be one of the founders and/or directors of the company (not an employee).

• The applicant should preferably be between the ages of 25-40 years of age.

• The company should be a startup, with a team of two founders or more, incorporated as an independent company (not a subsidiary of a large and established one).

• The company should be incorporated in Greece or have at least 50% Greek nationals in the founders/directors team based in Greece.

• The startup company must have been incorporated less than 4 years ago by the end of the application period. No individual applications or team applications (e.g. student teams, research teams not incorporated) will be accepted.

• All communication regarding the competition, from the application to live presentations and events in Athens and Haifa will be in English. In that respect applicants must speak and write advanced English.

• Note that only one founding member of a startup company may submit the company to the competition.

• The representative of the company that entered the competition will represent the team to all events, as a finalist and subsequently as the winner of the competition.

• The profile of the applicant/representative should be a dynamic person with strong entrepreneurial spirit, excellent communication skills, open to accept the value of the program, and to contribute to it actively as well.

What else do you need to know?

• Participants must be able to arrive in Israel no later than the morning of 2 December 2018 and leave no earlier than evening of 7 December 2018. If the winner cannot follow this schedule, the prize goes to the runner-up.

• It is mandatory for the winner to follow the special 6-day program designed for them. Failure to do so will result in loss of privileges and will require reimbursement of all expenses by the winner.

• The organizers of the competition reserve the right to make the final decision or any changes regarding the program.